!!! TRAINING GROUNDS: Newcomers Begin Here !!!

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WELCOME!

With this great flood of new flippers and flyers, I figured I'd throw together a little list of past posts and other links made by or for newcomers like you!

Information from previous posts:

Regarding questions/info comparing different models:
Future puchases:Past Thread
BM 42/43:Past Thread, Past Thread 2, Past Thread 3
CS Arc Angel/BM 43:Past Thread
Tachyon/40 series:Past Thread, Past Thread 2
Jaguar/SideWinder:Past Thread
BM 31S/42:Past Thread
BM 49-01 vs. 43DM:Past Thread
BM 43 vs. SWAT:Past Thread
BM's/MT's Dragonfly: Past Thread
BM 4X/Tachyon/Roton: Past Thread


Regarding questions/info about specifications of specific models:
Steel/handel finishes:Past Thread
Info on BM 42:Past Thread, Past Thread 2
BM 42 First impressions:Past Thread
Regarding sheath purchasing:Past Thread, Past Thread 2
Pics/info on BM 46:Past Thread
Pics/info on BM 43DM:Past Thread
Pics/info on BM 31:Past Thread
BM 40T:Past Thread, Past Thread
Handle finishes:Past Thread
OSS/CIA bali:Past Thread
Tachyon:Past Thread, Past Thread 2
Arc Angel:Past Thread, Past Thread 2 , Past Thread 3
BM 40C : Past Thread
Jaguar M4: Past Thread, Past Thread 2
Tachyon Tang-pin problem: Past Thread
Microtech Dragonfly: Past Thread
Steel vs. Ti: Past Thread
Nybble/Guinn collaboration: Past Thread
Cheetah design poll: Past Thead
Cheetah Proto Pics: Past Thread
Monarch 3.0: Past Thread
Elishewitz Reaper: Past Thread
Korth : Past Thread, Past Thread
Bear: Past Thread
Pre-release Spyderfly Info: Past Thread
Ikoma Guardian Angel: Past Thread
DDR Trittium-Lit: Past Thread
SWAT Tiger: Past Thread, Past Thread 2
Botterfly: Past Thread
MT Camofly: Past Thread
42SS: Past Thread, Past Thread 2
42-01: Past Thread
29 Knives: Past Thread, Past Thread 2, Past Thread 3
Typhoon: Past Thread, Past Thread 2, Past Thread 3, Past Thread 4


Regarding general questions/info and how to get the hobby going:
General hobby info: Past Thread
Care/maintenance:Past Thread
Blade Taping:Past Thread
Cuts/Stitches:Past Thread
Legality/steels/CS-MT comparison:Past Thread
Storing Balis: Past Thread
Sharpening: Past Thread, Past Thread 2
Combo Edges??: Past Thread
General Manipulation Help: Past Thread
Insert woods: Past Thread
Training in Public: Past Thread
Historic Patents: Past Thread
BM's 440c Steel: Past Thread
BM Carry Options: Past Thread
Speed/Strength Development: Past Thread
Recovering from "Bali Fear": Past Thread
Bali Books: Past Thread
FHM Info: Past Thread
Custom Latch Info: Past Thread
Stainless vs. Ti Handles: Past Thread, Past Thread 2
Zen Pins: Past Thread
File Working: Past Thread, Past Thread 2

Chat with Angelina Jolie!: Past "Thread"

Websites or email addresses to craftsmen and companies:

Knife Re-handeling/Maintanance:
MaierBlades.com:http://www.maierblades.com/

Custom Makers
Darrel Ralph: http://www.darrelralph.com
Larry Davidson: http://davidsonknives.com
Terry Quinn: http://balisong.theasylum.org/BFCBalisongForum/
Mauricio Dobruski: www.taymo.com/en
29 Knives: http://www.twentynineknives.com
Charles Marlowe: http://members.cox.net/cmarlowe1/
Korth: http://www.taymo.com/en/
Ikoma: http://www.taymo.com/en/
Chris Crawford: http://www.chriscrawford.com/knives/
Allen Elishewitz: http://www.elishewitzknives.com/
Smith and Bolton Knives: http://www.smithandboltonknives.com/
Ralph Turnbull: http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/turnbull/


Companies with balisongs in their current product lines:
Benchmade--BM 31, 42, 43, 46, 47 and 49 with variations on many of them.
ColdSteel--CS ArcAngel.
Microtech Knives--Tachyon, Dragonfly, Camofly
WOW's Boss Knives--Cheetah
Classic Knife Kits-- Typhoon


Pages containing everything you can imagine regarding balisongs!:

And there are the two, possibly most important, and 100% indespensible Balisong pages on the net for Newcomers, The Balisong Collctor's "Quik-Start Guide" and Clay's BalisongXtreme.

http://www.balisongcollector.com/qui...uickStart.html In addition to this quik start guide, at The Balisong Collector's site you will find more pages than you can count inluding incredible photography, a market watch section, reviews on almost anything in the balisong world, and much much more.

http://www.balisongxtreme.com/ Clay is perhaps known as the best of the best when it comes to manipulating a balisong. At his site you'll find step-by-step instructions, frame-by-frame snapshots, and even clips of almost every technique imaginable. There's nothing you can't learn with Clay's help! And if that were not enough, browse the site for much, much more!

Want to see your pals from the forum strutting...err, flipping their stuff? Check out the Balisong Video Archive where you'll also find the BladeForums.com Balisong Videos.

For even more addictive online Bali conversing: Check out Benchmades Bali-song Forum over at the the BM forums!

Make sure to surf over to:
Our own SniperBoy's Balisong Page containing a great amount of pictures, reviews and more about all aspects of the hobby.

Guillaume Morel's Balisong.net with a huge collection of info including surveys, terms, techniques and more.

Armand Palacio's Balisong.com with a wealth of information inluding topics on history of the knife, anatomy, and care and treatment.

John's Club Balisong, a beautifully designed bali hot-spot with an events page, bali-art, for sale section and much more. Plus, don't forget to become a member!

Our own Nybble's BalisongTimes for pictures, descriptions and reviews of almost every bali on the face of the earth! Not to mention the FAQ and polls/quizzes sections...A great site getting better by the day.

Not sure which Parker Gypsy, Taylor/Seto, Frost, Gutman, Edgeco/BearMGC or Benchmade/Pacific Cutlery it is that you found under your grandfathers stairwell?? Check out Stanley's Asian Dragon site for pics and/or renditions of many of the older production balis from his personal collection and others.

And Finally...
...Some BladeForums help:
The Search Function allows users to search by both keywords or user names.

The Exchange Forums are a wonderful way to buy, sell or trade within our own BladeForums community. Note: You must be a premium or gold member to participate.

Hope this helps, and enjoy!

[Gollnick]

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AUCTION OR SALE DISCUSSION is fine... as long as you're not the seller. If you see an auction or sale that you have questions or comments about, feel free to discuss it.

DEALERS & MAKERS are welcome to participate... but you have to participate. Popping in to advertise isn't good enough. This forum's members are your customers. If you offend them or make a fool out of yourself, that will affect your sales. If you participate and impress them, then a modest signature-line link to your website is all the advertising you'll need.

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[Gollnick]

Here is an inclusive list of custom knife makers who have either made custom balisongs recently (since about 1980 more or less) or who are actively taking orders for new custom balisongs today.

If you know of a maker who should be added to this list, please contact me.

Alfieri, Marc
Anselmo, Vic
Anso, Jens
Basket, Gene
Begg, Todd
Blackwood, Neil
Boye, David
Broadwell, David
Brunner, David
Cates, Allen
Cheek, Joey
Chew, Larry
Chua, Danny (DBA Windsong)
Clark, R.W.
Conil, Xavier
Cook, Matt (DBA Pinoy Knives)
Davidson, Larry (Sometimes DBA Chilly Brothers)
De Leeuw, Filip
Descy, Alain
Dobruski, Mauricio
Doucette, Randy
Draper, Audra, M.S.
Duncan, Brad
Elishewitz, Allen
Emerson, Ernest
Erickson, Walter
Evans, Bruce (DBA BeKnives )
Fairall, Bradford
Ferguson, Jim
Fowler, Ed
Fox, Wendell
Fukuta, Tak
Gedraitis, Chuck
Greenbaum, Dennis
Guinn, Terry
Hankins, Robert
Hara, Koji
Hicks, Gary
Hinderer, Rick
Ikoma, Flavio
Irie, Mike
Jarvis, Paul
Jean, Gerry
Keller, Bill
Lala, Ricardo and Roberto (DBA Korth)
Lanusa, Noel
Largin, Ken (DBA Kelgin)
Lopes, Tony
Marlowe, Charles
Miller, Ron
Monnet, Pierre-Henri
Monroe, DC
Morgan, Jeff,
Nolan Knives
Olofson, Chris (DBA 29 Knives)
Onetto, Martín
Pabu Knife
Pease, W.D.
Perrin, Fred
Ralph, Darrel
Revishvili, Zaza
Salley, John
Salsi, Alex
Samson, Jody
Smith, Adam
Smith & Bolton Knives
Thiel. Sacha
Thomas, Warren
Turnbull, Ralph
Voorhies, Les
Whitmore, Herb
Winch, Dave