Greetings everyone.

I am a long time lurker and first time poster, so please be gentle. I refilled my Waterman Phileas demonstrator (actually a Kultur) with Mont Blanc blue/black without flushing it. The ink reacted very badly with the remaining Noodlers Luxury blue in the pen and started to solidify. I've soaked the nib and section and flushed it many times using a desoldering bulb and an ammonia solution until the solution coming out of the pen is clear. I can still see some gunk through the clear section and would like to know if there is a way to remove the nib and feed from the section to give it a thorough cleaning. Thank you very much. Over the past couple of months, this board has rekindled my fondness for fountain pens.

I have 3 Kluturs. I tried to remove the nib and feed, but it ended with no success. I guess it must be glued or fitted very firmly. Don't have an idea how it can be done.



Regards,
Jarek

This might help some......



Cheers
Dennis

Hi,

The nib and feed are an extremely tight friction fit. Pull out firmly. You will need a lot of force.

Dillon

No they are not "extremely tight".

They are a snug fit & will remove easily after a soak in slightly warm water.

No you do not need a "lot of force".

Using too much force is the secret recipe for breaking a pen. If you use too much force resetting the nib & feed in the section it will crack and then where are you?

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High road, grown up or snotty, or not there was and is a valid reason for my comment.

Dennis

Hi,

Actually, I meant a lot of force in a sense, but not a lot of force. When I was last pulling these out, I had to use plenty of force and warm water, but them again, what you say pulls out easily (Rotring core nibs for example) doesn't always pull out very easily for me because, as you see, I don't have that much strength, so what I feel takes plenty of force is much easier for anyone else to do I now realise.

You're quite right there though in the case of extreme forces and such. I guess that's why I haven't broken a pen yet using "plenty of force" to pull the section out. My "plenty of force" is probably equal to "a small amount of force" to most people I guess. I have measured my force used and it is relatively weak. (Hmm, and I always forget this, so I said lots of force, but well...)

Thanks for pointing that out!

Dillon

I'll just put a thought forward:

If in doubt take it to a repairman. Force fits and plastics sometimes don't mix. I know the pen isn't terribly expensive, but a broken one is worth even less.

I generally leave it alone unless it is something that screws out because it's just too easy to crack or break force plastic parts. I'm on the conservative side though, so you may still have a go though. Just be careful with those plastics- they always seem to bite me.

So I must be doing something wrong...

I soak and I pull, soak and pull... And nothing hapens.

It will be better if I leave it alone...

Yarek,

Out of curiosity, I followed DWL's instructional video on my Phileas and it worked perfectly. Did you do the slight side-to-side thing as you pulled? Was the water warm? Perhaps you have some old ink "gluing" it in?

Hi,

Water was warm and there was no old ink inside as I flushed the pen... I watched the video (Thanks Dennis!) and I follow all the steps, but I can't pull it out of the section.
Maybe I am too weak to do it?

I had no problems with removing the nib and feed in my Rotring Skynn.

Thank you all for the your help.