Pre-Owned Pens

Everybody has got to start some where. If you know someone who is fountain pen curious and hope to push them over the threshold, get them a great little starter pen such as this Cross base model fountain pen. It fills with a Cross converter or Cross cartridges. Its steel nib is losing most of its golden plating, but it writes a smooth line that is closer to fine than the medium it is marked as. It might also serve as s good every-day-carry that you don't mind letting get knocked around. It just needs a good home and a little TLC. 14cm capped.

Bask in the stunning, sunny amber glow of this Visconti Pericle rollerball pen. You'll turn heads using this handsome pen, whose pocket clip was designed to reflect ancient Greek army helmets. Minimal wear, and it has a tight snap-cap closure. It comes with a sample ballpoint refill that is just about all out of ink. Sorry we don't have any spares at the moment. 14.5cm capped.

We love Italian design, and this Signum Orione is a very handsome pen in a captivating blue marble design. Slowly turn the pen in the light, and it looks as if there are layers trapped in the acrylic cap and barrel. The blue parts look great with minimal wear. The metal parts show some very small scratches. Includes a working blue Parker-style refill that advances and retracts with a twist of the tail cap. 13.5cm.

Acrylic tiger-eye and grey swirls make for a captivating design on this Romet fountain pen. We had never previously heard of the brand, but it is a handsome devil. It is in excellent condition with minimal wear. It sports a international converter, and it also uses like cartridges. Its two-tone steel nib is marked as medium but it writes more of a fine line for us with a little feedback and sharp cross-strokes, like on a "T." 13.7cm.

Pelikan 800 pens are among our favorite being made today. Large, but not too large. Light weight for easy, cramp-free writing all day. Elegant without being snobby. Damned well made. Our preowned luxury pen has seen some good use in its lifetime. There's plenty of light wear on the cap and barrel, but the black still gleams enough to keep most of it hidden from a couple feet away. There are no cracks or deep scratches. Click the headline to see a little missing plating near the nib. Its two-tone 18k gold nib writes a nice fine line. We won't say it has feedback in the scratchy sense, but it has feedback in the sense you'll feel the page under the fine, almost extra-fine, point. This isn't one of those buttery smooth nibs. Piston filler works smoothly and easily. 14cm capped.

Montblanc fans, behold a bordeaux-colored Montblanc 342! With the exception of a couple little light-wear marks, such as a ring around the barrel where the cap once posted, this pen is in nearly mint condition. It has a smooth working piston filler that does not appear to have seen much ink. Better yet, its 14k gold nib is a VERY RARE OBLIQUE nib from the factory! It writes softly and smoothly from extra-fine to roughly 1mm wide, depending on the angle. You even get a little travel pouch to keep the pen safer. We kinda hate to sell it. 12.6cm capped.

Stately and sophisticated, green straited Pelikan pens are a luxury for writers around the world. Our Pelikan Souverän R800 pen is a large, but not oversized, made by quality-obsessed German engineers and craftsmen. Ours is in excellent condition, with minimal wear from use. It comes with a working blue Pelikan rollerball refill, but we have no idea how much ink is left and will remain fresh while it awaits a new home. On top of the cap is a golden logo with a mama pelican and two chicks. 13.8cm capped.

The famed Monte Cristo cigar company released a special rollerball pen to go with a cigar sample set in the past decade. (OMG. We love their cigars.) This pen looks as if it took style pointers from the Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald pen. It takes standard rollerball refills, but what we really love about it is that the tail piece unscrews to reveal a cigar punch! Who doesn't love a multi-functional pen. Look closely at the photo, and you can see the side of the pen barrel has seen some moderate wear. When posted the refill still seemed to have some black ink in it, but we don't know how much or how long it will last. 14.2cm capped.