How To Change Nibs On A M75 / Pelikano Jr.?

[elaborate]

Hi everyone.

 

I love Pelikans and have gotten some Pelikano Jr. and M75, as well as some nibs.

 

I was sold a little tool - basically looks like the inside plastic circle inside a roll of cellotape, with a slit. By passing the front end of a nib into that slit, one can pull on the iridium to get the nib out.

 

But these older Pelikanos and M75, M71, etc., have much thinner iridiums than the big blobs we are getting on the nibs made in the late 90s or later - I am guessing that the small iridums gotten bigger in the late 90s as I have LEVEL L65s nibs that work perfectly with this little iridium pulling tool.

 

Are there other tools for changing the nibs on Pelikanos / Pelikanos Jr. / M71 / M75? What did people used to use in the 80s/90s? I am pretty sure that people used to change the nibs too back in those days as I have managed to find spare feders identical to the ones on M71 / M75.

 

Many thanks to your help in advance!

[professionaldilettante]

I would use a flat pair of pliers with nylon teeth.

[elaborate]

I would use a flat pair of pliers with nylon teeth.

That makes sense. I have taken your advice and now done something similar.

Edited July 19, 2012 by elaborate

[elaborate]

This is what I have done...

 

 

I wrapped rubber bands all over the pilers' teeth. Originally i tried to pull out the nib by gripping the nib but it wouldn't budge.

 

So I used the pliers to grip on to the side of the nib... I thought I could pull out the nib this way... and it kinda worked... I pulled out the nib AND THE FEED!!

 

I used a pencil to feel inside the hollow within the section. It's all smooth inside. The section itself has a line right on the middle (from moulding?) I pushed the nib and feed back with the feed's its own central line aligned to the section's central line. And after a bit of gentle push the bits are back together again.

 

So this is now "figured out". There may be better ways of doing it... if you know please chip in. Thanks for listening. :roflmho:

Edited July 19, 2012 by elaborate