Couple of shorties

[papaturner]

Picked up a couple of short refills a Office Depot,1 parker and 1 cross. The results follows..

The first is the cross, I modified a slimline,used cocobolo and finished with ca.
I shortened the kit by 1 5/8 inches.
The second is the parker I used an Executive kit,shortened by1.5 inches,cocobolo with ca finish. Don`t think I`ll add either to my line of pens.lol:biggrin:

 

[gad5264]

Very nice Perry

 

[toolcrazy]

Cool Pens, nice work.

 

[desertyellow]

They are visually interesting but how do they feel when you write?

 

[papaturner]

They are visually interesting but how do they feel when you write?

Tony, They get a lot of attention but they are too short for me (I don`t like them):biggrin: That`s why I won`t make any more like them (uncomfortable to use.)

Thanks for looking and your comments.

 

[Ligget]

Great thinking, they look fantastic!

 

[Galanw]

I posted a small "Cigar Stub" that uses the small ink refill and it is quite comfortable to use. It is 4 1/8" long.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7585&highlight=Cigar+stub

 

[Randy_]

Picked up a couple of short refills a Office Depot,1 parker and 1 cross.....

"SHORT REFILLS".............

That is a new one on me. Are you saying they make Cross and Parker refills or clones that are 1-1/2" ± shorter than the standard refills?

I don't recall ever seeing that mentioned before. How long have they been available??

 

[Galanw]

I haven't seen a small Cross, but I do have a Parker type that is 2 1/2" long. It is made for a small Office Depot pen. I forget what it is called.

 

[papaturner]

"SHORT REFILLS".............

That is a new one on me. Are you saying they make Cross and Parker refills or clones that are 1-1/2" ± shorter than the standard refills?

I don't recall ever seeing that mentioned before. How long have they been available??

Randy, The ones I got were indeed clones,sorry I gave the impression that they were parker and cross refills. My bad.

 

[Randy_]

Perry: I wasn't so much commenting on the issue of being a clone...although that is interesting...as I was asking about the size. I have never seen short refills like that before!!

I agree that short pens are not very comfortable to use; but there is at least one place where I find them useful. If I run off for a quick trip to the store in a T-shirt without pockets.....no place for a pen or shopping list. I've broken too many sitting on them when carrying in a pants pocket.

Soooo......I bought a 99¢ Papermate click pen and cut it down from 5+ inches to 3-3/4". It lays flat in the bottom crease of my pants pocket so there is no big danger of breaking it and even if I do by some freak accident, nothing much is lost.

Was going to post a picture; but find that the camera batteries are dead so will have to do that later when they get recharged.

 

[Randy_]

Here is my shortie!!:biggrin: