Vintage Pens

There's nothing quite like the classic Parker 51. Considered by many to be the greatest fountain pen of all time, it is easy to fill with its aerometric filler and it writes every time all the time. This is the basic black model with a Lustraloy cap. The pen shows some wear when you can see it close up in person, but you can see in the photo it looks great at a slight distance. Its pli-glass ink sac looks really clean. You will write a deliciously smooth broad line with its 14k gold nib. No cracks or serious damage. 13.7cm capped.

We don't know about you, but we find a decidedly romantic allure to the Parker Vacumatic design in blue celluloid. Our vintage pen has been fully restored with a new diaphragm. It is dated from 1945. Was it bought by a returning World War II veteran? A young service man or woman who enlisted just as the fighting was coming to an end but would eventually serve in Korea? Who knows? No cracks and only light wear. The barrel clarity is almost completely ambered black, but the rest of the pen looks amazing. You will write a smooth, wet extra-fine line with its original 14k gold nib. 12.8cm capped.

Parker Vacumatics were such a huge leap forward in fountain pen technology. Getting rid of the traditional sac by using a rubber diaphragm and hollow barrel led to a huge increase in a pen's ink volume. Plus, these celluloid designs were stunning. We restored this Parker Vacumatic Major with a new ink sac. There is almost no barrel clarity left, but it has a desirable aluminum filler annnnnd a "stacked coins" cap band! Its 14k gold nib is a replacement nib, and it writes a nice wet medium line with a little feedback. No cracks in the pen. Just light wear and a little brassing. 13cm capped.

Streamlining the Parker Duofold really brought pen design into the 20th century as we would know it. This black Parker Duofold Junior is a fully restored vintage pen with a new ink sac. No cracks, only a little brassing along the ball of the pocket clip. The rest of the pen has wear from use but no serious damage. A past repair replaced the original nib and feed. However, this pen remains a great writer, as the 14k gold nib writes a very nice, smooth medium line. 11.9cm capped.

The sophisticated writer of the 1950s insisted on the mess-free luxury of the Sheaffer Sentinel fountain pen. Under pressure from the booming ballpoint market, Sheaffer created these overengineered fountain pens to suck up ink through a snorkel to provide wipe-free filling. Our vintage pen has been fully restored with a new ink sac, point seal and O-ring. In excellent condition, there is only light wear: no dents or deep scratches. You will write a very nice, smooth fine line with its two-tone 14k gold nib. 14.2cm capped.

We find the over-engineered, Rube Goldberg-style filling of the Sheaffer Snorkel to be enchanting. Better than just any Snorkel, this is a New Old Stock Sheaffer Snorkel Desk Pen in its original box! We restored it with a new point seal and O-ring, and now it is in perfect working order. By no means too large for even a modern desk, this is the perfect vintage pen at work or at home! By the chalk mark still visible in the photo, Sheaffer declared this a fine-point nib. Click the headline for close-ups. The perfect gift for graduation, birthdays, anniversaries and more.

New Old Stock, kinda in the box! We aren't sure who made this very attractive ringtop fountain pen, but it was well made and remains impeccably perfect, aside from a little fading of the orange top decoration. Nice, clear chasing! No company name in either the box, instructions or on the pen. The box is deteriorating rapidly. We restored the pen with a new ink sac. Its 14k gold nib is marked #3 Warranted. It needs breaking in, but it writes a nice, firm fine line with a little feedback. A great vintage pen, even if no maker formally claimed it. 11.2cm capped.

RARE NIB ALERT! Click the headline for an amazing 1930s 14k gold Montblanc Left-Foot Oblique nib! Sadly the Montblanc 234 1/2 G fountain pen attached to it is NOT working, but how many of these nibs are left on planet Earth? The vintage pen's telescoping piston actually seems to be moving quite smoothly, it just isn't sucking up any ink. The cork seal must be shot. Unfortunately, the celluloid in the tail also looks extremely fragile. Nevertheless, we are sure some vintage Montblanc collector is going to want to scoop up this original nib and feed. 12.1cm capped.