Mini Portemonnaie

I needed a mini pen to add to my EDC (Every Day Carry) kit. Though I thought near on £4 was a bit expensive for a pen (Scrooge, I know), but it was the right size for the wallet I'd ordered. WOW!, what a fantastic little pen. Worth every penny. I bought 3 in total (made the two daughters EDC kits too). I have another on order to put into my minimalist wallet. So, to Pros & Cons. Pros - The smallest you can get a pen without being TOO small. (Look at the size of my hands - workglove size 11). It Writes beautifully and flows like a branded pen. It looks much more expensive than it actually is. Refills are available. Cons - (Help at the end) It comes unpackaged and can (and did) get lost amongst other items. It has a sticker attached which, when pulled off leaves a residue - A little WD40 on a piece of tissue / cloth cleans this off easily. Almost ALL pens come with a Blue Ink. (Black ink refills can be bought seperately). No Instructions - till now.... Instructions for use - Simply twist the bottom half against the top half to extend the nib, and reverse the twist to retract the nib. Instructions for replacing refill - Pull the Top half from the bottom (Do NOT twist it off). Unscrew the Blue? plastic bit from the bottom half. Pull the refill from the plastic bit. Re-assemble in reverse order.

This is a great wee pen. Ideal for pockets, books or handbags. Note taking sorted at a fair price with prompt delivery!

... you want a bottle of "sticky stuff remover" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mykal-Sticky-Stuff-Remover-250ml/dp/B000TAT4GM/ (other brands are available) about the house. It will completely remove the adhesive residue without any need to scrub and won't harm the finish on the pen. It works on most labels too, but that's another review for another time. Now that we've got that out of the way, on to the pens themselves: I bought a few as "pens of last resort," you know, for when you REALLY need a pen but don't normally carry one. As such these are ideal, good quality, write well, fairly robust, refillable, and no cap to lose. I keep one in my on-person first aid kit along with a mini sharpie and another in my rather compact pocketbook. Due to their size, or more specifically, extreme thinness, they are not exactly comfortable to hold. If you're a writer always waiting for inspiration to strike you'll probably want a thicker mini pen. For my own purposes these are almost ideal. I'd like a slightly thicker barrel but if the manufacturer changed this no doubt there's also be complaints about that in the reviews. With these caveats in mind I do recommend these pens and am glad I bought them.

This just came and seems like a nice quality little pen. I have found that it easily fits into the leather pencil holder loop on my 'police' style notebook, as it is so slim, and the clip helps to give it the grip to stay in place. (This is exactly what I wanted as the tip of the pencil that came with my notebook kept snapping in my back pocket.) It is small, which suits me with my small hands and fingers, but perhaps might not suit those with bigger hands. It is precisely 8.2cm long with the nib retracted, and 8.45cm with the nib out. I knew from the previous reviews that there could be an issue with the sticker: well, it still comes with a sticker on, which does leave a little residue, but I found it easy to remove this by repeatedly pressing the sticker back on and re-peeling it until it picked up all of the glue. It took about a minute. The pen wrote smoothly at the first try. All in all I'm happy with the product. I don't know how long it will last ink-wise, what with being so small, but only time will tell! :)

I'm delighted with this mini-pen - very well made (metal, not plastic), refillable, writes nicely, easy to use. What's not to love? I'm buying another one.

Feels cheap, not very easy to use as a pen as it is not very grippy and does not fit in large hands. looks nice but not for practical use

Just the right size to carry in pocket

I had what I thought was a mini pen before, but this is seriously mini! I have a mini Filofax and my previous mini pen was about the same length as the Filofax, this one is much shorter. It does write quite nicely though, and as the diary is really just for appointments, rather than actual writing, this will do very well. It does fit quite nicely into the pen holder at the side and feels secure there. The blue is a lovely rich shade, I couldn’t resist and in real life is as attractive as the photos.