[Blindtlk] looking to purchase a pencil cane tip

[T. Joseph Carter]

They probably buy them from the same people that manufacture them for 
us.  I’m not surprised by that.  I’ve got two of them from the 
Independence Market, and I really like them.  They’re the first 
telescopic cane I’ve seen that doesn’t collapse on me when I really 
do not want it to!  And though it’s very light, it doesn’t feel quite 
as breakable to me.

Oh, it is breakable—any cane that light will be, but I’ve long ago 
traded strength for weight reduction.  The question is whether it can 
stand up to use, not abuse.  I think these can.

Joseph - KF7QZC


On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 06:29:47PM -0400, Sean Moore wrote:
>From what i've heard I think Chris Park said that one that ILA sells 
>is a rip off of his design. From what he said at NFB National in 
>Orlando.
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>>Another thought, you might want to try getting a replacement tip 
>>for your cane that takes the NFB metal tip replacements.  At least 
>>Ambutech and Revolution canes offer this option for sure, and I may 
>>have seen an Advantage cane or two that had them.
>>
>>Older had a nylon that was tapped and threaded to take a screw-on 
>>metal glide.  These are smaller and therefore less useful than the 
>>NFB tips, and I found they had a tendency to unscrew themselves.  I 
>>can’t recommend them.  The last time I had such a cane, I put a 
>>machine screw into the tapped threads and stuck an NFB tip on that.  
>>It worked well enough.
>>
>>Anyway, the advantage of the NFB tips is that they’re only $1.50 
>>and they’re small.  It’s easy to carry a spare (I carry two or 
>>three myself), and nobody who sells canes will mistake what you 
>>want when you ask for an NFB metal tip.
>>
>>I just looked at http://www.independentliving.com/ and found that 
>>ILA sells "their own" canes, which I recognize to be the new 
>>telescopic NFB canes printed with their logo in just three lengths.  
>>They are not less expensive than NFB canes, but at least it is nice 
>>to know that there is not yet another cane type (or more 
>>importantly cane tip type) out on the market.
>>
>>Joseph - KF7QZC
>>
>>
>>On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 02:17:34PM -0700, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>>>There are several different kinds of folding cane out there with 
>>>a large assortment of cane tips for each.  WCIB, Advantage, and 
>>>Ambutech are just three I know about off the top of my head.  You 
>>>need to figure out what you’ve got before we can help.
>>>
>>>Ambutech graphite canes are distinguished by three features, a 
>>>rubber golf grip with a diagonal faux leather wrap, plastic rings 
>>>on the socket end of each joint, and the actual joints are 
>>>aluminum.  Ambutech has two kinds of tips, a slip-on tip and a 
>>>hook tip.  You can know which you need based on what you’ve 
>>>currently got.  But if you haven’t got an Ambutech cane, that’s 
>>>not going to help you.
>>>
>>>Independent Living Aids probably will have whatever you need no 
>>>matter who makes your cane, but you’ve got to know what to order.
>>>
>>>Joseph - KF7QZC
>>>
>>>
>>>On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 01:05:30PM -0700, Humberto Avila wrote:
>>>>Hello Everyone,
>>>>I know I asked this question earlier but, any advice on purchasing a cane
>>>>tip/cane tips, specifically pencil tips? where do they sell 
>>>>them? I looked
>>>>on the Independence market store and I didn't find any of those.
>>>>
>>>>Anyways...are pencil tips the ones that are used for folding canes, that
>>>>have a hook that you attached to the string of the cane? I need one of
>>>>those. hope this makes sense.
>>>>Humberto
>>>>
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