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My Death Grip Killed My Aurora Ipsilon!


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My beloved, sterling Aurora Ipsilon is my office-workhorse pen. Unfortunately, I do have a medical condition that causes my hands to shake, called Essential Tremor. Think of it as Parkensons lite (with no offense to those afflicted), so I death-grip my pens to keep my writing fluid. I generally prefer heavy metal pens, thus this Ipsilon is prized in my collection until I can get my hands on a YOL Viceroy.

 

Sadly, I have done this once before, and sent it to Aurora Italy for repairs, but it cost me as much as the pen is worth.

 

Does anyone know of how I can get this repaired in the states? Or a good part source??? Any help would be appreciated. Jean

 

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I'm not in favor of natural selection. I'm just saying: Let's remove the warning lables and see what happens.

 

Aurora Ipsilon .925 RB, ST Dupont Nacre Noire RB

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I'm sorry to hear of this loss, and of your tremors.

 

If you grip tightly, maybe a pen with metal section threads, or a pen without any section / barrel joint, would be better for you.

 

Cross' Townsend and many others have metal threads.

The YOL Grand is so strongly-built I don't see how it could be damanged by a tight trip.

 

Marlen's Basilea has a captive converter, so no threads at all.

Piston fillers in general won't have a section / barrel joint.

 

Still another thought - - I wonder if your pen's section / barrel joint could be fused, and a threaded opening made at the back end to create an eyedropper.

 

I hope someone can repair your pen, and that you can again enjoy it!

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I'm sorry to hear of this loss, and of your tremors.

 

If you grip tightly, maybe a pen with metal section threads, or a pen without any section / barrel joint, would be better for you.

 

Cross' Townsend and many others have metal threads.

The YOL Grand is so strongly-built I don't see how it could be damanged by a tight trip.

 

Marlen's Basilea has a captive converter, so no threads at all.

Piston fillers in general won't have a section / barrel joint.

 

Still another thought - - I wonder if your pen's section / barrel joint could be fused, and a threaded opening made at the back end to create an eyedropper.

 

I hope someone can repair your pen, and that you can again enjoy it!

 

Not much use to make an eyedropper out of a rollerball.

 

 

 

I think you might try to buy a non-sterling version of this pen on the bay and use it for parts...

And I would guess you could get a new section in the US from a good shop.

 

D.ick

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I second the suggestion for finding a used Ipsilon on eBay for parts. Seems likely to be the most cost effective way to address the issue....

--PHIL

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If you're looking for a death-group pen as a back up or to tide you over until you get that Yard-O-Led Viceroy you may want to consider the Tombow Zoom 505bw; it's all metal, anodized aluminum with a circumfrentially brushed finish or lacquer over aluminum in various colours, has a firm rubberized grip section-rubber over metal not plastic, a very secure snap cap that posts securely and is less expensive than the Aurora. The only downside is that it takes a proprietary rollerball refill, which though it is excellent, is a bit harder to find so you should probably stock up if you do buy one, they also seem to have slightly less capacity than the standard Schmidt types.

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Thanks all, for the advice. You gave me several options to think about. I appreciate it!

I'm not in favor of natural selection. I'm just saying: Let's remove the warning lables and see what happens.

 

Aurora Ipsilon .925 RB, ST Dupont Nacre Noire RB

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Ummm...what's broken? I can't tell from your picture what happened. To me the pen just looks like it's been separated into its disparate parts.

 

?

 

thx,

eo

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. --Albert Einstein

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Ummm...what's broken? I can't tell from your picture what happened. To me the pen just looks like it's been separated into its disparate parts.

 

?

 

thx,

eo

If you look at the ink refill, you can see the black plastic band that was once attached to the front section.

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