Left Handed Presidents
There have been seven so far… and Obama holds the pen by curving it in his hand and writing from the top. It’d be interesting to know what kind of pen he prefers… to keep from smearing with the side of his palm the inked words he’s just written… a peculiar issue for us lefthanded souls.
Some pens are a disaster for lefthanders as the ink remains wet for too long, or else the paper is just non-porous enough so that the ink lies on top and does not sink in. I use a Pilot V Razorpoint or a broad nib fountain pen with fast drying ink for all my writing. I find that either really good paper like Clairefontaine which can often be purchased for a reasonable price on ebay, or really bad paper, like printer paper at under $1.50 a ream in puke pink… both work well.
James Garfield, 1881
Herbert Hoover, 1929 – 1933
Harry Truman, 1945 – 1953
Gerald Ford, 1974 – 1977
Ronald Reagan, 1981 – 1989
George Bush, 1989 – 1993
Bill Clinton, 1993 – 2001
Barack Obama, 2009 – 2012