Gregory's ServerMarc has a video about his technique. i tried it with one pen but it's a bit labor intensive, and a commenter on his video found a better way!
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go in with side cutters very close to the part where the fiber tip meets the plastic. *very gently* grip the fiber tip and start to pull it out, changing the position of the side cutters as needed
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secure the Allen wrench in a small vise around 2-3mm from the pen. then give the ring around the pen a push, and the cap pops right off!
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put the fiber tip back in by just holding it with a Kim wipe and pushing it gently back in place.
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these are pretty dried out so i am soaking the entire plastic pen and fiber tip (with the reservoir removed) in water. we'll see if that works.
Davide Bucci
@tubetime great stuff. I have two HP plotters and many dried out pens, I’ll try the technique: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@davbucci/111631510249153445 
Niclas Hedhman
Another idea; Isn't the tip soft enough to poke a syringe through it? If so, it should be less messy and probably allow for more refill cycles. Just an idea.
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ok next step is to take apart a fine tip sharpie and remove the internal ink reservoir. then cut a short length off.
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take that little stub of a new ink reservoir and jam it into the cleaned pen, and then snap the cap back in place.
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i've found that it actually helped if i didn't clean the fiber tip too thoroughly. just enough to loosen up the existing ink. i suppose you'll need to clean it out completely if you're changing the color or whatever. 
Jeff Haluska
@tubetime Maybe when you do it, if I were to try this it would look like somebody attempted to kill me with a sharpie. |
this commenter has a really simple technique, so let's try it out!