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Pen Modifications / What's your pen weight preference, and distribution?
If you could design your perfect pen, how would you make it?
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Date: Thu, May 21 2009 10:54:35
I really started to like relatively thin, heavy, and long pencils. By thin, I'm talking about the thickness as a regular wooden #2 pencil.
Heavy pens just feel better in my hand; when I was younger I preferred to spin light pencils because they were faster and easier to learn. However, now I have a lot more control over my hand, and the momentum from a heavy pencil feels more natural with spins having more finesse. And hell, who doesn't like long pencils? I've never met a pen spinner who likes short ones.
Tip-heavy pens also have a lot more momentum that makes it easier for to artfully manage my hand. Even though it makes spins slower, the art of pen spinning isn't always about speed; sometimes it's about the style.
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Date: Thu, May 21 2009 11:24:01
I'd prefer medium heavy double sided pens with lengths at 20-22cm...
or maybe these pens.. (dunno how to categorize them)
Bonkura KTs
Cyls
Dr. KTs( uber heavy!)
etc...
just not too light though like the Ballsign Mod... IMO...
I don't prefer Single Sided mods like MXs
though I have 2 (2 HG2G3s...)
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Date: Sat, May 23 2009 06:43:24
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Date: Sat, May 23 2009 12:00:27
My ideal pencil/pen would have the same length as the edge of my thumb to the edge of finger 4 when my fingers are stretched out fully, preffered weight would be around 50 grams, about the same as an average wooden pencil and i just use this type of pencil for all my spinning.