John Holland Nib Identification?

[balson]

i picked up a lot of "brass" nibs because i saw it had a parker 51 nib in it but i was really surprised to find what appears to be a large gold john holland falcon nib in there. there are no gold stamps but the nib is tipped which leads me to believe that it is gold. i was wondering if anyone could tell me more about the nib. does it go for a dip pen or a fountain pen? any guess as to the date of the pen that this would go to? about all i know about john holland pens is that george parker was a john holland salesman before he started his own pen company

 

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[bikelawyer]

Did you ever receive any info on these? I'm an attorney in Cincinnati. Some attorneys I know bought the old Holland Pen Building in Cincinnati - 123 E. 4th - some years ago and turned it into office space. I wish I had been "into" pens back then as there was a ton of stuff in the basement which they sold. I managed to snag a couple small signs.
I picked a non-working Holland pens some years ago - with 14K gold nib - along with a Weidlich and a Pick pen. The Weidlich had a Holland nib, the Pick had a "Star" nib which says it was also made in Cincinnati. I would love to find more history on the company.

[Vintagepens]

I missed the original post -- only noticed it today.

Although a number of fountain pen companies offered Falcon nibs, that particular nib is for a dip pen. Most gold dip pens are of similar form, so examples that differ are more desirable -- Falcons included. I have examples from a number of makers in my own collection.