Small, Thin Fountain Pen

[jdboucher]

I love my thick, big fountain pens, but sometimes there not always practical. What thin, small fountain pen do you recommend (smaller than the M200 for reference).

[DeaconKC]

The Pelikan 150 or the Reform 1745. Or the Cross Classic.

[zquilts]

Pilot makes a very slim "Cavalier" model. Modestly priced and a nice writer.

[Richard]

Slim? You want slim? This is slim, and it's also a superb pen.

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/sales/aurora/zoomed/hastil_cr.jpg

 

It's an Aurora Hastil.

[HerosNSuch]

Here's my short list:

Reform 1745

Parker Vector

Ohto Tasche(I think I've seen 2 types, but the long short is the one to which I refer)

Pilot Petit1(for a refillable disposable)

Sheaffer Tuckaway(for vintage)

Parker Jotter(if you can still find the FP)

 

(I am in a very parenthetical mood tonight)

 

 

Edited November 27, 2008 by HerosNSuch

[Robert Hughes]

What would Yoda write with?

 

My thick I love, big fountain pens, but sometimes there always practical not. What thin, small fountain pen, recommend ( smaller than the m200 reference for ), do you.

 

How about a Targa?

[DRP]

Yes, the slim Targa is an excellent choice. There are still a few new/old stock slim Targas to be found. Wonderful pens.

[Grigio]

Parker Vector?

Or even smaller and thinner I would recommend a Hero 233,

its less expensive, thinner, has a hooded nib and a decent weight to it.

 

IB

 

[dumdummuoi]

Sailor Chalana? I have a stainless steel model that's about 6mm at the thickest point, and the section is slimmer still. ~12cm in length. I think the cheap stainless version (which cost me about $10 a few years back) is discontinued, though.

 

EDIT: Todd Nussbaum (isellpens.com) sells a Pilot Birdie that's also pretty slim.

Edited November 27, 2008 by dumdummuoi

[trencherman]

I love my thick, big fountain pens, but sometimes there not always practical. What thin, small fountain pen do you recommend (smaller than the M200 for reference).

 

 

Sailor still makes Chalana in three or four lacquer colours and two patterns of each in white and yellow gold. Or you can go early vintage. Waterman and Parker produced some of

the most beautiful writers in really slim eye-dropper fillers. I guess they started emulating the lightness and slimness of quill.

[superbleu]

Peli M300

Pilot Birdie

 

caran d ache makes a whole slew of them

[PigRatAndGoat]

The Graf von Faber Castell range has some slim FPs, as does Yard o Led.

[Woody]

I'd say either the Parker Classic or the Parker 180. Both are extremely thin.

[BobR]

The Sailor Sapporo is a bit shorter than the M200 and about the same girth. It's very comfortable to use--I find anything thinner to be a strain on my hand.

[Deirdre]

Aurora Hastil would be one of my personal choices. I've regretted not pulling the trigger on a couple, including one recently on eBay that was stripy sterling.

 

Also: a vintage Dinkie, as is the second from bottom:

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/3039823269_45408b0d10.jpg

[Rob G]

Pilot Penko. You don't get much smaller and thinner than that.

 

[darkestvdragon]

I third the Pilot Birdie. :embarrassed_smile: I don't own one because I have "enough" pens, but I...uh...borrowed one my friend had for a little while (I -swear- I don't know how it would up in my jacket, seriously)... It's -quite- small, though, significantly smaller than a Parker Vector, so if you have big hands I don't know that it would be comfortable.

[Johnny Appleseed]

I have a really nice, very thin BCHR eyedropper pen that I believe is a Paul Wirt with an ALCO nib and twin gold bands. I need to get photos and post them around here some time.

 

John

[Blade Runner]

For numbers I prefer thin pens with fine/XF nibs. Wide bodied pens, even those with finer nibs, feel bulky and obese when it comes to numbers. When it comes to writing, I prefer wide bodied pens. Weird!

[JimStrutton]

If you can find one, the Parker 180 might fit the bill, not only do you get a slim pen, but you get a nib with two widths, typically Medium/Fine or Fine/XFine.