There are many other great sites and pages on the Web
that are interesting for the pen spinner. The following
links are some of the sites that I found on the Internet.
If you know of any good site that would be appropriate
here, please post it on the Message
Board and if it's worth it, it shall appear here as
well. I will no longer accept suggestions by e-mail, so
there's no need to try.
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Pen/Pencil
Spinning Updated!
Pen Manufacturers
Balisongs/Butterfly Knives
Cards
Juggling
Poi and Fire Twirling
related
Yo-yo's and
Tops
Others
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Pen/Pencil Spinning
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Pen Spinning by Hideaki Kondoh |
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For the more advanced
pen spinner, this is a nice page with a lot of tricks.
Supports English, Japanese (more details), and German
(under construction). This site also contains a variety
of videos and animation (GIF and MPEG).
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Pen Spinning (Japanese) by Hideaki Kondoh |
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The Japanese version
of this site contains more detailed and updated information,
as well as a larger number of video files. It's worth
visiting it to check the videos even if you don't understand
Japanese.
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Pencil Manipulation |
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Probably the most
comprehensive site on pen tricks you'll ever see. Contains
tons of tricks, ranging from the most traditional ones
to ones that you would never imagine. It also has good
descriptions about the tricks and how to do them. Unfortunately,
there are no pictures or videos. For the more advanced
pen spinner, this is a site worth checking.
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Pencil Spinning 101 - Iluvitar.com by Patrick Szeto |
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This is a in-depth
guide to pen spinning, from beginning to advanced. It
contains detailed descriptions of several pen tricks.
It also have pictures to help illustrate the descriptions.
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Pencil Spinning Analyzation by Austina Nguyen |
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guides (they seem to be the same as Illuvitar's, so
I'm not sure who's the author) and the 'Physics' of
Pen Spinning. It describes exactly what forces act upon
a pencil when you are doing a Simple Thumb Spin (360
Degree Normal). Great to look at if you like to understand
the details of pen spinning.
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Ethereal Cascade by Mike Paradis |
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personal site. It covers pen spinning, juggling, contact
juggling, among others. It has various videos on all
these areas and a few descriptions as well.
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Hantricks by kangandgeon |
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is another site that covers various areas of manipulation.
Currently, there are pen tricks, coin tricks, and book
spinning. Contains several videos and some descriptions
(Don't forget to check his original trick, Shadow).
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PenstudioZ by Tohlz |
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resource for videos on pen tricks and combos (some fairly
unique). This pen spinning site also uses the Pentix
Message Board (with my permission, of course) to make
it convenient for pen spinners (so you don't have to
sign up or check multiple boards on pen spinning). Worth
visiting.
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PenSpin Palace by Jason Chan |
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sections, but good content. This is mainly a videos
site, as I see it. There are many tricks and variations
on this site, some of which you won't find here at Pentix.
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SwiftHandz |
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still lacking content (which may be there in the next
update), this is a nicely designed pen spinning website.
Check out the tutorial on the Neo-Sonic.
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PenSpinning 3K by AC |
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site by AC. Full of content and very entertaining to
read as well. From interviews of pen spinners to Tips,
to Pen Shui (worth checking), this site has it all.
Not too many videos yet.
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Pencil Spinning by David Weis |
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pen spinners of all time, David Weis also have his own
site. If you want to see unimaginable things done with
a regular #2 pencil, then check his site. Some of the
latest and the best stuff out there.
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The Troposphere by NHK New! |
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site showcases some of the latest tricks and combos
in pen spinning. NHK is a very dedicated and skillful
pen spinner, who has made countless contributions to
our art. This site is yet another of his contributions.
Make sure to check out his incredible freestyle videos.
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Pencil Ninja by David Weis New! |
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Weis comes back to raise the bar of pen spinning. With
this new site, he introduces a number of new combos
and concepts, believable only to those who have watched
the videos. Be prepared to enter into the Ninja level
of pen spinning.
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Pen Manufacturers |
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Pentel
of America |
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Official site of Pentel
in English (for America). It has a good catalog of their
products, as well as company profile and where to find
their products. Worth checking out if you are looking
for reference on a particular pen that Pentel produces.
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Pentel
World in Japanese |
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Official site of Pentel
in Japanese. Pentel Japan has different products than
Pentel America, so if you live in the East side of the
world, this might be a better site to check out. This
is another good site that has lots of information about
their products.
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Pilot
Pen |
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Official site of Pilot.
A very informative and well designed site. It has complete
list of their writing instruments as well as a search
feature to facilitate navigation. Each product have their
respective pictures in several colors. They also have
video clips of their TV commercials (very fun to watch).
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Sanford
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This is Sanford's official
web site. Again, very well designed and with lots of information
about the company. However, it's very hard to browse their
products because of the way the site is set up. The site
also doesn't have many images of their products. Good
site if you are looking to buy a particular pen from them.
Otherwise, very time consuming...
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Uni-Ball
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Uni-Ball.com is the
official site of Uni Mitsubishi Pencil Co. This is a very
good site with tons of product information. Each page
offers very detailed information about the product, including
the material it's made of, its length, etc...Site in both
English and Japanese.
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Balisongs/Butterfly Knives |
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For those who don't
know, a balisong (also know as butterfly knife) is a kind
of weapon made of a blade and two handles, which cover
the blade. Because the handles and the blade have movable
parts, the knife can be made to spin in several ways.
If you are interested, these are some sites on balisongs.
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Balisong.net by Guillaume Morel |
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Nice site covering
the basics of balisong. Features include anatomy, history,
techniques (include a few videos), glossary, finger training
(which by the way, include videos of some pen spinning
tricks). Overall, very good source of information.
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BalisongXtreme by Clay |
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One of the most comprehensive
Balisong sites. Mostly dedicated to teaching you ALL the
different moves there is. The site has many tricks with
descriptions, detailed pictures, and a choice of animated
GIFs or AVI video files(Excuse me, did I say 'many tricks'
? I meant 'TONS of tricks').
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Balisong.com |
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Like the other balisong
sites, this one also contains some very nice videos (although
not descriptions or tutorials). Some Tutorial CDs are
available for purchase. Also has a forum for those who
want to talk about Balisongs.
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KnifeZilla.com |
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I guess you can't do
too much if you don't have a balisong, right? In that
case, KnifeZilla is the place to go. From simple and affordable
butterfly knives to advanced ones, they have it all. Best
of all, they also ship internationally.
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BalisongTimes.com |
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to learn more about balis (short for balisong). You
can learn about all different kinds of balis; what they
are made of, who manufactures them, the average price,
etc. This site also has a good community of balisong
flippers that make their custom balisongs. Worth checking
out.
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Cards |
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If you like pen spinning,
you might also be interested in Cards. Cards require some
skill for manipulating them. You can use these skills
to show off to your friends, to create magical effects,
or even to cheat on card games (not recommended, though).
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The
Card Tricks Site |
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This is a nice site
that teach you a lot of card tricks, ranging from beginner
to advanced. There are also many illustrations to help
you understand the concepts of each move. Good for all
levels of magicians.
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Card
Trick Central |
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One of the greatest
Card Tricks Site. A lot of tricks as well as information
on basic terminology. The Advanced Tricks section requires
a password verifying your knowledge about magic. But if
you are really interested in the subject, the questions
shouldn't be hard to answer. One draw back is that there
are no pictures on the description of the tricks.
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CARDSHARK
Online |
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Site for the educated
card player. Learn about all the secret moves card cheats
use to get your money. This site does not focus on teaching
anyone how to cheat. Instead, the author reveals the secrets
of card cheating as a means for people to prevent being
cheated. This is a must visit site if you ever play cards
for money.
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The
Encyclopedia of Card Shooting |
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An entire site dedicated
to the Art of Shooting Cards. Ok, so you won't kill anyone
by shooting cards, but it's a fun thing to do nonetheless.
This is the most complete reference on how to get cards
spinning into the air that I've seen.
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SuperHandz
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You won't believe what
can be done with a simple deck of Cards after visiting
this site. The site is contains some of the best (and
most original) card flourishes in the world (yes, everything
is pure manipulation, no gimmicked cards or magic secrets).
De'vo, the creator of the site, is has taken manipulation
to the next level. The site goal is to include all different
kinds of manipulations, but as of this moment, it's mostly
cards (that's why is in this category).
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Juggling |
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Juggling is another
form of art that is very fun to practice. There are several
forms of juggling out there, and I'll try to put links
to all of them.
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The
Internet Juggling Database |
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As the name says, this
is a database of juggling tricks. There are many, many
tricks to view, download, and learn. The videos are submitted
by different jugglers around the world, so you can expect
a wide variety of tricks. Also, if you are learning how
to juggle, they have very good descriptions and how-to
tutorials.
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Contact
Juggling |
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Site by JK The Contact
Juggler. Very nice site with tutorials, some videos, Forum,
and others. Worth checking if you want to learn Contact
Juggling.
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ContactJuggling.org
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This is a pretty nice
site on Contact Juggling. There are tons of videos in
several formats, animated gifs with short descriptions,
a forum, a chat room, and lots more.
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ContactJuggling.com
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This is a very well
designed site with a very professional look. For some
reason, there are not many videos or moves shown (I guess
the site is for more advanced jugglers). Anyway, there's
still plenty of content that makes this site worth visiting.
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Shifty's
Spheres |
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This is Shiftys' Home
for Contact Juggling. Pretty neat site showing some pictures
and movies on Contact Juggling, and of course, Shifty's
skills. There is also a links page that lead you to other
good sites.
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Malabarismo.AR
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This is another good
site with content in both English and Spanish. There's
some very original content such as interviews with some
famous jugglers and important figures. The links page
is also a very good section which contains tons of links
to both juggling and related arts, such as pen spinning.
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MaLaBaRiSmO
2001 |
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Chilean site dedicated
to the art of the juggling. With tutorial, tricks, photos,
links, communities, forums, stores and much more...
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Poi and Fire Twirling Related
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Another class of performing
arts involve spinning a Poi, a Firestick, a Glowstick,
or other objects. Although I never got into any of these
arts, they are very visually appealing and impressive.
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Home
of Poi and Fire Twirling |
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All about swinging
Poi, Comet, Meteor, Glowstick, Flag, Staff and Fire spinning-twirling.
This site is very extensive and includes all sorts of
things. It's hard to explain, so just take a look at the
site.
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Juggling
with a Twist - Home of Twisters |
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An alternative way
of Dancing and Juggling. Using either Glowstick or Fire
Twisters to Dance Music as an art form. Nunchaku, Poi,
Twirling, Tips, Photos, Videos, and How-To's. Made by
a disabled person born without 70% of his fingers on right
hand!
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Yo-yo's and Tops
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Yo-yo Spinning is something
that I envy more and more. There are so many things that
you can do with a yo-yo that you need to see them to believe.
Here are some links to sites where you can not only see
amazing yo-yo tricks, but you can also learn them.
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Ken's
World on a String |
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Great site for beginners
and intermediate players. This is one of the best sites
on the subject that teaches you how to spin yo-yos. There
are several tricks sorted by difficult level. All tricks
have pictures and most of them videos as well.
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Sector
Y |
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The latest in yo-yo
spinning. This site contains huge video files with tricks
from competitions around the world. If you are a beginner
at yo-yo spinning (like me), it's still worth a visit,
as it has many tutorials as well, or just to get amazed
at what people can do with yo-yos.
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TopSpinning.com
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A great site for learning
how to spin tops. The tutorials are very well illustrated
and accompanied by videos (some of them). The more advanced
tricks are only available in video (no instructions) and
feature some of the best top players (Herman Lau, Steve
Brown). If you are interested in tops, this is a site
worth checking.
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Others |
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Here are links to sites
that don't fall under any of the above categories.
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Moden
Studios |
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If you are looking
for someone to create your web site or you don't want
the old plain look of your site, Moden Studios is the
place to go. They have very professional cool looking
sites, and they are also hosting this site, which means
they are really nice people :)
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Martial
Arts Trickz |
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I no longer practice
any kind of martial arts, but this site got me really
interested in the subject again. I don't really know how
to describe the site, so here's a quote taken from the
site: "This web site is about all kinds of special
kicks, moves and flips, combining various martial arts..."
Great videos to watch.
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ZippoTricks.com
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Considering that this
links page has already mentioned all diferent sites that
are related to to manipulation of objects, here's another
interesting link. Zippotricks.com is the ultimate place
to learn how to 'spin' or do other tricks with your Zippo
lighter. If you are a smoker (or just happened to have
one of these lighters), you have to check out this site.
It contains OVER 200 trick videos. Hmmm...it makes me
wanna buy a Zippo even though I don't smoke.
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Magic
Video Depot |
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Simply put, one of
the best sites magic video sites out there. With hundreds
of videos free for download, this is the best site for
those who enjoy magic.
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Glowsticking.com
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For those who like
raving, or manipulation, here's a combination of both.
This site is probably the best resource for those who
want to learn how to use glowsticks. It's actually more
similar to pen spinning than you might imagine.
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DevilStick.De
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I was searching around
for stick related arts (as they often relate to pen spinning)
when I came across Devil Sticks. After some more search
on the subject, I found this incredible site. This is
by far the best instructional Devil Stick site I know.
With animations and simple instructions, you should definitely
pay a visit if you want to learn how to use devil sticks.
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