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Deccan has a tradition of making slim and small fountain pens in addition to their regular lineup of medium sized and jumbo oversized pens. The Datoon follows on the footsteps of the Lilliput and the other smaller sized pens made by The Deccan pen stores, in Hyderabad, India. Early this month, I got another opportunity to visit Hyderabad and of course, visit this lovely pen shop along with my friend Jai. Those who have visited the Abids branch of Deccan pens will know that the fountain pen display chest is placed on the left hand side of the shop. In the middle column of this chest, the baton shaped double barreled pens are displayed. The Datoon was placed between two Baton pens when I spotted it nestled within its velvet sleeve. I asked for the pen to be taken out for me to see, fully expecting a slim ball point, but I was shocked to learn that it was indeed a fountain pen and that Deccan had managed such a slim yet comfortable to use form factor. This will be made more clear in the photos which follow. The pen is made of monotone light brown colored ebonite. http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0894.jpg http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0896.jpg http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0897.jpg The barrel is just the size of a Parker ink Cartridge!: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0898.jpg Along with a Parker Jotter ballpoint: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0899.jpg Along with another famous slim pen, the Pilot Birdie: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0900.jpg The Datoon posts very well: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0901.jpg The clip is simple and functional: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0902.jpg We (I and Jai) asked Farooq about the Mebsons 61 imprint on the clip. He told us that Mebsons (an old pen manufacturing company in Mumbai, now they make only some ball points etc, they still have a dealer on AR street in Mumbai, here is some interesting information with mention of Mebsons: link ) had made a slim ballpoint a long while back. Deccan had the spare clips left over and they decided to put the stock to use to make some really slim fountain pens. So, that was the Mebsons connection. Side profile of the clip: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0903.jpg The looong section: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0904.jpg A closeup of the really miniature Ambitious steel nib: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0905.jpg The feeder is also made of ebonite and has grooves in the middle of the shaft, hidden within the section (yeah, I took the pen apart): http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0906.jpg Measurements: This is a very light weight pen. weighing just 6.84gms capped and 4.18gms uncapped. After the pen was filled, it weighed only 4.73gms, thus the ink capacity of this miniature pen is approximately 0.55ml. Writing: Despite the cartridgesque dimensions of this pen, due to its longer posted length, I found it a comfortable writer. The nib is very smooth on my example and the feeder keeps up quite well. Here is a small writing sample: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af39/hari3171/Deccan%20Datoon/IMG_0907.jpg I hope you enjoyed reading about this pen. Cheers! Hari