File this one under Strange but Fun. From the maker of some of the best knives on the market, Spyderco, comes the new BaliYo.
At its root, BaliYo is a pen. A good one too: a 4 1/4-inch-long Fisher Space Pen that can write underwater, upside down, in freezing temps, just about anywhere.
What makes it unique are the two weight balanced arms that swing open and enable you to flick open and spin the pen around in your hand. It comes with an instructional DVD to show how to make the pen do flips, aerials, even two-handed tricks. Sound strange? Told you so. But the BaliYo promotes hand-eye coordination, and it’s also kind of fun.
Here’s a video from the manufacturer that shows what it can do.
Check out the BaliYo website for the how-to trick videos and you’ll get a better sense of what this thing is all about. $25; www.baliyo.com
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25 bucks for a trick pen? That’s kinda steep for something that you won’t use very often…
you could see more if the guy wasnt walking around in the clip.:)
weird:( i don’t like it that much
Cool pen i want on e so bad
it still works the same as my free hotel pen… it writes on paper
i wonder if you can do any other tricks
you’d need water proof paper
@ Bob
It writes on normal paper – the “ink” is waterproof…
sounds cool looks expensive
wabawaba what?(;
pretty cool, but i would get sick of it
looks hard but fun
HUH!
the baliyos are cool but they are expencive
Wow. Very interesting
Sweet!!!!!
Cool but weird
What the heck was dat????!!!
That’s pretty cool! I wonder how hard it is.
now i now what to put on my birthday list!!!!!!!!
Cool pen
Wierd and cool!!!
Where was the 2 handed tricks? (it still is a cool pen)
I agree with Da Blobness
i thought the video would show it writing upside down, and under water?
I got to get me one of these!
I really like the the cool pen
can i have one please!!
looks like it would get a little boring
cool pen but it would get kinda repetative doing the same tricks again and again and agian…
nice moves dude
Cool! I want one!