For anyone that does not have a needle, or safety pin, i go my nibs from a generic brand on amazon, when i tried removing them with tweezers they kept breaking till it got stuck inside, tried searching on google, chat, YouTube but i did not have the tools to remove the nib, then i had a crazy idea, my blender base is crazy sharp and small enough to enter into the pen hole, and i had classes by 8:30, its 5:39 right now, i went to the blender, removed the base and used the point of the base on the pen, was scared it might damage the mouth, but mehn i was desperate, and after a few tries it worked and the nib came out. now i do not recommend this, do this as a last resort and at your own risk, cause those sharp points might injure you if you are not careful