Thin Fountain Pens

[Bearcat]

Reform 1745 is a thin pen and posts surprisingly long. So posted it is not a small pen, but just a thin one.

It is a piston filler, inexpensive, has a better nib as a 30-40 year old NOS 'vintage or just about vintage' piston filler school pen, than most of the modern nibs.

 

 

+1 for the Reform 1745. Someone just posted a bunch of them for sale for under $10 each. Great bargain for a smooth-nibbed piston filler from Die Faterland!

[Julio]

I will send you a Sheaffer Fashion for the cost of postage (5.50). Contact bc if interested

[Blade Runner]

I have a Waterman Executive that is very thin and its a beautiful pen, probably out of everything my best writer

+1 Excellent nibs on those. Very thin, but long, and quite comfortable.

[rcmirani]

Nisstiiv vanishing nib safety fountain pen http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh306/rcmirani/Nisstiiv/Fountain%20pen/fp_lipstick_L.jpg

[mongrelnomad]

Ba-Na-Na!

 

Cha-La-Na!

[pelman]

Sailor chalana. Look @ oscarbraun. No affiliation etc...

[DRP]

I'll add a vote in favor of the slim Sheaffer Targa. New, old stock pens are still to be found.

[eli]

Vintage Waterman's 52 1/2 and Waterman's 12.

Edited December 12, 2010 by eli

[WhisperBlade]

I really don't recommend a Thin pen for starters. FPs are meant for effortless writing, which I find is why they are thicker - easier to grip and easy on the fingertips.

 

The thinner the pen, I find, the harder it is to write.

 

My 1.2 cents.

[maxh]

If you don't need a top-line brand, I highly recommend looking on eBay for the Cartelo 100. It's about $5, almost as thin as a disposable ballpoint, and it is in fact available in pink.

[takkun]

Despite my huge hands, I'm a fan of small pens, particularly minimalist and modernist ones.

That said, among the Lamy line you have the CP1 and Logo (the latter is a bit larger than the former), along with the Accent. A favorite of mine is the Hero 100, which is a slimmed down style based on the parker 61, if I understand correctly.

Good luck!

[pamsc]

For some pictures see this post

[richardandtracy]

For an extremely thin pen, take a look here: http://www.andys-pens.co.uk/gz001.shtml

 

There are moe on the 'Vintage Pens' page of that site. Can't get slimmer than a Gazzaz Chalana. To be honest, I doubt if you'd want to go as thin as that...

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[MidnightBlue]

Some branches of Graf Von Faber Castell and Targa. Thanks

[mstone]

I really don't recommend a Thin pen for starters. FPs are meant for effortless writing, which I find is why they are thicker - easier to grip and easy on the fingertips.

 

The thinner the pen, I find, the harder it is to write.

 

My 1.2 cents.

 

Thick pens are a fairly modern phenomenon, largely subsequent to the era when people were apt to write much. I wonder how much of that has to do with the proliferation of non-traditional pen grasps? :hmm1:

[wspohn]

You've had several very good suggestions.

 

I'll second the Targa Slim, and the Parker 180 and add the Waterman Gentleman which was their top of the line for a few years, is available in several finishes and is fairly slim.

[rcarlisle]

I really don't recommend a Thin pen for starters. FPs are meant for effortless writing, which I find is why they are thicker - easier to grip and easy on the fingertips.

 

The thinner the pen, I find, the harder it is to write.

 

My 1.2 cents.

 

Thick pens are a fairly modern phenomenon, largely subsequent to the era when people were apt to write much. I wonder how much of that has to do with the proliferation of non-traditional pen grasps? :hmm1:

 

Good point. I have never seen a really thick dip pen holder. The thickest I've see is a brause dip nib holder that would only qualify as a medium sized pen. And all those medieval scribes with their quill pens, and the founding fathers writing the Declaration of Independence, they did not have a choice of thick or thin quills. And they wrote beautilfully. It you like thin, go for thin.