Darth Davros
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Hi folks I have been asked to make a fountain pen for a rather small lady, do any of you know of any good quality small pen kits? Preferably feminine in nature, whatever that means
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Doing so is fraught with problems, more so if you turn between bushes rather than turn between centres, and is a big no-no for me, even when turning between centres.
The used to be a couple of small fountain pens, the one I posted recently here was one of the slimmest in Diameter as I can remember at 10.3mm Dia.
There was also the original American FP, that was just over 11mm Dia but was shorter and would only store one cartridge if I remember rightly. Pic below.
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The Americana had its problems and wasn't that popular due to the little rubber 'O' rings that had to be fitted to prevent the cap coming loose. But we sold quite a few to ladies due to them being small. Not come across come so small since.
I think there is a market for a smaller FP, but if you do find anything keep us all posted..
A pen available on this side that is identical in appearance to the one pictured by Eamonn (but no rubber gasket and nicer casting/plating) is the "Classic Elite" from PSI. I certainly won't compare quality to the Mistral, but the overall finished diameters make it a very nice "smaller pen." Start out planning to upgrade with a Bock nib for the sake of quality and I think you'll be happy with the result. I make a lot of these and sell them with both the fountain and roller ball sections as a "flexible set" and customers love them.
I agree its similar but the ones sold are all "postable" which makes the pens quite long. Non postable may be better but I don't believe its available currently.