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Can't Open Diplomat Balance B Pen. Help Needed.


HMEE

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Good day to all.

I've ran into a rather curious situation - I can not ink up my newly bought Diplomat Balance B pen.

First of all, I do have some experience with fountain pens (I own 4 other pens actually). Now, I've got this Diplomat Balance B pen and I can not figure out how to put a cartridge or a converter inside of it, assuming it is a cartridge/converter pen (it actually comes with two Diplomat cartriges). If you google the images of this pen, then you can clearly see 2 parts of the pen which could be "logically" the points for unscrewing it, but neither will bughe, even when a sufficient force is applied to it. Of course, I am also afraid to break or damage the pen by applying too much force to it, as I have not knowledge of where is “should” be unscrewed in the first place. I was not able to find on the internet any pictures or instructions of how it should be done either.

So, if there are any owners of Diplomat Balance out here (it seems, it is not a popular brand outside of Germany, and unfortunately I do not speak German myself), I would appreciate if you could share with me the knowlage of how I can open up this pen!

Thanks.

 

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I don't see any thread on the section, from the images. so I am guessing that the cap needs to be pulled. and it would the shorter side.

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No, no. I can pull off the cap, of course! What I am unable to do is to disassemble the pen - to place the cartrige\converter inside it!

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Got reply from the Diplomat. It seems these pens sometimes get corrosion on the threads, resulting in the issues with opening them up.

Will try to get it repaired \ replaced.

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