SpydercoBaliYo Twin Handled High Performance Heavy Duty Pen - Dark Blue/Gray - YCN102

2 nd purchased in three years. First broke at a pivot but it’s plastic. Not going to last forever. Great for fidget urges.

Interesting novelty pen/fidgeter! When I received this in the mail, it reminded me of the times I used to salavate over butterfly knives in the back of martial arts magazines in the 80’s. The plastic seems to be of sturdy quality and the weights are seated well in the arms. It does have pocket clips that should be functional on a shirt made with thinner fabric and the writing end points up in the pocket, helping further avoid ink stains while the tip is retracted. It works quite well as a pen when closed, but I’m having fun trying to pull off some of these moves on the included insert. The instructions are a bit hard to make out, however I did find some tutorials on YouTube. I will most likely purchase more for my friends that love to fidget or flip their pens. I rated this product four stars only because of the flimsy packaging and small print instructions, but kudos to the company for not wasting materials.

This is a fun playful product. Spyderco is the knife of such special forces units as the Marines and Navy Seals. There's a reason your favorite book characters like Hannibal Lechter and Jack Reacher have them as their weapon of choice. Look on You Tube, and you'll find Kahli Martial arts. This is a Filipino martial arts style that involves knives and sticks, and is taught to Marine Special forces. Spyderco is the knife they are trained with. While living in Golden, Colorado (where Spyderco is located), my fiance and I were given lessons from a former Marine in exchange for designing his website. Everything they make is made here in America,. The steel comes from Seki-City Japan. If that's not engraved on the blade, you don't have a real Spyderco, and there are MANY fakes. I learned this at their site and factory. Or call them in Golden to confirm. Because nothing on earth beats a Spyderco product!The BaliYo is just the final nail in the coffin of every other knife maker in this country. How on earth do you make a PEN FUN? Spyderco asked that very question, and used it's knife making skills to create BaliYo. This pen is fun, cool looking, and great for your coordination, dexterity and strengthening your hands. Just go to www.baliyo.com and you will find hours worth of entertaining tricks. Bored at work? Stuck sitting and waiting? Simply unclip your BaliYo from your pants with the two metal clips and pass the time learning your newest trick or creating new ones. Whenever I'm bored, watching TV, or even reading, I check at the Baliyo site, pick a trick, and get to work.What's even more amazing is this really is a comfortable writing pen! It took me one day to get used to holding it the right way, and already it's my favorite. Wet, dry, upside down, this pen is designed to be used any time anywhere any way. While more and more American companies are selling our country out by sending jobs over seas, Spyderco proves that American's can still do the job best when given a chance.Thank you Spyderco for once again bringing me the best of the best!

This is a bonkers product. I mean its cheap, but wow. It doesnt have any sort of latch mechanism, so the handles just flop around your knuckles when youre writing. Im planning to take the completely unnecessary pocket clip and fashion it into some sort of makeshift latch to make it usable. The only reason its 3 stars and not 1 is that the handle shaping and attempt at adding handle weight makes it capable of a couple tricks. Also the concept of a bali pen is unique.

It's a cheap POS. Hard to believe Spyderco put their name on this garbage.

My kid needed something to keep his hands busy and this has been better than a fidget spinner. He loves learning new tricks with it and the weight and smooth folding action is great. It isn't solid metal so it doesn't weigh too much, but it has enough heft to make the folding and spinning tricks work out smoothly.

I love the bali-yo. I've had many over the years, and I was pleased to see they still had some in stock.This is the natural step up for people like me that twirl their pens in-between their fingers. Because of it's association with knives, I don't think it's appropriate for the office or school classrooms, but it's my favorite fidget toy for at home.The item is giftable, you get good value for the money, and it's easy and comfortable to open and flick, and sometimes twirl, and occasionally write with.

I was excited to get this as a bit of a fidget toy and to put with my bullet journal. For the record, I am a bit of a 'knife' guy but not a balisong or butterfly knife connoisseur. I don't think they're really practical or cool. That said, this thing is a little bit of fun. Not recommended as a trainer for the real thing... this does not punish(or give feedback) that the edged side of the blade on a real one would be closing on your fingers.Again, bought to fidget with and its okay at that. Can be fun and look kind of flashy. The blue is cool. That said, it just feels really cheap. The joints on the arms have so much flex to them. When flipping they can kind of flip off axis and jiggle around and when closed pen(blade)-out any grip on them causes them to overlap. It would be nice if the handles locked together so it could be written with using just the pen part. It writes in closed position and its kind of thick and awkward. I know, that's what she said...The pen writes well and I imagine refills units are not to hard to come by but haven't looked. You can never get the threads tight enough though and the tip rotates while using it - rotates causing the pen tip to come out enough to be marking hands, pockets, or other stuff without you knowing about it.The the plastic threads stripped and it does this even easier now.Meh. Just so much meh.