UPSB v4
Where to find Pens in... / England
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Date: Wed, Jun 5 2013 19:19:22
I need to find a pen in England or any parts for a good pen like a comssa or buster. I don't mind buying online or something or I can go to a shop in London. Thanks all.
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Date: Wed, Jun 5 2013 20:24:13
I suggest getting stuff online. ;) There are very very few good pens in the UK. :rolleyes:
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Date: Thu, Jun 6 2013 02:34:56
Yeah i highly doubt you will find comssas let alone a buster in the UK
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Date: Thu, Jun 6 2013 15:28:40
http://penwish.com/ is a really good site to buy pens from.
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Date: Thu, Jun 6 2013 19:14:06
For pens in the UK, we kinda suck. We have Papermate Flexgrips which you can mod into a grip aviaire, which works well as a substitute for a metallic comssa. The tutorial can be found with videos here: http://www.upsb.info/wiki/index.php?title=Grip_Aviaire We also have Signos and HGGs which are pretty hard to find. We also have a lot of signo subs if you want cheap signo grips, they are the tesco 'gel pens' with grips, but the tips are plastic. You can also make a ZGMX if you buy 2 or 3 Z-grips, which was a popular UK mod back when PSUK was actually a board (It isn't now, there are 2 mods that don't spin, and jumi who visits like once every 3 months). The tutorial can be found on the old PSUK board here: http://penspinuk.freeforums.org/zgmx-v1-v2-v3-tutorial-by-darkgenesispinner-xd-t451.html A video of famous UK spinner juminuwo spinning it: [video=youtube;eoJ0_edoiMA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoJ0_edoiMA[/video] If you want popular pen spinning mods, you can order them from two main websites: http://www.penwish.com - American based, even selection of mod parts and always in stock. Shipping scales up very fast when buying parts, however. http://takaridolsa.blogspot.co.uk/ - Has cheaper shipping for larger orders, will arrive faster and is based in Turkey. Parts are not always in stock, but has many premade mods at a cheaper price than penwish. If you want to mod your own pens, Penwish is what I usually use. However, I've used Takaridolsa before and Asisashi is a machine with shipping things, never before have I seen someone ship it within the hour of ordering it, although this was back when they operated by email, they also stock neat gold tips which are extremely heavy and nice to use on many mods, they are nicer than penwish sniper tips. I'd recommend from Takaridolsa their Supawit Gold Buster which I had bought before, it's one of the best handling pens I've ever owned: http://takaridolsa.blogspot.co.uk/#!/~/product/category=4031011&id=17450266
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Date: Thu, Jun 6 2013 19:51:31
Thanks for the replies I think I'll just buy a ready made pen as am really busy with work and don't really have time to build
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Date: Wed, Jun 11 2014 16:58:04
England is like..the worst place to buy pens. There aren't any comssas or super pirat bodies. There are no dr.grips or signo tips. BUT.....There are many alternatives You can find BIC round stics and i found that a papermate stick 2020 is quite a good and thin body. ( i would suggest it as a beginner pen) Papermate Inkjoy pens (the one with grips) are alright (not great) grips, especially for wipers and they are quite thick which gives them good momentum. Papermate Flexgrip ultra tips are a cheap alternative to signo tips. Normal signo's and HGG's are hard to find. Hope this helps for spinners in England!!!
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Date: Wed, Jun 11 2014 22:10:18
The best things we have here are emboss pens and we are like thw only other country aside from japan that you can find WHITE emboss in, which is considered hardish to get and expensive, so that's something.