Originally Posted by
SlowMovingTarget
I'm not particularly dexterous, so I do end up with ink on my hands when I fill a pen, though it is usually for a few particular reasons. When holding either the pen or a syringe in the ink to fill it, the end of my hand touches the rim of the bottle and the ink from the rim transfers. The other reason is me putting the pen (in the case of a piston filler) too far into the bottle, touching the pen to the side of the mouth, then getting my fingers on the transferred ink before I can wipe it off with my "ink shirt" (an old cotton t-shirt I use as a rag).
All of these are things I could be more careful about. If I gave it a bit more care, I'd wipe the rim before filling. I'd use an ink well instead of just straight from the bottle. But I really don't mind. I stopped minding once I had a child. Messes lose their stigma, especially comparatively clean ones.