Let's list tiny pens!

[dumdummuoi]

I like small pens, and they seem to be cheaper than big pens in general (I wonder why ). So I think maybe I'll start collecting them. But first, I need a list. Here are the ones I know of:

 

1. Sailor Sapporo Mini - got one

2. Laban Expression - got one

3. Sailor/Pilot/Platinum long-cap pocket pen - I have one, and probably will just stick with the one until I've exhausted the list

4. Sheaffer Tuck-away - I don't particularly like the looks (I prefer modern), so maybe I'll consider it in the future

5. Bexley Tuck-away - I want to get one eventually

6. Ohto Tasche - Maybe in the future as well. Maybe in the very near future, since it's pretty affordable

7. Sailor Chalana - It's so slim that it surely counts as a "tiny pen" even if its length isn't as diminutive as the others. I have one.

8. Pilot Petit1 - Soon, very soon. Just need to decide on a color.

 

Are there any others?

[kiavonne]

I like small pens, and they seem to be cheaper than big pens in general (I wonder why ). So I think maybe I'll start collecting them. But first, I need a list. Here are the ones I know of:

 

1. Sailor Sapporo Mini - got one

2. Laban Expression - got one

3. Sailor/Pilot/Platinum long-cap pocket pen - I have one, and probably will just stick with the one until I've exhausted the list

4. Sheaffer Tuck-away - I don't particularly like the looks (I prefer modern), so maybe I'll consider it in the future

5. Bexley Tuck-away - I want to get one eventually

6. Ohto Tasche - Maybe in the future as well. Maybe in the very near future, since it's pretty affordable

7. Sailor Chalana - It's so slim that it surely counts as a "tiny pen" even if its length isn't as diminutive as the others. I have one.

8. Pilot Petit1 - Soon, very soon. Just need to decide on a color.

 

Are there any others?

 

 

Pelikan M320 (I have one out in Richard Binder's queue somewhere)

Filcao Forever (got one from the Marketplace here, it is tiny!)

 

[dumdummuoi]

Pelikan M320 (I have one out in Richard Binder's queue somewhere)

Filcao Forever (got one from the Marketplace here, it is tiny!)

 

oooh yeah! I like the M320! But it's more expensive than any of the others I've listed

[churl]

8. Pilot Petit1 - Soon, very soon. Just need to decide on a color.

Deciding on a color is easier when you buy 6 or 7 of them. Or 12. The only thing to keep in mind is that like so many small pens, they have their own proprietary carts. They're fun to carry around though.

[artaddict]

1. Sailor Sapporo

2. Waterman 52V RHR

3. Waterman 52 1/2V BCHR

4. Waterman 52 1/2V RMHR

5. Peter Pan Salz Miniature HR ED

6. Jade 46 Special Sheaffer flattop

7. Orange Diamond Point

8. Conklin 26P BCHR

9. Blue Tucky

10. Burgundy Tucky

11. Jade WD flattop

12. Black & Pearl WD flattop

 

 

- turns out I prefer smaller pens!

Edited May 19, 2008 by artaddict

[Phthalo]

Small pens - anyone?

Comparisons of Small Pens

 

And my list from the later linked thread...

 

Sailor Sapporo (converter) and Mini Sapporo (cartridge)

Aurora Optima Mini / Sole Minima / Fuoco Mini (piston)

Pilot/Platinum/Sailor - Japanese 'Short' Pens from the 70's and 80's (converter) - the stainless-steel Pilot MYU 701 is superb, but pricey.

Yard O Led Retro Mini (cartridge)

Omas Princess / Omas Dama / Omas 1930 (piston)

Montegrappa Micra (cartridge)

Sheaffer Agio Compact

Duke 2007 Mini (converter)

Filcao Forever

Visconti Viscontina (piston)

Pilot Custom 98 (converter)

Pilot Legno 89s (converter)

Pelikan M200 / M400 / M3xx / M150 (piston)

Esterbrook SJ (lever)

Conway Stewart Dinkie

Conway Stewart Nightingale

Jean Pierre Lepine Indigo / Attila (cartridge)

[EventHorizon]

I have a few vintage Arnold pens that are about the size of a Waterman 52 1/2 (which I also have). If you post the Waterman it is a little longer than the Arnolds. I also have this dip pen for map making thats pretty small.

[punch]

1) Conklin Endura (Have one)

 

2) Wahl Pen #2 Gold Filled (Have one)

 

3) Merlin 33 (Have one)

 

4) Sheaffer Balance (Have one)

 

5) Pelikan M300 (Have one, my favorite of the tiny pens)

 

6) Pelikan M320 (Wish I had one)

[dumdummuoi]

AAAAHHH!!! These are adorable! *dies from cuteness overdose*

 

http://www.tryphon.it/pens/lady.jpg

[Shangas]

Smallest pen I have is a cappable dip-pen. Less than four and a half inches long, closed.

 

Smallest fountain pen I have is one of my Watermen, just under five inches.

 

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What the hell!? They look like medicine-capsules! What are those things? I want a black one!

Edited May 19, 2008 by Shangas

[dumdummuoi]

What the hell!? They look like medicine-capsules! What are those things? I want a black one!

 

They're Filcao Ladybug mini pens. I believe 2" in length. ^.^

[Shangas]

Two inches!?

 

That is officially the smallest usable pen in the world!

 

...unless those crazy scientists make up one of those microscopic pens which you have to write with under a microscope with a pair of tweezers...

[Alphabet]

Add to your list the Montegrappa Micra. Mine came with a nice soft nib.

[halljer]

Let's not forget the vintage Grieshaber Baby Grand. I have one that has a gf full overlay. About 2-3/4 inches long if memory serves me. I also have a Pilot that uses the Chalana cartridge that's really too thin for me to write with using my large hands.

[SteveD]

My wife gave me one of the old stock Gold Starry pens Pendemonium is selling. They list it at 4.5" but I think it is a tad shorter - pretty much M300 size. They only have medium nibs, but at $45 they make a nice little pen.

[Richard]

The smallest pen I have is a Salz Peter Pan. Here it is, with a "51" and an M320, for size comparison.

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/51_cedar_sterling.jpg

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/M320.jpg

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/peter_pan_bhr.jpg

 

The Peter Pan is 2¹⁷/32" long capped. The Filcao Kika is this same length, and both are smaller than the Filcao Ladybug.

 

[FrankB]

I wish I were not photo impaired!!! Is the Filcao "Kika" smaller than the Filcao "Ladybug?" The "Kika" I got for my mother is made of sterling silver hidden during WWII and later found at the back of a vault in northern Italy. It measures at or smaller than 2-inches. The nib is all but microscopic.

 

At any rate, the Filcao "Kika" is my vote for the smallest useable FP that I know of.

[dumdummuoi]

The Filcao Kika is this same length, and both are smaller than the Filcao Ladybug.

 

I saw the Ladybug on Filcao's website, which also listed the Kika, but the capsule shape of the Ladybug struck me as "cuter"

 

Of course, I think even with my small hands there's a limit to how small a pen can be before it becomes primarily ornamental. I need a pen to be long enough to rest on the join between my thumb and my index finger. The Laban Expression is 2 and 7/8 inches (uncapped, unposted) excluding the nib, and that's probably about as short as I can handle for any non-trivial period of writing time! As cute as the Ladybug is, I'll probably just admire it from afar for fear of it being too small to use.

 

But that Peter Pan pen is adorable, too. And the nib looks like it's flexible, which is another plus

[andriver]

Add the Kaweco Sport pens.

[Possum Hill]

Pilot Birdie