Re: Novopen 3 Army Home › Forums › Living with type one › Novopen 3 Army › Re: Novopen 3 Army 15 February, 2011 at 9:12 am #12220 AlisonKeymaster @Lizz Ah, those were the days. The original, beautiful, slimline, brushed metal Novopen was a work of art. I was most displeased when they practically doubled it’s girth and replaced it with the chunky, plastic things they call Novopens now.