Well, this was a fun challenge. The commission was for a Shirt Pocket Fountain Pen style, but for carrying in very small, shallow shirt pockets (polo shirts). In the end, we had to give up on making the pen a converter fill, opting to go with cartridge-only in order to allow for a shorter barrel length.
The cap itself could not be shortened much more than is already the case with my standard SPFP, given a reasonable threaded tenon, grip size, and #6 nib. The barrel, however, need only be as long as the contents: converter or cartridge. So, in this case, the barrel was designed to be just long enough for a standard international cartridge.
The end result is a pen that is not unlike those '70s Japanese 'short' fountain pens made for shirt pocket carry. The pen is quite short at 110mm capped, and 97mm uncapped; but once posted, it is a comfortable 125mm long, very pleasant to write with. See below for a side by-side with one of my standard sized SPFPs.
The material used here is 'Golden Smoke' alumilite which I obtained from the folks at Bear Tooth Woods, framed with plain black acrylic trim and grip. The nib is a steel 1.1mm stub made by JoWo of Germany.
Thanks for looking!
Ken
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