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White numbers on red backgrounds indicate pens that have been sold.

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Pen	Description
01	Lavender Marble Conway Stewart 388, Medium Nib
SOLD Condition: B. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. Beautiful English made pen in Lavender marble. Medium 14K nib is somewhat stubbish providing a 0.6 mm down stroke with 0.35 mm cross stroke. Lever filler. Length: 5" (1327 mm) capped, 6¹/₄" (158 mm) posted. Price: $125.00
02	Burgundy Parker Challenger, Semi-Flex Fine Nib
SOLD Condition: B-. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. Overall a great looking pen. Fine 14K semi-flex nib provides a 0.5 mm to 0.8 mm line width. Ideal pen for someone who writes fast. A good wet writer. Button filler. Length: 5¹/₈" (128 mm) capped, 6¹/₈" (154 mm) posted. Price: $105.00
03	Black Parker Vacumatic, 2XFine Nib
Condition: B. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. 3Q1941 personalized with Frank W. Thompson. Nice pen with a 2XFine 14K nib that provides a 0.3 mm line width. Vacumatic filler. Length: 5¹/₁₆" (127 mm) capped, 5¹⁵/₁₆" (152 mm) posted. Price: $135.00
04	Azure Blue DJ Parker Vacumatic, Broad Stub Nib
SOLD Condition: B+. No chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. 3Q1941 production from our personal collection. An absolutely awesome factory italic stub 14K nib that gives a 0.8 mm down stroke and a 0.3 mm cross stroke. A really fun pen to write with. Vacumatic filler. Length: 5⁵/₁₆" (135 mm) capped, 6¹/₈" (156 mm) posted. Price: $260.00
05	Emerald Green Debutante Parker Vacumatic, Fine Nib
Condition: B-. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. 2Q1943 production in overall good condition with two minor toothies on the blind cap. Fine 14K nib provides a 0.5 mm line. Vacumatic filler. Length: 4⁵/₈" (118 mm) capped, 5³⁄8" (136 mm) posted. Price: $145.00
06	Cordovan Parker 51 Vacumatic, 2XFine Nib
SOLD Condition: B. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. 3Q1948 production makes this one of the last Vacumatic filler 51s made. Stunning highly desirable gold-filled cap with the straight and squiggly lines pattern. 2XF 14K nib provides a 0.3 mm line width. Vacumatic filler. Length: 5¹/₂" (141 mm) capped, 6" (152 mm) posted. Price: $225.00
07	Forest Green Debutante Parker 51 Aerometric, Extra Fine Nib
SOLD Condition: B. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. 4Q1950. Forest green 51s are becoming increasingly difficult to find. This one is exceptionally nice-looking with the gold filled cap. Extra fine 14K nib provides a 0.4 mm line width. Aerometric filler. Length: 5¹/₈" (130 mm) capped, 5⁵⁄₈" (143 mm) posted. Price: $165.00
08	Pelikan M400 Tortoise, Broad Semi-Flex Nib
SOLD Condition: C. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. A stunning and desirable old style model produced from late 1990 to 1997. Comes with clamshell and sleeve. 14K broad semi-flex nib produces a 0.8 mm to 1.3 mm line width. Piston filler. Length: 5" (127 mm) capped, 5⁷/₈" (149 mm) posted. Price: $325.00
09	Ebonized Pearl Sheaffer Junior Balance, Extra Fine Nib
Condition: B-. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. This super-neat material has chips of abalone shell that catch the light showing off so much color. Extra fine 14K nib provides a 0.4 mm line. Lever filler. Length: 5¹⁄₂" (148 mm) capped, 6" (153 mm) posted. Price: $150.00
10	Triumph Sheaffer Snorkel, Fine Nib
Condition: C. No brassing, chips, cracks, or significant scratches. There are a couple of dings in the top of the cap that keep this pen from being a B+. Tasteful personalization on body (HC Roberts). We just don't see these very often. Two tone 14K Triumph nib provides a 0.5 mm line. Snorkel filler. Length: 5⁵/₈" (142 mm) capped, 6⁷/₁₆" (163 mm) posted. Price: $175.00
11	Sheaffer Imperial Touchdown, BB Italic Stub Nib
SOLD Condition: B+. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. Gold filled Imperial Touchdowns aren't very common and this killer double broad factory stub is even harder to find. What a fun pen to write with! Enough line variation to make almost any writing interesting and unique. The inlaid 14K nib provides a 1.0 mm down stroke with a 0.3 mm cross stroke. Touchdown filler. Length: 5³⁄₈" (138 mm) capped, 5¹³⁄₁₆" (1487 mm) posted. Price: $175.00
12	Brown Marble Wahl Oxford, Medium Semi-Flex Nib
SOLD Condition: B. No brassing, chips, cracks, dings or significant scratches. Another fun little pen in a great color with strong imprints. 14K semi-flex nib provides a line width of 0.6 mm to 0.9 mm. Lever filler. Length: 4³⁄₄" (121 mm) capped, 5⁵/₈" (142 mm) posted. Price: $135.00

All of our tray pens are fully restored to good writing condition unless otherwise noted. By “good writing condition” is meant, in addition to proper function, that nibs are aligned, set for reasonable flow, and not scratchy. Particularly nice writers are so noted in their descriptions.

Except for pens that are described as being in “mint” or NOS condition, these are used pens. We guarantee all of our restoration work (resacking, nib adjustments, etc.), and we ship the pens in good working order. However, they are still used pens, and we cannot make the same guarantees against defects or for length of life that their manufacturers made (such as Sheaffer's Lifetime guarantee).

CAUTION
Empirical evidence collected over several years has made it clear that some Noodler’s inks can and will destroy pens. Many vintage pens, because of the materials of which they are made, are especially susceptible to destruction by these inks. For this reason, our guarantee is void if a pen you purchase from us fails after you have used any Noodler’s ink in it. For more information, read our article on inks

We grade pens according to the following condition scale. Within a grade, we use + or – to indicate shades of variation; for example, a pen that is B+ falls into the B grade and shows so little use that it is only marginally not A2.

Condition		Description
A1		“Mint” (uninked). Shows no signs of use.
A2		“Mint” (inked). As for A1 but may have been dipped or inked.
N1		New Old Stock (NOS). Unsold dealer or manufacturer stock. Not dipped or inked but may show shop wear.
N2		New Old Stock (NOS). Same as N1 but may have been dipped.
B		Excellent. All parts original and showing only very slight signs of use. Very slight surface scratching; very minor discoloration or brassing; crisp imprints; no significant dings.
C		Fine. All parts original. Some discoloration and brassing; light or worn imprints; small dings to metal or scratching on plastic.
D		Fair. Some parts possibly not original; significant brassing or discoloration; very worn imprints; dings and scratches. Maybe a good writing pen or usable for parts.