What Is The Largest (Not Line Size, But Physically Largest) Nib/pen?

[zaddick]

Beautiful Zaddick.

 

Thank you for taking the time and effort to show this. The Nib does look massive.

 

Is the BB pen (prototype) an eye dropper? What sort of filling mechanism is there in it?

Also for the custom body which filling mechanism did you end up getting?

No problem.

 

The BB pen is a C/C. The custom pen is by Bruno Corsini and is a button filler.

 

Last I looked you could still buy the loose nibs at Martini Auctions but you need a custom feed and housing for the nib, hence why I went with a custom pen. Then feed is a spoon feed in the same material as the body.

[TinyTim]

Thanks Zaddick. I have seen those popping up some times.

 

Don't know whether to make the plunge and go through the custom pen route or use the money for another pen altogether. Something that has been tried and tested.

[venegas.soriano]

It would be the Tohma Hightaka 55 or the Kumataka 55. It's almost a sword.

https://pencluster.com/category/hand_made_pen/tohma/

 

[AAAndrew]

Largest I've ever owned in a fountain pen is an oversized Conklin Endura. I've seen gardening trowels smaller, but I'm sure many of the others mentioned here are larger. 

 

As for dip pens, the largest production pen made for writing was the Esterbrook Mammoth. There were "novelty" pens that are larger, but they were not really made for regular writing. To get an idea, I've attached a photo of a "Ladies Falcon" size, a regular Falcon, which is considered a big dip pen, and then a Mammoth Falcon. The other shows a Mammoth Falcon, a regular Falcon and a regular pen about the size of a modern Zebra G. (for size comparison). The last picture shows two of the novelty pens on the bottom, and the two Mammoth Falcons on top in the same kind of holder don't look too out of place. 

 

Hunt made one about as long, but it was thinner and fit into a regular holder, so overall, just less massive. I've heard that a French and British version of the Mammoth Falcon were made for a very, very short time, but I've not seen one. 

[venegas.soriano]

On 5/20/2021 at 2:17 PM, AAAndrew said:

 

Wow, nice pictures! I found a Mammoth for sale on eBay, I wanted to buy it, but there were no specs about the material. Is it from stainless steel or regular?

Talking about gold dip pens... the Aikin Lambert #8 is also massive (almost 50mm)

[AAAndrew]

Mammoth Falcons are made of non-stainless steel, so they will rust if not taken care of. These old steel dip pens were actually made of the highest quality crucible steel, also called "cast steel" which was highly prized by tool and knife makers. That is why they have a superior balance of spring, flexibility and strength. 

[WLSpec]

Largest pen and nib I've seen is the Kubo #100. That thing is HUGE.

[zaddick]

I am going to say the 1950s to early 1960s Montegrappa novelty pens have the largest nibs I have seen, though they are stainless steel. These pens came in a few different coverings, but they do work. For comparison the middle nib is a Bexley #12 which is the same size as a Namiki #50 and the bottom is a standard Bock #6. 

[Christopher Godfrey]

I forgot, in an earlier post, the Matador Garant 998, which nib is of similar size as those in the Waterman 58, the Pelikan M1000 and the MB 149.

[WLSpec]

14 hours ago, zaddick said:

I am going to say the 1950s to early 1960s Montegrappa novelty pens have the largest nibs I have seen, though they are stainless steel. These pens came in a few different coverings, but they do work. For comparison the middle nib is a Bexley #12 which is the same size as a Namiki #50 and the bottom is a standard Bock #6. 

Whoa! Is that comfortable to use?

[zaddick]

1 hour ago, WLSpec said:

Whoa! Is that comfortable to use?

No. But it works. I just have it for display. 

[SCPirate]

On 5/25/2021 at 8:15 PM, zaddick said:

I am going to say the 1950s to early 1960s Montegrappa novelty pens have the largest nibs I have seen, though they are stainless steel. These pens came in a few different coverings, but they do work. For comparison the middle nib is a Bexley #12 which is the same size as a Namiki #50 and the bottom is a standard Bock #6. 

Woah, sorry for the late reply, but can you send a picture of the full pen? That looks massive.

[WLSpec]

2 hours ago, SCPirate said:

Woah, sorry for the late reply, but can you send a picture of the full pen? That looks massive.

It's shown in this thread: