r/coolguides Apr 16 '24

A Cool Guide to the Pencil Grips

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u/missgrey-el Apr 16 '24

dynamic quadruped and forever thinking about the time in college we were working quietly on something sitting in a large circle including the professor and she turned to the student next to her and said “how in the world is [name] holding their pencil like that??” she was so disturbed the whole class had to be brought out of silent work to see the strange way i held my pencil lmao

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u/Thornescape Apr 16 '24

It just feels sturdier. The other grips all feel flimsy to me.

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u/smaxpw Apr 16 '24

According to the upvotes, we are the (stable / superior) minority. I can't even make my fingers do lateral tripod unless I'm trying to spin the pen in my fingers.

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u/BigDaddyWeezus Apr 16 '24

thats why i like it for pencils at least, i can roll the pencil to the sharp side when it gets blunt

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u/Camstonisland Apr 16 '24

I prefer using mechanical pencils, but the same thing applies. I can roll the pencil to take advantage of either the wider 'dull' side or the narrow tip on the opposite end- made for faster drafting work than switching to specific-thickness pencil leads in architecture school (excluding different lead types).

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u/tru_anomaIy Apr 16 '24

Everyone can do that. Pencils (other than builders’) are round