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guyy
February 12th, 2017, 04:52 PM
The nib on my 1980s/1990s 557 separated from the feed and eventually worked itself completely loose. I have pretty light hand, so this seems kinda odd to me. Anyone else have this problem?
Clearly I have to reseat the nib, but how can I prevent this from happpening again?
fountainpenkid
February 12th, 2017, 07:58 PM
I did not have this happen with the old-style Paragon or modern 556/F I owned. My only advice would be to reseat the nib a bit further into the nib assembly (so that the feed has a longer contact length near the tip), but be careful when applying force into the nib collar--they are very susceptible to cracking.
guyy
March 4th, 2017, 08:26 AM
Not surprising, the nib collar was the problem. It's crumbling. Some of the bits that have fallen out seem to be soft & spongy. Weird
carlos.q
March 4th, 2017, 08:39 AM
Check out penboard.de as they have Omas replacement collars for sale.
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