10 Pens to Improve Your Handwriting

It’s never too late to improve your handwriting, even if your Year 10 English Lit teacher is never going to forgive all those unreadable essays you handed in... Whether it be legibility, consistency, or just straight up how it looks, we’ve got ten pens that could be just the thing to make you a real thrill with a quill. The All-Time Classics... No matter if you’re a fountain pen or pencil person, these are three great all-rounders to keep in your pencil case. LAMY Safari With its triangular grip the LAMY Safari is a hardy and approachable entry into the world of fountain pens, perfect for the newbie more used to ballpoints. Check out the LAMY Safari Delfonics Wooden Ballpoint It won’t matter how small your writing is, with its super accurate needlepoint tip, the Delfonics Ballpoint will keep up. Check out the Delfonics Wooden Ballpoint Pen Blackwing 602 We know it's a pencil, but the Blackwing 602 deserves a mention. From John Steinbeck to Vladimir Nabokov, from Stephen Sondheim to Hooper from Jaws, this humble pencil is a classic worth considering. Check out the Blackwing 602 For The More Adventurous... Whether scaling Mt. Everest or writing War & Peace, these are pens that’ll stick with you for the long haul. Pilot Custom 823 The perfect meeting point of traditional and modern sensibilities. With its vacuum filling system, you’ll have a hard time running out of ink with the 823. Check out the Pilot Custom 823... TWSBI Eco With its piston filling system, you can fill the entire transparent barrel with ink. Though be careful not to lose track of time watching all that Pilot Iroshizuku ink slosh around... Check out the TWSBI Eco... Ballograf Epoca Able to keep on writing for upwards of 8000 metres, there aren’t many ballpoints out there that can run a marathon like the Ballograf Epoca (well… a ⅕ Marathon, at least) Check out the Ballograf Epoca... Traveler’s Company Brass Fountain Pen One of the greatest of all pocket pens. Excellently ergonomic and beautifully simple design with an accurate fine nib, just wait and see the patina. Check out the Traveler's Company Brass Fountain Pen... The Final Frontier… For when you really need to go above and beyond, these are some truly otherworldly options... LAMY Joy If you’re wanting to add a bit of stylistic flair to your writing but don’t want to put in the practice, the LAMY Joy’s Italic nib will have you there in no time. Check out the LAMY Joy... Fisher Space Pen Used by NASA since all the way back in 1968 on Apollo 7, the Fisher Space Pen writes in zero gravity, writes underwater and in extreme temperatures. To quote Seinfeld’s Jack Klompus, “Take the pen!” Check out the Fisher Space Pen... Herbin’s La Perle Des Encres Set If you want to really up your handwriting game, this dip pen set from historic ink manufacturer Herbin has everything you need to start practicing your traditional Spencerian script. Check out the Herbin La Perle Des Encres Set... Well, we've reached the end of this list, but we've barely scratched the surface of all the pens out there. If the hunt for the ideal pen for you continues, have a browse of our full range here. Check out Milligram's wide range of pens and pencils...

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