Pre-Owned Pens

Parker Ellipse pens were made for only 3 years. Yet, we think they are among the most handsome design of the non-retro pen lines the company has made in the past 20 years. A little thicker and larger than many pens, it is nicely weighted and easy to use. Barely used, this preowned luxury pen is in nearly mint condition. It comes with a Parker converter, and it can use Parker ink cartridges. You'll write a fine line with it...until you discover it is a SEMI-FLEX 18k gold nib! It has a little feedback, but it is nothing worse than what most semi-flex fans are used to. 14.5cm capped.

Parker Inflection pens are great daily users for all of your basic writing needs. The clip is spring-loaded, featuring a new stylized arrow for the company's trademark. "Sunny Red" is the name of the matte, pearlized color of the pen. The pen looks like new, and the cap twists to extend or retract the Parker-style refill. You get a working blue refill in the pen. 13.4cm.

Parker continues making handsome, reliable pens to this day. Here is a great twist-top ballpoint called the Parker Inflection. It is a sturdy pen that is thicker than the ubiquitous Parker Jotter, and it is made of metal for a little more weight, durability and a sharp design in "Tranquil Blue." Ours has minimal wear, in like-new condition. It comes with a working blue Parker refill. 13.3cm capped.

It is difficult to capture the sheen and subtle beauty of this white pearlescent Padrino Sole Horizon. We love looking at this pen under the light to see it sparkle and change before our eyes. Padrino is the house brand for Paradise Pens/Colorado Pen Company. It is a nice sturdy, reliable ballpoint pen. Twist the tail cap in the back to extend and retract a working black Parker-style refill. Only light wear at worst. 13.8cm.

Sepia-swirl acrylic turns a blah-pen design into a lively writing adventure. We love looking at this pen under the light to see it sparkle and change before our eyes. Padrino is the house brand for Paradise Pens/Colorado Pen Company. It is a nice sturdy, reliable ballpoint pen. Twist the tail cap in the back to extend and retract a working black Parker-style refill. Only light wear at worst. 13.8cm.

We're just nuts for this Nussbaum fountain pen. Purple veins through pearl acrylic look like lighting streaking through the pen. We have never heard of the brand Nussbaum before, but it means nut tree in German. It is a very attractive pen in like-new condition. It comes complete with a standard international converter, and it can use like cartridges. The steel nib is marked medium, and it writes a very nice, smooth wet medium line that sings a little as it writes. Nice width. 14.1cm capped.

Mont Blanc pays tribute to one of the great masters of the Baroque period of music with its limited edition pen dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach. Composer of the "Brandenburg Concertos," "Air on the G String" and many secular and religious pieces, Bach was most noted in his time for his work on the organ. Our fountain pen is one of only 12,000 made by Mont Blanc. It appears never to have been used. The piston is clean of any ink, as it smoothly goes up and down the barrel with a twist of the still stickered blind cap. Click the headline for a close-up of the 18k gold medium nib bearing the composer's likeness in platinum. The gold-plated cap ring features a portion of the "5th Brandenburg Concerto." In the box, you also get a small booklet about Bach, the service guide and sheet music! 14.4cm capped.

Look closely at the beauty of this blue-gray marbled pen by O'Nett's. It is a genuinely handsome pen. We've never heard of the brand before, but it looks like a really handsome celluloid. Unscrew the back tail cap to reveal the capless rollerball refill. It works, but we don't know how much ink remains. The pen only has light wear. 13.4cm.