Your dream balisong

[Switchfeathers]

What would it be? What would it's spec's be? What would it be made of? Any specific colours, patterns? Any ideal features and so on?

Maybe your dream knife already exists, if so, what one is it?

Personally, I like heavier knives, and I like channel construction. I'd get something made of a high-grade steel, perhaps with a Damascus blade. A Spring latch to keep the latch out of the way, zen pins, nice and long - maybe 5 inch handles. A nice, sexy sabre style blade, too. Weighing in at about 5 - 6 oz. Dark colouring, but not BK, something like a nice gunmetal or blued steel look.

That'd be my dream knife. How about yours?

[bumgilligan]

My Alpha Beast that's on pre-order!

[Mpsecare]

My Alpha Beast that's on pre-order!

[DeepSkyyz]

3rds on the alpha beast

[pchang.ns]

Can't think of anything better than the Alpha Mutant Fossil.

[jkjklkl]

The Alpha Beast, except with channel construction and then rebalanced to counter the extra weight

[Glenn]

FU42

[AnthonyTheAbyss]

Blade - Bowie blade, damascus with hamon finish

Handle - Skeletonized titanium handles (sandwich construction), blue anodized accents, and damascus spacers

Length - 9.25 to 9.75 inches

Weight - 4.2 to 5.2 ounces

Latch - Spring latch

Pivot - Bushing system

Has to flip well and razor sharp

[laughingbuddha]

I'm pretty content with what I've got at the moment... but!

I have been thinking about a sandwich styled Bali with ano'd Titanium liners and black G-10 overlays... maybe with chevrons or skeletonisation near the top third of the handle for grip. Maybe some sort of adjustable spacers so that I could change the weight in the rear to suit. Latchless would be O.K but I'd prefer a t-latch with a triangular shaped heed. The blade would need to be a Tanto Bowie hybrid.

If only SOMEONE could do something like that.

[1986mpv]

The one on the bottom. A hollow ground zero bevel kris in banded ladder damascus with stainless channel handles and inlays of carbon fiber and opal. A gold class 49, if you will.

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[TheBombGamerTag]

fu42

[Mystik]

Oh, look... another one of these threads.

Guess I'll play along...


Blade: Damascus with CPM-Rex 121 core
Blade Profile: Reverse curve bowie with high hollow grind
Pivots: Torx screws size T8 with mirror polished iridium bushings and ball bearing system
Pivot System: Double Tang Pinned with platinum pins
Handle Liners: Platinum liners with gold and silver decorations
Handle Scales: Post-ban African elephant ivory, stabilized agarwood, post-ban sea tortoise shell, and Campo del Cielo meteorite. (One for each side of each handle. Four different handle scales in all).
Handle Scale Garnishments: 3 carat natural diamond inset, 3 carat ruby inset, 3 carat sapphire insert, 3 carat emerald inset. (One gem for each handle scale. Four different gemstones in all.)
Blade Length: 4.5"
Handle Length: 6"
Overall Length: ~10.5"
Overall Weight: Doesn't matter
Latch: Batangas style, fancy anodized titanium spring latch with 1 carat diamond inset.
Sheath: Leather sheath


Made by: the collaborative efforts of Shawn Gracean, Flavio Ikoma, Chris Olofson, Chuck Gedraitis, Matt Cook, Mauricio Dobruski, Terry Guinn, Jerry Hom, and countless other balisong makers here on the JD.

[Slaysur]

Its already been made and it goes by the name of perfection, or basilisk. Really the same thing.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Oh, look... another one of these threads.

Guess I'll play along...


Blade: Damascus with CPM-Rex 121 core
Blade Profile: Reverse curve bowie with high hollow grind
Pivots: Torx screws size T8 with mirror polished iridium bushings and ball bearing system
Pivot System: Double Tang Pinned with platinum pins
Handle Liners: Platinum liners with gold and silver decorations
Handle Scales: Post-ban African elephant ivory, stabilized agarwood, post-ban sea tortoise shell, and Campo del Cielo meteorite. (One for each side of each handle. Four different handle scales in all).
Handle Scale Garnishments: 3 carat natural diamond inset, 3 carat ruby inset, 3 carat sapphire insert, 3 carat emerald inset. (One gem for each handle scale. Four different gemstones in all.)
Blade Length: 4.5"
Handle Length: 6"
Overall Length: ~10.5"
Overall Weight: Doesn't matter
Latch: Batangas style, fancy anodized titanium spring latch with 1 carat diamond inset.
Sheath: Leather sheath


Made by: the collaborative efforts of Shawn Gracean, Flavio Ikoma, Chris Olofson, Chuck Gedraitis, Matt Cook, Mauricio Dobruski, Terry Guinn, Jerry Hom, and countless other balisong makers here on the JD.

when I was reading through this, my thoughts were "Overall Cost: 1 kidney, 1 arm, and 1 leg".

my dream bali will be the one I make after I get the expertise to build balisongs and after I retire, here in the next 20 or so years.

[Ryanol]

A solid performing balisong dimensions somewhere around AA or slightly longer. Bowie blade maybe steel or ti liners and g10, made in America to last; under 100 bucks.