Rotring 600 Nib Change Query

[Rockape]

Good morning from New Zealand. I have just replaced the 'B' nib in my Rotring 600 with an 'EF'. I found the B nib very hard to remove but it came out eventually with a lot of pulling. The EF nib was equally hard to install with a similar degree of pushing required. Having got it in place, I find that the EF nib is very dry and slightly scratchy. The B nib produced a very nice wet line but I do not favour a broad line for everyday work, hence the change but suggests that ink is free flowing. My query is whether an EF nib is inherently dry or whether there may have been something that I overlooked or did incorrectly when installing the new nib. Thanks.

[Ron Z]

I would assume that the slit needs to be opened up a bit to increase the flow.

[Rockape]

OK, thanks.I'll take a look and see if that improves matters.

[lucraak]

Just a slightly related question.

Which model of 600 do you have?

The first gen with the knurling section? If so, how did you get the nib out of the pen? Did the feed also come out?

 

I am about to replace a nib as well but cannot get the feed and nib out of the section.

[Ted Andkilde]

Hello Rockape

 

I have a 600 on my desk that I'm hoping to swap nibs between sections. I have a new section with an SS EF nib and my original, damaged & leaky, section with an 18k B nib. I'm struggling to get the EF nib out, is it a straight pull like a Lamy? O does the section need to be knocked apart from the inside?

 

Thanks, Ted

[Ron Z]

I am going to modify (or recant if you will) with a suggestion above about modifying the feed in a  600 section.

 

Don't try to get the feed out.  You can wiggle the nib out and press a new on home, but the feeds, no. 

 

I remember talking to someone in the service department a long time ago, and remember their concern about trying to remove the feed.  I didn't listen and now know...

 

It is very difficult to do, and the feed is likely to snap before they come out.  A Freeway nib unit is the same as the 600, so will fit in a 600/Newton section, but the collar is glued into the 600 section, so getting the old one out is a challenge.

[Ted Andkilde]

14 minutes ago, Ron Z said:

 

 

Don't try to get the feed out.  You can wiggle the nib out and press a new on home, but the feeds, no. 

 

 

 

Thanks very much Ron.

 

I guess I need to try a little harder . I tried the "tape trick" but was unsuccessful, my big worry is accidentally breaking the lip off the edge of the section, which is how my old one has failed.

 

Cheers, Ted

[JedBrown]

On 3/15/2022 at 7:13 AM, Ted Andkilde said:

 

Thanks very much Ron.

 

I guess I need to try a little harder . I tried the "tape trick" but was unsuccessful, my big worry is accidentally breaking the lip off the edge of the section, which is how my old one has failed.

 

Cheers, Ted

I think it was my pen whereby Ron said above, “and now know . . .” Ron knows what he’s talking about, and did a wonderful job with it. I’m very thankful. Now I love my little panzer of a pen. 🙂 I hope your job turns out like you hope. -Jed

[Ron Z]

On 3/15/2022 at 10:13 AM, Ted Andkilde said:

 

Thanks very much Ron.

 

I guess I need to try a little harder . I tried the "tape trick" but was unsuccessful, my big worry is accidentally breaking the lip off the edge of the section, which is how my old one has failed.

 

Cheers, Ted

 

Grab the shoulders of the nib and wiggle a bit from side to side while pulling straight forward.  Use a grippy pad- i.e. a piece of the rubber mesh drawer liner.  I've seen it it Walmart and Harbor Freight.