Survivor Pens - Aurora 88 

It's not so much the flex but the wetness of this pen that I enjoy. What a pity about the cap, especially on such a high-end pen. I understand your dilemma about having it replaced and losing the limited edition number. I think I would have a conversation with a registered Aurora dealership first or indeed contact Aurora direct. At least that should reveal your options. 🔴Edit : just had another thought...Grandmia Pens can do repairs but it means sending the cap to England.

It’s not the first time I’ve said this, but the modern Aurora 88 is my favorite and the best fountain pen on the planet. I have the yellow version of this pen. I love everything about this pen. All aspects of its style and aesthetics, the perfect feel in hand, the terrific nib, the best, smoothest piston mechanism I’ve seen yet in a pen. The reserve filling feature is very useful because it usually helps write almost a whole A4 page with the reserve ink. Easy to clean out with the nib unit screwing out. I only wish the pen was just a little bit heavier. The price is high. But I’d take an Aurora at this price or more, every time, over very similarly priced modern, premium Montblanc and Pelikan pens. And oh, this fine-flex nib is a truly wonderful writer. A true semi-flex, at best. But unlike some other flex nibs, the Aurora’s nib is just perfect as a daily writer without flexing. This pen will win every rodeo, on my card, against any other pen you care to contest it with.

Mine's a survivor, too (in black). I have the vintage variant as well and absolutely love the nib on that one but that barrel sadly has a slight crack with some ink leakage so.... Yeah, Auroras are pricey but like some other commenters, I find it's worth it. I only have two modern gold nib Auroras (88 and Optima) along with a steel nib Ipsilon. Auroras always tempt me if/when budget allows!

Howdy Mr. WaskiSquirrel! Thanks for another video and sharing this beautiful pen with us. For what it's worth, I have a friend who had an issue with her Aurora pen and when she tried to contact customer service they were basically beyond useless. She had quite an ordeal with their customer service and could barely get them to help her at all. This is just my anecdotal experience, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Hope you're doing well and having a great week!

I am convinced that there should be more orange,green and purple pens in this world. That looks like a very nice nib. You could ask Doodlebud what he would do or recommend you do.

The flex on this pen is really nice for a relatively modern pen.

Nice to see this pen again it is a beauty. Hmm, I don’t have an orange pen yet, I guess I should start looking lol. That nib is great, probably the right amount of flex for my very occasional flex moments. As for the cap crack, recommend doing nothing about it but thinking -do no further harm. Only other suggestion I have is this: assuming you can get to the inside of the cap in the area where the crack is you could seal and stabilize the crack to hopefully prevent it from going further. You would use a very thin plastic model cement. A tricky task but it can be done. To lengthy to go into here. If you are interested in pursuing this further shoot me an Email and we can go from there.

suspect I’m going to get an Aurora 88 at some point: aesthetically they really appeal to me, just a bit worried it won’t write fine enough for my tastes:)