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Pens for the left handed?

Hi.
I'm wondering if anyone who already 'gets things done' is lefthanded.
You're supposed to get a pen you really like to take notes everywhere.

But as I'm left handed, I brush over the freshly written ink = I get a coloured hand.:(

So fountain pens seem to be no option.

I'm impressed with the Fisher Space Pen.
But I've read when you start writing with it, it squirts out a bit of extra ink.
(Coloured hand again?)

The aim is: Compact and quick drying.
What do you use / suggest?

cheers
gtz

P.S.: I have a mechanical pencil at the moment.

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Wow! There I was wondering...

Wow! There I was wondering if I'd ever find anythign online about pens for left-handers and *shock* it's at the top of this forum topic. Excellent!

Anyway, my hand hooks round when writing, meaning that my fingers smudge out either the line I've just written or the line prior to that, so fast-drying ink is a must. The last time I tried a gel pen, it was relatively unsatisfactory: the ink would sometimes stutter and the feel on the paper wasn't the best, so I'm just using a biro now.

I'd love to use something better - a fountain pen would be a treat - but you say the Pilot G2 is decent?

 
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