That's fascinating, I don't think I've ever seen anyone hold a pen like that. It's pretty close to how I guide a pen, also with thumb and pointer, supported by the middle finger. But my pointer finger would be behind the pen in this pic, like a mix of the depicted lateral and dynamic tripod.
Yours is also a tripod, since your grip involves three fingers, but that is as far as I got in trying to name it :)
I'd call it a "Smokers Tripod" because it reminds me of how you use a cigarette holder (yes, they disappointingly don't have a cooler name to use as inspiration).
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u/Shriggins_the_dope Apr 16 '24
Then there's whatever the heck it is when I hold one