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    Default Piston knob removal

    Anyone know how to remove the piston knob on a Pelikan M800?

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    Default Re: Piston knob removal

    Before you read the many answers and videos you will receive to your question it would be useful to know the following: why is it you feel the need to remove the piston knob?

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    Default Re: Piston knob removal

    Exactly. If you want to grease the piston, you do it from the other end by unscrewing the nib unit.

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    Default Re: Piston knob removal

    As a general rule, you shouldn't need to. However, if you really do, it requires a tool of the correct size.

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    Default Re: Piston knob removal

    This video is for an M1000, but it's the same for an M800.

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    Default Re: Piston knob removal

    Quote Originally Posted by Stands on Feet View Post
    Exactly. If you want to grease the piston, you do it from the other end by unscrewing the nib unit.
    You only do it that way when you can't get the piston out without serious risk of damage to the pen. A Pelikan M400 is a good example, because you have to drive the mechanism out. You're also only passively greasing the piston, at best.

    When you can remove it pretty easily (i.e.: in a Pelikan M800), you can grease appropriate portion of the piston directly, and the shaft while you're at it.
    "A truth does not mind being questioned. A lie does not like being challenged."

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