I've posted this elsewhere, but since those who work this forum were so kind as to create this new Pen turning subforum, I thought I would add this here.
I had been meaning to to make a mini fountain pen for some time (after the spirit of the Stipula Passaporto, and maybe the Kaweco), but never got to it....until I absent mindedly turned a nib section (for a #6 nib) a bit too narrow, and decided to use it anyway, but for a different purpose. So I tapped it for a #5 JoWo nib, and quickly (like, on the fly) threw together designs for a slimmer, narrower pen than what I usually make, long enough only for a standard international cartridge.
The result is the 'Micro Pocket Pen' measuring in at 85mm capped, and 120mm posted. It is even smaller than the Passaporto, for ultra-portability, but posts by threading onto the end of the barrel to a comfortable length for a long writing job (the posting and capping is by triple-start thread, so like half or 3/4 turn to cap/post. The threading is not as clean as I would like, but I seem to get this more often with the triple-start.
For fellow pen makers, the JoWo nib unit thread is M6.4 x 0.5; the nib section to barrel is 3/8 x 32; the barrel to cap (both ends) is M12 x 0.8 triple-start.
Here's another one pictured with a Passaporto, a Kaweco, and a full size Sailor 1911, first capped, then posted:
Thanks for looking! Comments and critiques welcome.
Ken
PS the resins are 'Golden Smoke' and 'Ocean Lava' from Ernie's 'Lava' series at Bear Tooth Woods.
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