Pre-Owned Pens

Basic is best, sometimes. The simple magic of a Pelikan Souveran M200 is its ease of filling, attractive design and quality nib. We love the shimmering green design that reminds us of the Northern Lights. You'll find the piston operating smoothly. No cracks or significant wear, except for some spots the golden element of the nib is fading. Click the headline for close-ups. The Pelikan logo on the cap topper has a clean imprint of a mama pelican and two chicks nicely filled with gold. You will write a nice fine line with its nib, which does have a little feedback. 12.7cm capped.

Welllll, it looks just like a Parker Vector, but trusty readers have told us that it is a Parker Rialto. It has a brass cap and barrel foundation, unlike the mostly plastic Vectors. We like the two-tone color scheme. You will like the smooth-writing golden alloy nib that lays down a dry, fine line. It comes with an earlier aerometric-style squeeze-bar converter that still works. Takes modern Parker converters and cartridges, too. Light wear from use...not significant blemishes. 13.2cm capped.

Affordable and easy-to-use, Parker Vectors are great gateway drugs into using fountain pens. This preowned pen with a very modern design comes with a super-smooth steel nib that writes a great medium line. It fills with Parker cartridges or Parker converters. It comes with neither, but they are plentiful and easy to find. This dark-blue pen is very light weight. You'll find light wear from use, but there are no significant bits of damage. 13.1cm capped.

If you prefer the smoothness of a fountain pen with the no-hassle ease of a ballpoint, then this luxurious Parker Duofold rollerball might be for you. Rollerball pens are like ballpoints, only they use cartridges with water-based fountain pen ink instead of the oil-based ink refills of a ballpoint. This preowned pen is based on the vintage pearl-and-black Parker Duofolds of the late 1920s. We include a brand-new black refill with the pen. Our pen shows a little wear from use, but it remains in attractive, great-working order. It has a 1994 date code. It is doing great for 30 years old! 13.1cm capped.

Made especially for people who want to take their fancy scripts to the next level, the Namiki Falcon is an excellent fountain pen. Click the headline for a close-up of its unique 14k gold nib. Do you see the imprint that says SF. That means it is a soft fine. In Namiki Speak, that means you will write an extra-fine line to nearly 1mm wide. Our preowned pen is in great condition without any cracks or deep scratches. It does have wear from use. Included is a proprietary converter. It also takes Pilot cartridges. 13.6cm capped.

Looking for the perfect pocket pen? Might we suggest the Pilot M90 fountain pen. This steel wonder fits in any breast pocket, but it can extend to full length when writing! Its long cap and short barrel make it the perfect go-anywhere pen. Another unique feature is is steel barrel that forms into its nib! It is a very clever design. Plus, this pen comes with its original Pilot converter. You also can use Pilot proprietary cartridges. You will write a firm-but-smooth extra-fine line. We also like the blue-jewel accent in the top of the cap. Click the headline for close-ups. 11.8cm capped.

Montblanc Classique fountain pens are a must for any writer. From the impression it makes in the board room to the joy of writing in your journal, these are must-have pens. Also known as the 144, our Montblanc is a slightly older variant from before serial numbers and when the company still used superior 14k gold nibs. Our preowned pen includes an original MB converter, too. These pens also take standard international cartridges. No cracks, some wear from use. You will write a very smooth medium line with that classic 14k gold nib. Click the headline for close-ups. 13.4cm capped.

Few cheap pens really impress us much, but our Parker Reflex definitely surprised us. We found its steel nib to be a very smooth fine-point writer. The wider rubberized grip made for easy holding and writing, too. The 1990s successor to the Parker Vector, this pen is in great condition with minimal wear. It takes Parker cartridges or converters, but it comes with neither. Ya can't beat the price, though. 14.1cm capped.