Best pen for spinning around your thumb

AllenG · Apr 10, 2014

I was that guy at work today.

Edison Menlo, spins no problem.
Levenger L-Tech stylus. Nope, and being metal makes a hell of a clatter when I drop it on the desk--over and over.

Can't roll a pen through my fingers though. Never could.

strop · Apr 11, 2014

Please tell me it was capped! :scared:

I have visions of ink drops all over everything.

Jut · Apr 11, 2014

a vp or lamy dialog 3 i guess. otherwise caps be flyin' all over the place.

AllenG · Apr 11, 2014

Yes, capped. I didn't want a bent nib.

ChefJohnBoy-ardee · Apr 11, 2014

I learned not to fidget with my fountain pens... Too much ink ends up in the cap.

The random rollerball or refillable Sharpie on the other hand works fine to walk through the fingers.

oc_in_fw · Apr 11, 2014

Somebody elses pen :biggrin:

Seriously, I wouldn't twirl a fountain pen. I keep ballpoints in my desk for that purpose, and for when someone needs a pen.

rickcharles606 · Apr 11, 2014

I broke myself of fiddling with my pens early on. Whenever I was taking notes or writing anything, anytime I'd pause my writing, I'd flick the tip of the pen back and forth quickly. When I made the switch to fountain pens, that habit was a messy one to break, lol. I have several fountain pens that if I capped them and spun them, ink would splatter inside the cap...so not something I'd do, but YMMV. I've never been able to spin a pin around my thumb though, so no worries

Claudel Xerxes · Jul 23, 2016

Out of the pens that I currently own the only one that I can't spin through my fingers is a Kaweco Sport.

A Franklin-Christoph Model 02 feels slightly awkward because of the tapering of the body, but still manageable for me.

Slivovitz · Jul 23, 2016

oc_in_fw said:
Somebody elses pen

Just as long as it's not mine. :taz:

Even if I had more confidence in my dexterity, I think I'd leave the writing instrument acrobatics to free Bics handed out by businesses and perhaps the occasional wooden pencil. Or did I just take the OP too seriously? :biggrin1:

Claudel Xerxes · Jul 23, 2016

Most of the pens that I tried with were not inked up. The ones that were, I just twirled slow and smoothly. No leakage or ink in the caps.

Radium · Jul 23, 2016

Maybe I am not fun? I never spin my fountain pens not even an el cheapo one because I fear it would be habit forming and someday I would subconsciously spin an expensive FP and it will land onto the floor all scuffed up or something like that.

grimbley · Jul 26, 2016

rickcharles606 said:
I broke myself of fiddling with my pens early on. Whenever I was taking notes or writing anything, anytime I'd pause my writing, I'd flick the tip of the pen back and forth quickly. When I made the switch to fountain pens, that habit was a messy one to break, lol. I have several fountain pens that if I capped them and spun them, ink would splatter inside the cap...so not something I'd do, but YMMV. I've never been able to spin a pin around my thumb though, so no worries

this soooo much.
had a noodlers Konrad with Elysium blue and that stuff knows how to flow. went running with it upside down, the cap was brimming with ink, it went everywhere. also had a guy shake it once when it had a hard start. ink on the table, and the bros who were seated at it, that one almost got fountain pens banned from that class.

Runnin_Ute · Jul 28, 2016

No spinning of pens here. I never did ballpoints either. But have been using either nice bp, rb or fp and mp since the 1970's.

Even as a kid I didn't much care for pens like Bic crystals and paper nate pens. To thin.

tetraodon · Aug 4, 2016

when i attempt to spin or twirl anything, it usually ends up stuck in the ceiling, on the floor, or some other random direction.

Maven454 · Aug 4, 2016

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