Mar. 30, 2009 — I first learned about “pen spinning” at the website of my favorite source for imported Japanese writing implements, JetPens.com. (They have a huge selection of rare pens and pencils, imported directly from Japan, reasonably priced.)
Pen spinning is a strange art form, that has become popular in many parts of the world, but still hasn’t caught on here in the U.S.
How popular? A search on YouTube (today) brought up about 17,000 hits. If you decide to venture in and watch a few of these videos, or a few hundred, be aware that this gentle art often seems to require particularly strident (IMO) accompanying music — you may want to turn the volume way down.
The following two short videos have no music, and are quite good.
JetPens Pen Spinning Contest Submission, by NemZ:
Learn to Spin a Pencil (and a banana, etc.), by PDave6:
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