Greetings everyone,
does anyone know if the nib unit and the piston unit can be disassembled on this pen like on the Pelikan M800/1000 series?
Thanks for every input!
Regards
Greetings everyone,
does anyone know if the nib unit and the piston unit can be disassembled on this pen like on the Pelikan M800/1000 series?
Thanks for every input!
Regards
It is possible, but I don't know the exact steps involved.
EDIT: not sure if the pics will show up for you due to the recent Photobucket change of terms...
Thanks. The pictures indeed are not available. The nib unit seems to not be removable from the barrel, as answered by one of the owners over on reddit. That's a shame. Kind of a deal breaker for me, if I can't even clean the pen out thoroughly and can't regrease the piston.
I thought nib units were removable from Optimas and 88's.
fountainpenkid (July 26th, 2017)
Those here have it right--the nibs do unscrew, just not as easily as Pelikan's. This will allow for greasing, but I'm not sure they're designed to be unscrewed frequently (between fills).
In my experience the nib unit unscrews pretty easily. The nib is seated firmly in the unit and remains properly centered on the feed. The threads are plastic, so reasonable care must be taken not to cross them. A good approach when screwing in anything is to twist backwards (i.e. "unscrew") until a click is heard/felt, that means the threads have mated. Then gently screw in.
EDIT:
I have them saved on my computer, I can upload them later today when I get home from work.
I've been told that specifically only the Nebulosa from 88 line does not have an unscrewable nib...does anyone have a Nebulosa and was able to unscrew the nib? If yes, then I would buy it...today.
As promised, the pics of the disassembled Aurora 88 Demonstrator. Disassembled Sailor Realo for comparison.
Photos taken by KMPN! I am merely reposting them, because of Photobucket shenanigans.
I kind of doubt they would make the Nebulosa special -- the nib unit on the celluloid Optimas does screw out, right? And the Nebulosa differs only minimally from those -- but who knows.
Aurora 88 (18) demonstrator disassembled.jpg
Aurora 88 (19) demonstrator vs Sailor 1911 Realo disassembled.jpg
You are right - that was misinformation from a few people. I have contacted an owner of this pen and the nib is 100% unscrewable - for any potential searchers of this information in future.
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