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With a crisp, clean imprint from 1940, this Parker Vacumatic Debutante looks stunning. We just restored it with a new diaphragm, and it is ready to rock your world. Emerald Pearl is the name of the color pattern, and it is such a vibrant green. The barrel is ambered, but you can still see through it. This vintage pen still has its aluminum speedline filler. You will write an extra-fine line with light feedback. Click the headline for a close-up of its 14k gold nib. No cracks, chips or deep scratches. 11.8cm capped.

Golden Pearl is always one of our favorite Parker Vacumatic colors. This Parker Vacumatic Debutant set looks stunning. The vintage pen is fully restored with a new diaphragm, and the cap and barrel sport minimal wear from use. No brassing, but the barrel is a bit ambered. The dating on this set is great, as it was made on the cusp of 1939. The barrel imprint on the pen says 1st quarter 1939. The two-tone 14k gold nib sports a 1938 date. And the working clicker pencil has a Q4 1938 date code. You will write a nice medium line with the nib, by the way. Remember, the Debutants are the smallest of the Vac models. Pen measures 12cm capped.

Vintage looks look great on modern preowned pens. Our Levenger True Writer set consists of a fountain pen and ballpoint pen. Showing only minor wear from use, each is ready to take on all of your writing adventures. We installed a brand-new blue ballpoint refill on the ballpoint pen. Just twist the tail cap to advance and retract the refill. Unfortunately, we don't have a Levenger converter that fits just right. Luckily, this preowned pen used standard international cartridges, too. You will write a nice, fine line with its two-toned steel nib. Click the headline for close-ups.

Check out our first coral Montblanc 204 fountain pen! Click the headline for close-ups! From its button-filler to its stub-like 14k gold nib, there is so much to explore. We restored this vintage pen with a new ink sac. The cap and barrel show a little wear from use. The clip has some brassing, and there are a couple little blemishes in the cap band. The nib looks like new, but the stub-ish point on the nib looks stunning. Surprisingly enough, the nib writes a mostly fine line with a shade of line variation. However, it has just enough give in it to get a nice, thick 1mm line out of it. It is a firm nib, so go easy on it until you get the hang of it.

To our way of thinking, the last great filling system innovation was the capillary filler on the Parker 61. Just dip the Teflon-coated tube--that is hidden under the barrel--in ink and it fills automatically. Released in the late 1950s, it was a brilliant idea. The only down side to it is that you can't change colors very quickly or easily. We did our best to flush out the black ink that was in the pen, but there likely will be some residual ink that will take a while to completely work its way out. We love the rainbow-cap design. This pen show some wear from use. The silvery arrow by the nib has more of a matte look, even after we polished it. You will write a nice extra-fine line with its 14k gold nib. 13.8cm capped.

Ever wanted to try the vintage pencil writing experience. The second generation Parker Duofold remains an art deco beauty. Our vintage pencil still works, but it is heavily brassed and shows some wear. Twist the tail cap to advance the .9mm lead. You have to push the lead back in by hand if you want to retract it. Pull off the tail cap to reveal a hardened original eraser. Under the eraser is a spare lead. 11.9cm.

Wahl-Eversharp didn't call these pencils Skyline pencils. Even though it is a match to the Skyline pen, it likely had an alpha-coded or alpha-numeric name. As an early click-advance pencil, it uses 1.1mm leads. Pull out the clicker to reveal a somewhat fresh eraser and a couple of spare leads. Deep burgundy is the color of the pen. You'll find the vintage pencil is well-worn, but there are no cracks nor deep scratches. Works well! 13.7cm.

Waterman was already well on its way back as a luxury pen maker when it created the Waterman Rhapsody. This blue-marble ballpoint was part of the upper tier of pens for the company. We replaced the refill with a brand-new blue one. It writes very well, as the brass-barrel construction of the pen gives it a little extra weight, which helps it write more smoothly. Twist the tail cap to advance or retract the ballpoint. You will find some light wear on the pen but nothing egregious. 14.1cm.