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I have been using a metro and recently i switched to a pelikan m200. I noticed, that even though the pelikan is significantly lighter and has a slightly larger grip, my hand would get tired more easily. After a few days I got used to it. Is it normal to have that experience after switching grips?

Slashdot covered a story with the rather histrionic title: "Finland Dumps Handwriting In Favor of Typing". It turns out that was partially based on a mis-translation. The schools are merely going to drop cursive as a mandatory requirement and instead focus on printing and typing, which is a shame but IMO not too surprising these days. However, somebody in the comments section posted this: Challenge accepted! I pulled out a book and found a long paragraph to transcribe, first in cursive with a fountain pen, then printing with a mechanical pencil. My results: 7 minutes 53 seconds with the pen, 9 minutes 20 seconds with the pencil. That works out to a 15% speed advantage for cursive. It's not a huge, dramatic difference, but it's significant. Also, writing with the fountain pen was much less tiring to my hand, and it came out looking neater and easier to read (although I think both were perfectly legible). So... Maybe this guy just had really bad cursive handwriting? Maybe it depends heavily on what you're used to and well-practiced with? Maybe it just naturally varies from person to person?