Filling Mechanism: Rollerball

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.

Faber Castell pens and pencils are fantastic, German-made pens that often get over looked by those "other" German pen companies. Nevertheless, this Faber Castell rollerball pen is a great daily driver. The barrel has a carbon fiber design, though it isn't real carbon fiber. The cap and writing grip are rubberized. No sliding fingers on this pen. It fills with standard rollerball refills that can be found anywhere. Better, yet, it can use a Pilot G2 gel refill, and this one does. A great black ink, though the refill is a little more than half used. 14cm capped.

Arguments should be made to defend the S.T. Dupont Olympio as one of the most perfectly engineered pens in luxury pens. Elegant, dependable and the way that cap glides on to the barrel, even after thousands of uses, feels as if it is being sucked on by a tractor beam. Amazing. Our preowned pen was somebody's favorite daily user. Its silver finish is heavily worn with micro scratches and such. Click the headline for a close up. In spite of the wear, it is still a powerhouse of a luxury pen and no where near retirement. Ours comes loaded with a working blue refill. 13.5cm 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.

In the 1990s, Pelikan started having a ton of fun with its standard issue Souverän pen designs. This Pelikan Souverän R730 is an especially nice rollerball pen with a sterling silver cap and tail cap. The tail cap is perfect and there is only one shallow dent in the side of the cap you can see in the photo. Click the headline for close-ups. In real life, you will easily find the dent if you are looking for it, but you will easily miss it, if you aren't looking for it. The rest of the pen comes with minimal light wear from use. You also get a working blue refill with the pen. 12.5cm capped.

Most people know the Parker 180 as a fountain pen that had a nib that could write different width lines on each side of the nib. Yet, Parker made this companion rollerball pen, too! Our gold-plated pen is dent-free and only shows light wear. We also include a new Parker rollerball refill. 13.2cm capped.