Pens World Records

Jolly V. has a collection of 16,500 pens. Most of his pens are given by friends from 16 different countries.

TravMD fit 20 pens in his mouth at once while wearing a Shriner fez.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, put a retractable ballpoint pen together from its loose parts in 8.67 seconds. The clip opens with the tip, barrel pieces, ink refill, spring and click parts laid out beside a smartwatch stopwatch; Yanhao starts the watch, builds the pen with both hands, sets it down and stops the watch at 00:08.67. RecordSetter checked the finished pen afterwards: it is clicked against the tabletop and shaken in the hand, and it holds together. A neat bit of desk-drawer dexterity.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, pushed the writing tip of each retractable pen refill into the open back end of the next until 10 refills made one long, springy chain, then held it up by the bottom refill alone. In one unedited take of just under two minutes, Yanhao fans all 10 refills out to the camera, links them together, then steps back and holds the chain with the other hand away for about 10 seconds while it bends in an arc toward the ceiling. RecordSetter counted the refills in the opening frames and watched the chain stay in one piece through the hold. Ten thin ink tubes, no glue, and plenty of wobble.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, left the small plastic protector on the writing tip of each retractable pen refill and pushed every capped tip into the open back end of the next, building a chain of 8 refills. In one unedited take of about 75 seconds, Yanhao shows all 8 capped refills to the camera, links them together, then holds the chain up by the bottom refill with the other arm down for about seven seconds while it arcs toward the ceiling. RecordSetter counted the refills in the opening frames and watched the chain stay in one piece through the hold. Eight capped refills, seven joints, and one long wobbly arc.