I don't consider myself to have big hands, but my hand tends to cramp when using the Metropolitan

It hurts my hand to use it for too long

It stains my hands pretty much every time I use it.

This was my first "real" purchase toward beautiful journaling and calligraphy/hand lettering

Writes smoothly and evenly even in unskilled hands.

People often commented that I had beautiful hand writing

It keeps ruining my hands and my clothes.

Almost immediately after inserting the cartridge, it burst open and stained my hands black

Now with your right hand touch directly below your index finger's knuckle near the thumb region

With most pens after a while your hands cramp.

so maybe this pen is a much better experience for right handed users

Also, the pen writes decent however, for me the ink would spill out and then would stain my hands with the mess it made

The pen is so good but the ink gets out pretty easily and smudges my hands

I know it is within the risk of using a fountain pen, but I just wish I didn't have to deep clean my hands after every time or look like a pen exploded on my fingers

The metal body feels substantial, and the grip is wide enough that my larger hands don't feel too cramped

Easy to write with, and doesn't strain my hand for a long time, even compared to good pens like the Pilot G2 or UniBall Stylo

So if your hand has any shakes or bumps in it, you're absolutely going to see that in your writing.

It has a great hand feel and weight.

For a steadier hand, I'd recommend writing without capping the cover onto the other end of the pen.

It's not the most comfortable "note writing" pen, in this sense, as by the end of the lecture hour your hand might be tired and maybe even sore from fighting with the slipping and sliding

but my hand writing rivals that of some doctors.

All over my hands and smudges all over the paper

(Side note: the medium nib is more like what America defines as a fine point nib, so this pen is suited for those with heavy-handed writing as well!)

fantastic every day pen, smooth writing and great hand feel

I use to have huge ink spills on my bag, hands always stained with ink but not with this one

After using this, ball point pens hurt my hand b/c of the pressure you need to write with them

The pen feels great in the hand and extended writing sessions are not so fatiguing as with my super fat cigar shaped fountain pens, which I also love

The nib is a joy, thin to my tastes, with an almost impossible to miss sweet spot

Smooth as can be and getting better the more I use it

The grip is nice and wide, so my hand doesn't cramp up as much as it would with your basic Bic

I think this, plus a very fine emory board will make it just about perfect as the nib itself is still a little rough under magnification