Those of you who are knife people.
Tell me about butterfly knives.
I know they scared the sheep back in the '80s with the flashy spin moves, but how are they in the real world?
Those of you who are knife people.
Tell me about butterfly knives.
I know they scared the sheep back in the '80s with the flashy spin moves, but how are they in the real world?
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
I'm far from a knife SME, but every few years I get the bug to buy a balisong as an edc knife. And each time, I talk to some legitimate knife guys and they talk me off the ledge with relatively little effort. I don't think there are many folks these days who consider them reasonable (practical) alternatives to fixed and folding blades.
Craig and his guys could probably give you a much better answer.
For a folding knife, you are better off going with a waved folder like the Spyderco Pikal/Endura/Delica, an Emerson (Framelocked...), or carving your own wave into something like a Spyderco with a compression lock.
The drawstroke is complex, dexterity intensive and will be difficult to employ when reacting to an attack.
They are not worth it in terms of pay off for the investment of time and skill required to make them work.
I'd consider them the revolver or the SKS of the folding knife world - run it if that's what you got, but understand you have better options that will get you where you want to go that are simpler, faster and more stress resistant.
Last edited by SamuelBLong; 04-24-2012 at 02:42 PM.
"I want to see someone running down the street with a sims-gun shrieking 'I am the first revelation' " - SouthNarc
Hope it's not stepping on toes to post cross-forum links, but here's a TPI thread from a few months ago about Balisongs:
balisong: the ninja EDC
My favorite reply was Larry's:
Originally Posted by L. Lindenman
Ha! That's the exact title of that thread. And for whatever it's worth, I agree with you that FB>Wave>Folder>Bali:
Disclaimer: I am not an Operator, Ninja, or Zorro. I have never stabbed anyone, nor been stabbed. My humble opinion is based on FoF coursework, and the relative difficulty of trying to deploy various items in human tangles.Originally Posted by Byron
The Balisong will just have to wait.
I bought a spare p'kal instead.
You can never have too many p'kals.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
Dammit!!! I was wanting to catch some video of you honing your Kill Bill skillz...
I train to be better than I was yesterday. -F2S