Pre-Owned Pens

According to this pen's original owner, it started life as a Pelikan Souverän M400 with a gold nib. Some how, somewhere along the line, this handsome tortoiseshell colored luxury pen ended up with an extra-fine steel nib like an M200. Where does that leave it? It leaves us with a very attractive pen in great working order. Just light wear from use. You can twist the piston filler smoothly and easily from the blind cap in the tail. Writing is fun, firm and a little feedback that doesn't feel particularly scratchy. On top of the cap is a logo with a black field and golden mama pelican with a single chick. 12.5cm capped.

Technically, this Pelikan R200 is called a marble blue. However, as we gaze at the sheening swirls of blue-grey, we prefer to call it "Smoky Blue." Evoking those stunning black-and-white portraits of jazz stars, where their cigarette smoke is its own personality in the photo, we find this preowned pen's design to be just as elegant. Overall, the pen looks nearly perfect, but you can see a ring of wear where the cap snugged against the barrel by the threads. We installed a new, black Pelikan rollerball refill. Complete with its original boxes and papers. 12.4cm capped.

In our own personal collection we have a Pelikan P40 Pura that is probably the most reliable daily driver that we have. We can't imagine this one would be any different. Complete with its original box and travel pouch (not photographed) this is a luxurious workaday pen. This one is gently used with only light wear. It fills with standard international cartridges. You will write a smooth fine line that might be a shade on the dry side depending upon the ink you use. 14cm capped.

Swirls of green make this Pelikan Souverän R200 rollerball really stand out. We just inserted a new black refill. It looks fantastic. Minimal if any wear, this modern preowned luxury pen is a real stunner. It is the smaller size pen from the Pelikan line. The logo on the top of the cap is a black field with a golden mama bird with two chicks. 12.4cm capped.

Pelikan shocked its die-hard customers by eliminating the red-striped design from its line about 10 years ago. Bold, without being gaudy, these pens became a little harder to find, though the company has recently reintroduced the color. This mid-sized R600 model looks about as close to new as you can get. We include a new working refill. The logo sports a golden mama pelican with two chicks on a black background. It comes with its original box. 13.2cm capped.

Everybody needs a classic black pen for business and pleasure. Our Pelikan Souveran R400 (or 200, we aren't sure when it comes to rollerballs) is a handsome rollerball pen with gold-plated trim. This preowned pen is luxurious, but it shows a little wear from use. The good news is most of your customers and clients won't notice it as you write. No cracks or deep scratches. It comes with a working black refill and its original box. 12.5cm capped.

Gleaming deep sapphire blue makes this our favorite color of the Pelikan Souverän line. Our preowned pen was gently used once or twice and then put away. It looks close to new. Arriving in its original box, this is an ideal pen for work or play. Bold, dynamic and, yet, not gaudy at all. Unscrew the tail cap to replace the refill. You get a working blue Pelikan rollerball refill with this great pen. The logo is of a golden mama pelican with two chicks on a black background. 13.1cm capped.

We love the space-age silver-and-black design of this special edition Pelikan Souverän R215 rollerball pen. This pen was released in 2008. It appears to be New Old Stock. A preowned pen, we don't think it ever saw action, and if it did, it was used once and put away. It comes with its original boxes and tags. Included is a working Pelikan refill. 12.5cm capped.