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| Esterbrook # 340 Mammoth Falcon |
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| Description: This pen has a classic falcon body and a sharp point. The vent hole is oval with clipped ends. Bronze finish. 2 3/8 inches long. |
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I
could not produce a writing sample since I had no holder that could be
used with this behemoth. I though about using vise grips but didn't
want to mar the metal. Trying to hold it using just my fingers was unsatisfactory. |
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| Remarks: I included the ruler in the photo of this giant nib. It is 2.38 inches long! It is too big for a standard pen holder. A special pen holder was available for it at one time. Introduced in 1881 "#340,A The Mammoth Falcon Pen – Bronze – This engraving is
the exact size of the pen. It has a
beautiful action, and has come large in use for off-hand writing, such as
general correspondence, bank, shipping and bill clerk’s use. #340,B The Mammoth Falcon Pen – Carded – 12 pens and a pen
holder to suit, sewed on cards. #340,C The Mammoth Falcon Pen – Nickel Plated – Carded as
above. #340,D The Mammoth Falcon Pen – Bronze – A new style of doing up the “Mammoth Falcon” Pen on cards, each card containing six pen-holders and six pens." A full page ad for the #340 Mammoth in the 1883 catalog seems to indicate that Esterbrook was offering this pen as a serious proposition. But then the comment about "recommending its use to elderly gentlemen" seems tongue-in-cheek somehow. The catalog did also offer pen holders for this gigantic nib.Mammoth Falcon Pen #340 – It has a medium fine point, and a beautiful and easy action which cannot be obtained in a smaller pen. Owing to its size, its capacity for holding ink is greater than any pen heretofore placed upon the market. It is especially adapted to the use of Bank Officer, Clerks, Tellers, Bill and Shipping Clerks, Correspondents, etc., etc. We also recommend its use to elderly gentlemen, because of its firmness and smoothness of point. |
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| Reference: The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following: Listed in the 1883 Esterbrook Catalog Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff) Listed by Internet Vendor(s) Listed on Internet Auctions |
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