Today I got an A. W. Faber 5070 Precision Point (which is basically an EMCA). I disassembled it and cleaned it, and after that it worked perfectly. After noticing remaining dirt I disassembled and cleaned it again but now the point isn’t a nice as before. Is there a magic trick for inserting the blades? I have noticed that the blades don’t protrude evenly if the first blade is pushed into the taper completely. Is there some kind of adjustment necessary? I’m puzzled …
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I have about a dozen of these. What I do is just lightly set the blades in the retainer, then quickly flip it over on a hard surface, making sure they all touch that surface, then press them in evenly.
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Thank you for that advice! Unfortunately I cannot proceed that way because the shape of the retainer, i. e. its four protruding “claws”, make that impossible. However, I have removed and inserted the blades a few times and now the pointer works perfectly although the blades stick out unevenly. – The pointer is used so I assume that the edges of the blades are unevenly worn; maybe this causes the problem (or at least adds to it).
Anyway, it’s a great device, and I hope that I will find a new one someday.
Here are 5 of the ones I have, along with a bunch of DJ Fugle Lead Lok leadholders.
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Wow, that’s impressive – thank you for showing!
If you ever want to get rid of one of these pointers I would be very happy if you could make me an offer 
Here is a photo of my packaged pointers. I still need to find a packaged Blue and a Green with Gold ring.
You can also see at the top a variety of packages for replacement blades.
My Pentel logo is hanging at the bottom.
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That’s impressive too! Thank you for showing.
I got one of these recently, and was wondering about the rubber gasket (?) layer between the insertion area and the blades themselves - they had hardened so much that the flaps crumbled away when I tried to insert a lead core into it. Is this something I can fix/replace?
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My oldest one (the red one I got from my dad) does not even have that gasket any more. It is primarily to keep the pencil lead shavings from coming out of the reservoir. If you keep it on your desk or upright when you carry it, there should not be a problem. Even if it did turn upside down, there won’t be a lot that comes out, as there are a lot of obstacles for it to get around, unless you are trying to get it out by shaking it upside down.
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Those gaskets do not last for an hour of work. Still, the absense of these gaskets do not influence anything.
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They have to be evenly places. Press or knock on the one that isn’t totally inside.
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Thank you for the responses @nimrodd and @Pencilking, I was afraid I’d just seriously damaged a historical artifact or something 
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10-9-8-7-6…
Lift off…
EMCA snuck a 2 mm twist-lock holder in there, somewhere, for maybe a minute..
(point by KIN…LOL)
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I’m still looking for one of those.
This is unbeatable! 