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General Discussion / Are short pen/pencils still good for spinning?

  1. noinimod
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 14:52:08

    After watching so many videos, almost all, if not all the spinners use loooong pens. Any thoughts on how nice a combo would look with a much shorter pen, like say a pilot g2?
    Or, would certain tricks even be possible? Like a rev to backaround.

    Also, with Kam's 4LC, maybe it's just me, but because of the way i do the TS 1.5, it's hard for me to get enough length to spin it on the thumb's 'knuckle'. The 4LC vids that i've seen all have the person doing the TS 1.5 not so much on the thumb joint but much closer to the wrist. Somehow i've felt limited by this... any one feel the same way?

  2. Sfsr
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 15:36:03

    No, is the simple answer. Short pens just aren't "good" for penspinning. You can spin them, but they're not good.

  3. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 16:08:57

    i think a more interesting question is if certain tricks look better when performed with a small pen.

  4. Shunsuke
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 16:25:28

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Feb 25 2008, 05:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    i think a more interesting question is if certain tricks look better when performed with a small pen.


    I don't think that tricks look better with a small pen. For example watch Aysh part in JEB 1st (http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ik1NDo24mG0 he is the first and he spins with a Pilot Dr. Grip) or Tornado made by Aysh with a Pilot SuperGrip (http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=1oxYW8dUZS0), of course what he does with a simple Dr. Grip is so amazing O_o but I think it is less beautiful compared with the same combo made with a Com.ssa or other mods.

    Ps: very sorry for my lack in English but I did my best :$

  5. taichi1082
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 16:43:11

    I can agree with Sunsukes post... It maybe looks interesting when you do some amazing stuff with just a short pen but not better than using a huge pen (mitsubishi pencil mod yea)

    2topic : I also hate it to use short pens. The longer the better! (But not longer than mpm, because penspinning =/= stick spinning)

  6. Novastrike
    Date: Mon, Feb 25 2008 17:07:33

    For me I cannot really spin well with short pens, will only do some simple tricks.

    Besides Aysh, I know that Ultimatsz can spin a Dr grip quite well too.