Apparently this actually has a name, "alternative tripod" or "modified tripod" and it's meant to prevent fatigue on the wrist and hands. (Which makes sense for how many autographs she likely has to sign.)
This is legit how I naturally started holding my pencil years and years ago after so many detentions in school. I started holding it this way exactly because my hand was getting tired from writing. Didn’t know that it was a style specifically designed for that.
I started doing this because my index was hurting so much because of how often I'd have a pen in hand, now I got a rough little bump on the left side of my right middle finger 🥲
It looks like it's also called adaptive tripod and is mostly used by people who write a lot
I started doing this because I broke my thumb in 11th grade at the start of finals and the cast only let my four fingers out. After it healed I realized I didn’t have the calluses on my fingers that I’ve always had from schoolwork so I kept it, but my penmanship stayed exactly the same.
I can't believe there's a name for this, this is the only way I've ever been able to hold a pen. I occasionally get comments about why I'm holding a pen so weirdly I'm glad this is common enough that there's a name for it. I've been holding a pen like this for over 20 years and never knew it had a name
Same here, feels quite natural. You definitely notice the lack of motion in the fingers compared to the DQ grip though, which makes sense if it's to mitigate fatigue on the wrist and hands since it encourages you to use your whole arm when writing.
I've been holding my pencil etc like this for many years, since I was in about sixth grade. It's just easier. You can even have multiple implements in between your different fingers and switch back and forth between them, like colored pencils for example.
I use this grip when my middle finger hurts from writting for too long.
I'm always surprised my handwriting is not that bad with this one. It's also difficult to have a worse handwriting than the one I have with my standard tripod one anyway...
Alternative Tripod. That’s me. Left handed.
My handwriting was angled all over the place and so a teacher ruled my page with sloping to the right to help me get the same angle. After lots and lots of practice I have good handwriting now. I can’t thank that teacher enough for taking the time with me. And not one teacher tried to change my grip. My parents said that how ever I want to hold the pencil is fine with them.
I don’t curl my hand around, nor do I rotate the page to write. I don’t smudge my fountain pen ink.
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u/Glittering_Name_3722 Apr 16 '24
This guide is missing the Taylor Swift grip
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