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5 hours ago, Frank C said:

Are you able to remove the nibs from the Preppies, or do you just switch sections?

 

Yes (but nib and feed usually stay together as a unit), and sometimes.

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You can remove the nib from the feed, but as Gil says, you're almost 100% going to pull the feed out of the pen first, the nibs are usually quite firmly on there.

 

After that, I grasp the feed, holding the nib pointing "up" and then kinda push on the back of the nib with my fingernail, which pops it off (careful you don't fire it across the room doing this) 

 

 

 

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4 hours ago, Honeybadgers said:

You can remove the nib from the feed, but as Gil says, you're almost 100% going to pull the feed out of the pen first, the nibs are usually quite firmly on there.

 

After that, I grasp the feed, holding the nib pointing "up" and then kinda push on the back of the nib with my fingernail, which pops it off (careful you don't fire it across the room doing this) 

 

 

 

Thanks for the info. I've never tried to take one apart before, but now I'll give it a try. 

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