Glass Nib - How To Remove

[siamackz]

I have 4 beautiful Haro glass nibbed pens. I want to remove the nib from one and put it in another. However, I cannot seem to figure out how to take the nib out. The other three simply pull off. But this one here is fitted in a strange way. Do i need to break open the section to take the nib out?

 

[Inksomnia]

I have much older haros and I twist those nibs out(looking which way grooves go, not agains them), never pull, because glass is harder than celluloid and it has grooves that can shave of material. It can damage the inner part of section so that it will no longer hold nib properly in place. Also that is how haro described on their pen manual, twist the nib out, not pull. Same goes with putting nib back.

This however seems different. I have no experience with this kind of sections. Glass nib where made to be easy to change. Was the section shellaced together, or was it easy to remove? if it looks like it was meant to be removed easily, I would try twist nib out of the back. If it was sealed with something, then from front.

[siamackz]

The diameter of the section at the back and front both seem smaller than the nib width, and thats why Im confused

[Inksomnia]

That sounds really odd. Usually these glass nibs are easy to change. Is there any way that section separated between those threads? It looks very different comparing to my haros' sections. It doesn't make sense, to need to change whole nib unit. That glass has to go somehow inside that section, so it should also come out.

[siamackz]

Thats what I am wondering. I have three other Haro pens and they are simpler to remove the nibs - like yours. This one looks almost as if the nib was put into the section top and then the casing was solvent welded closed. This casing and nib screw into the top of the pen section - like a Montblanc stylograph from the 30-40s.