Let's See Your Smallest Pens - 4 Inches Or Smaller Capped

[pensuponpens]

How about the Sailor Chalana? https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/21h7%2BJgWbqL._SX355_.jpg

[Honeybadgers]

Isn't the chalana quite long for its size?

 

The cross spire is extremely thin, but long.

[taike]

Modern-wise, the PenBBS 471 fits the bill. 86mm with the ring, so about 3.38 inches.

 

 

 

[sidthecat]

I'm a dedicated miniaturist...this assortment I published on another thread not too long ago:

The leftmost is a Conklin with a right-oblique nib: of all my pens it's the only one. The next is a sterling Mabie Todd with a very flexy dip nib, and a white-gold Wahl with an even-flexier dip nib - hybrids are my guilty pleasure. Next is a Mystery: an elegant little eyedropper with a teeny-weeny nib and no information whatsoever. Someone's selling a similar one on eBay and he's as baffled as I am. The next one's also a no-name with a nice little Warranted nib. The black one is a Diamond Point with a Midget nib, and the two on the end are Peter Pans: the green one's a nail, but the gold-mounted one has a surprisingly flexy little nib: I have little hands, but it's a job to write with it so there is a lower limit for functional size.

 

[sharonspens]

 

I got four of these little fellas on eBay years ago. This is the only one I still have. Holds a standard cartridge, I believe (I've never inked it).

 

Sharon in Indiana

[Bo Bo Olson]

Some very pretty pens Sid...

 

Vest pocket pens....if a man had one of those real short ones.

[Cordovian]

Montblanc Boheme Platinum Doue'

 

[BaronWulfraed]

 

Photos pretty please?!

 

Fine, as long as my R-Pi web server is running...

 

http://ad-hoc.microdiversity.freeddns.org/Stipula_Short.jpg

 

Top to bottom:

Passaporto Superleggero Stealth

Passaporto Superleggero "Drome" (clear)

Passaporto clear

Passaporto Ebonite LE

Bon Voyage

 

The Superleggero models are eye-dropper only, and the cheapest of the batch -- the only metal is the nib; the trim ring is chromed plastic.

 

The other three have nipples for international standard (short) cartridges, but also have o-rings for eye-dropper usage.

 

The longest is the Bon Voyage at just 4 inches (my Bexley Tuck-Away comes in at 4 3/8 inches capped -- reaching 7 1/8 posted; hence not included here). Superleggero at 3 3/4, and older Passaporto at 3 1/2.

[sidthecat]

Thanks, Bo Bo! Not too long ago somebody pointed at the Wahl-Fairchild pen I was wearing and asked: "Is that a whistle?"

[OMASsimo]

And your answer was?

[Honeybadgers]

the modern passaporto is absolute trash.

 

The wancai mini is also quite short.

[mehandiratta]

interesting thread

[BrassRatt]

Ebonite Indian eyedropper, possibly Deccan (maybe someone can tell from the clip and finial style). Fully functional.

 

[SpecTP]

yard o led and montegrappa

 

[mallymal1]

Great thread.

[Marlow]

Ebonite Indian eyedropper, possibly Deccan (maybe someone can tell from the clip and finial style). Fully functional.

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Awwww, that is so cute!

[Marlow]

Montblanc Boheme Platinum Doue'

 

 

I really like the Boheme range. Bewildering array of sizes though and I don't think I've ever seen a seller note the capped length in a listing!

[Bo Bo Olson]

Thanks, Bo Bo! Not too long ago somebody pointed at the Wahl-Fairchild pen I was wearing and asked: "Is that a whistle?"

[Marlow]

yard o led and montegrappa

 

 

That Montegrappa looks stunning! What length are these two?

[sidthecat]

My answer was to uncap it and show her that crazy nib. The lady, who had a thing for pens herself, melted at my feet.