Dollar 717: Nib Removal ?

[k3eax]

I would like to remove the nib and feed.. Are they removable? If so, how best can it be done without damage to the pen?

[Qoan]

Apparently it is friction fit. I have never been able to remove it (not that I have tried that much) but some have reported that some batches are easier to disassemble than others and also that some heat might help. I cannot find those threads right now though... Maybe I read it elsewhere. In any case, if you aren't sure, don't force the plastic: it is brittle.

[Fountainer]

I have removed. It's tight and hard to grab, but it's friction fit and should come loose somehow. I went harsh and put cloth on the tip and attached it in to vice and then pulled apart. Now i can wobble it off with my fingers too, it's not that tight (anymore?). Soaking could help if there is dried ink holding it. There is no model number in my pen. I find similar in a photo, named 717i. Not sure if we talk about the same pen but these are cheap and quite surely there is nothing fancy like threads.

[EMQG]

Yeah, just like most other modern pens. Pull 'em out.

 

Why do you want to remove them?

[k3eax]

Yeah, just like most other modern pens. Pull 'em out.

 

Why do you want to remove them?

 

I assume that you speak from experience.

 

I wish to clean the feed's channel.

[EMQG]

 

I assume that you speak from experience.

 

I wish to clean the feed's channel.

Yep. I buy 'em bulk and sell them/give them out.

 

Soak the pen, don't remove the nib and feed. Removing the nib and feed will slowly wear down the tightness of the fit in the section, and they'll start to wobble a bit.

 

I regularly use and fix pens that are 100 years old. Most of those pens' nibs and feeds have probably never been removed. Nibs and feeds don't need to be removed except in a few select scenarios: If there's India ink, whiteout, etc that dried up in the feed, then you need to remove them to clean them. If a nibmeister is doing intense modifications like adding flex to a nib or welding a crack in it, then they need to be removed.

 

Cleaning a slit can be done with water and time.

[Fountainer]

This is one pen that blots when the tank is near empty. I'm considering the opposite: Not to clean but fill the channel with something to reduce the excess ink flow.

Other than that, this is somehow nibwise pleasant pen to use although it's cheap and casual and frankly too small for me to get more exited about it.

[k3eax]

Thanks folks for taking the time to offer the helpful replies!