This is a link that Nick from Blanketfort sent us months ago that I somehow lost and didn’t get posted: a cool website devoted to the art of pencil spinning!
“Fake Reverse 2 & 1/2: Twist the pencil by curling the index finger in while pushing with the thumb. Also use the middle finger to push and balance the pencil. Keep the index finger curled and tucked down out of the way so the pencil can pass over it. This trick is called the Fake Reverse, since the pencil rotates over, rather than around the thumb.”
Another one I lost is from Dave in New Zealand on pencil spinning: Pentricks.
“The articles section provide you with reading to improve your knowledge about Pen Spinning. It also helps answer commonly asked questions. In Pen Spinning, it’s not enough to just practice tricks day and night and hope you’ll get better. If you want to be a good pen spinner, it’s also necessary to understand the tricks you’re doing, as well as other principles that are applicable to Pen Spinning. This section will help you acquire this knowledge.”
Many thanks to Nick and Dave. Sorry I lost the links for so long; perhaps it was an unconscious effort on the part of my complete lack of the necessarily dexterity for adeptly twirling a pencil. If anyone has photos of pencil spinning, I promise not to lose them and to instead post them straight away if you send them in:)
Have you seen Pencil Carving?
http://www.infofreako.com/jad/enpitsu-e.html
Thanks, R.E. I think we posted that a little while back, but we appreciate your sharing just the same;)
heehee! noproblemo.
I put a bunch of pencil links here blanketfort – pencils. Top few are yours, and some of the rest you linked to already, possibly all? (i sent most of them to you at some point ;)
[...] I remember spending much of my university calculus class learning how to spin my pencil around my fingers. Turns out I was not the only one.Cool blog Pencil Revolution featured two websites devoted the sport art of pen spinning.From Pencil Spinning, “Fake Reverse 2 & 1/2: Twist the pencil by curling the index finger in while pushing with the thumb. Also use the middle finger to push and balance the pencil. Keep the index finger curled and tucked down out of the way so the pencil can pass over it. This trick is called the Fake Reverse, since the pencil rotates over, rather than around the thumb.” The site, which has videos for all the tricks, is divided into individual tricks, combos, freestyle and continuous spinning.Pentrix, the self-proclaimed site for the "pen spinning revolution" (I don’t think this one will be televised), has a flashy flash interface with good videos. 872,000 visitors to the site and counting! // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } [...]
I wrote an article for wikiHow a while ago on how to perform the basic thumbspin. I took the photos used in the article as well, so if you want to post any of them, go ahead. (I took those before I discovered the Revolution — I wouldn’t be caught dead with a Papermate American these days)
http://wiki.ehow.com/Spin-a-Pencil-Around-Your-Thumb