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I don't know of a rule, other than "does it look okay?"

Classic fountain pens (such as Parker, Sheaffer, Waterman, Conklin, Esterbrook ...) have often used clips that are shorter than I would expect yet they still look good. I've made a few clips that were longer and/or fatter than looked right when I got done - easy enough to take off and put one that has a better match, or grind it down a bit.

[QUOTE="DuncSuss, post: 373937, member: 2682"] I don't know of a rule, other than "does it look okay?" Classic fountain pens (such as Parker, Sheaffer, Waterman, Conklin, Esterbrook ...) have often used clips that are shorter than I would expect yet they still look good. I've made a few clips that were longer and/or fatter than looked right when I got done - easy enough to take off and put one that has a better match, or grind it down a bit. [/QUOTE]

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