They make soft vinyl 'gel' cushion grips for pencils. They will fit on thinner pens without having to be split apart. I would guess that if they were put in near boiling water for 1/2 a minute they could probably become pliable enough to be pushed onto slightly fatter pens. The also make foam cushion grips as well.

Do you find yourself struggling with pens that are too skinny or slippery to hold? I do! So I came up with the idea of modifying store-bought or existing pen grips, by making a slit.



Read more about it on my blog: http://toyingwithlight.wordpress.com/ and let me know what you think! :D

also useful for this: orthodonic rubber bands. I used to have braces and they gave me little bands in abundance. They're quite stretchy and the smaller gauge ones can slip over pretty much any pen. Putting a bunch on a pen makes for an insta grip that's easy to remove when you tire of it.

oh the things I learned in middle school

Onelonegunman, those are some funky grips you found on the internet! :lol: I don't know about you, but I have a slight phobia for grips that are too jelly like or sticky. :roll: Here's someone with an issue with grips too:
http://www.supereggplant.com/archives/001063.html :D

The good thing about cutting open a grip is that you can easily slip it on and off. This is especially helpful for people who hold their pens low, making it impossible to cap the pen with the grip in place. :)

Metternich, necessity is indeed the mother of invention! :wink:

The ones on the left are foam rubber. I've used them before. They are not squishy but they tend to get dirty easily. The ones in the center are the gels. I'm not fond of the gels that come on most pens because they are too thick and therefore too squishy. These are less squishy because they are thinner. I use them on my X-Acto knives. The ones on the right appear to be made of a more firm type of rubber, but I can't be sure. I like the thin rubber sleeves that come on most pens because while they offer a good gripping surface they are firm, because they are thin, and not at all squishy.

Now that most pens are not standard bic size but slightly chunkier, I wished there were nicer, 'adjustable' grips out on the market. Just cut open a left-hander's 'training grip' but wished I didn't have to do that. Also have trouble keeping these cut-open grips close and have to resort to ultra thin hair bands.

i see you have a hero 329 (and another FP) with the grip. the only con i see with this is that one has to take it out to post/close the cap of the pen and look for it and put back on when you write, which means you have to carry the grip around in your pocket when you carry the pen.

if you keep it on the barrel and just slip it down, since you slit it, is there a chance it might fall off?