David and Goliath

[AnasaziWrites]

The mammoth nib was made to fit the mammoth holder. I have yet to find one, but I do have the Midget holder, by American Pencil Co., which was an advertising pen at one of the early world's fair. The image below is one I found on the internet some time back for the pen. I'll follow up with an image of my Midget Pen holders.

I was going to ask you if you had a holder that would fit this nib.
Think you could build an oblique to fit this nib?

[AnasaziWrites]

Image below of the few American Pencil Co. Midget Pen Holders I have. They pop up on eBay from time to time, I think I typically paid around $10-20 for each of them if I recall correctly.

Red Pen Holder at the top is a normal sized straight pen holder for scale.

Midget? Would these midget penholders accommodate the mammoth nib?

[AnasaziWrites]

Any progress on this, Mike?  I wasn't joking about those cable ties, actually ... quick, easy and reversible.

No progress yes. I was thinking wrapping fine wire around a penholder, pinning the nib to the outside of the staff. Just haven't got around to it Other projects in progress just now.
I was a little surprised I didn't get a mammoth holder with the nibs, as the nibs were bought from the same person I bought a huge bunch of straight pens at the same time.

[AnasaziWrites]

That is a big one! Do you by any chance know how old it is? I've seen a few tools like that from when large lettering was still done by hand.

It's just a guess, but I would say 1890-1920, as this nib was part of a collection that had nibs from this time period.

[flummoxed]

It's just a guess, but I would say 1890-1920, as this nib was part of a collection that had nibs from this time period.

It would be great to actually see all these different collection of vintage nibs that a of you seem to have here. I guess I will have to time and plan a trip to the next IAMPETH convention (or an equivalent one for the folks in the EU). I'll have to time my visit to the Netherlans carefully next time.

[YokePenCo]

Michael,

Sorry for the delay in responding, for some reason the topic quit notifying me. Anyhow, yes the Midgets do fit the Mammoth Nib. Could I make an oblique, sure. I might just toss one together for fun, lol. If I do, I'll post an image. haha

[YokePenCo]

That is a big one! Do you by any chance know how old it is? I've seen a few tools like that from when large lettering was still done by hand.

It's just a guess, but I would say 1890-1920, as this nib was part of a collection that had nibs from this time period.

Not sure when they started making those nibs but one of the Pens I have is from the 1934 Worlds Fair in Chicago.