Two points on this.
First, pyrography tools are not necessarily unwieldy. I use the razertip system. The pen is similar in size to a regular pencil, though it does have a cushion grip which makes it easier to handle and keeps your fingers cooler.
Second, writing with one of these is not much like normal writing. In my experience it needs to be done much slower, each part of each letter being done as a seperate stroke. Perhaps more what one call printing.
Lee Valley sells a "branding iron" that you customize, I use it and it works great.
- Bill Kemptville, ON.
I don't use sharpies as even the extra fine point is way to fat. I started using the Pigma when I saw a demo by Jacques Vesery, he signs all of his pieces with one of these. He could write his name so small I could barely read it. Again, I have never had any smearing, blurring or fading with these markers in the four years I have been using them.
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