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Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: Santa on Mon, 04 January 2010, 10:59:10: So, I basically come from a forum called UPSB (Universal pen Spinning Forum) where penspinning for the U.S and Canada lives. This may sound crazy, but here are some videos of me if you feel skeptical:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_reae8_6Oko (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_reae8_6Oko)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZBaGNEVea8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZBaGNEVea8)

here is a more classy video of some of the best spinners in Japan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kgsug6FdGI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kgsug6FdGI)

just wanted to share this great hobby with you guys, because I think all hobbies that require the fingers are related in some way.
BTW if you're interested visit http://www.upsb.info (http://www.upsb.info)
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: Mental Hobbit on Mon, 04 January 2010, 11:27:24: LOL - I love it.

Just as useful as keyboard collecting, but a lot cheaper.
Gotta check if that's covered by my health insurance...
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: Santa on Mon, 04 January 2010, 12:33:09: Quote from: ripster;147818
Wow, that it great. I gotta show that to my son. He want's one of these but I gave him a pen version of it.

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With her sneer and knife NOBODY messes with that girl.

Lol how old is ur son?
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: exia on Mon, 04 January 2010, 13:45:45: Quote from: ripster;147851
14. This is what I gave him.
Show Image
(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/b6e6_butterfly_knife_styled_pen_anim_black.gif)

from ThinkGeek

Gravity knives are illegal here in Canada if you can believe it. Pulling one out as a pen is funny.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: ricercar on Mon, 04 January 2010, 14:55:24: Gravity knives and switchblades are governed in the US by local statute, not federal. A two-inch bladed switchblade is legal in all 50 states. There's a guy at US knife shows who sells 1.5 inch switchblades, in case a state changes the law downward.

I get this info from my brother inlaw, who forges knives and swords professionally (http://www.mvforge.com/) as one of the 34 ABA Master Smiths in north America. In the trade, they're called "automatics."

I've been taught that a butterfly knife is actually one of a pair of Chinese shortswords, and the split-handle folding knife is called a bali song. I've also been taught that moves like knife chick's get your weapon kicked from your grasp in a real fight. In a real fight you hold one handle, and protect the knuckles or club the opponent with the loose handle, and keep your thumb on the back of the blade.

YMMV.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 04 January 2010, 15:34:55: Quote from: ricercar;147909
YMMV.

This made me laugh. I'll try a few techniques this weekend and report back.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: Santa on Mon, 04 January 2010, 18:50:52: wow I'm 14 as well :O

btw I need a mousepad Lol
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: J888www on Mon, 04 January 2010, 19:13:11: Strange that knives are illegal but gun and other automatic weapons are abundant, does it make sense ? Cleaner death, no bloodshed.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: ricercar on Mon, 04 January 2010, 22:25:40: I'll call false analogy.

Firearms are licensed in the United States, but knives are not. In the United States unlicensed firearms aren't anywhere as plentiful as unlicensed knives.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: DreymaR on Tue, 05 January 2010, 03:27:31: We called them Batanga knives back in the 80s when they were popular to play with in the schoolyards. :) Seems that Balisong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balisong_(knife)) is an even more common name for it.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: penpoints on Tue, 05 January 2010, 17:07:21: There's also pencil-, screwdriver-, and banana-spinning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdVVt_jXJvM).

Keyboard-spinning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-oE6l0NKAw) is still rare.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: Rajagra on Tue, 05 January 2010, 20:46:57: A while ago I tried rolling pens between my fingers as a way to warm up for typing/improve flexibility. But nothing that fancy, and about ten times slower than you (maybe even slower, lol.)
Tell that girl to make me a sandwich while she's got the knife out. Thanks luv.:behindsofa:
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 06 January 2010, 07:23:55: That guy even has a Lego Mario shirt. You went for the trifecta (pen spinning, Mario and Lego).
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 06 January 2010, 11:31:59: Now what is that teaching our kids? We can just rip someone's arm off and beat them with it?
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 06 January 2010, 12:00:10: That one's pretty lame.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: DreymaR on Thu, 07 January 2010, 02:27:31: Heh, I have both the blue wookie t-shirt and this one:

(http://img.game.co.uk/ml/3/3/0/7/330769ps_500h.jpg)

And so do my daughters. We enjoyed the LEGO Star Wars games. A lot.
Title: A hobby of mine :)
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 07 January 2010, 07:44:19: The LEGO Star Wars games were some of the last games I played before I stopped playing computer games. They were an absolute blast. Those, to me, were nearly perfect games. Fun, challenging (but not ridiculous), and had some decent puzzles.