Another Three Balisong I.D. 's

ChungSan

ChungSan

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Everyone here has been so helpful. I couldn't wait to get your help on these new balisongs.

I picked them up at a flea market for $65.00

The first one is Taylor/Seto, it is numbered G-994, the blade lenght is 3 1/4", with an overall length of 7 1/8"

The second one is marked Parker Cut. Co., it has a blade lengt of 3 7/8" with an overall length of 8 1/2".

The third one is Taylor/Seto, the blade is 2 1/2" with an overall length of 7 7/8", the handles are disguised as two ink pens.

I would really like help with the forum's expertise in finding these things out.

- What models are they?
- What years were they produced?
- What are the blade types?
- What kind of steel is the blade made out of?
- What is the Rockwell hardness of the blades?
- What are the handles made out of?
- What is the average price of the balisongs and how rare are they?

Your help is greatly appreciated. I do not know how to research these any other way other than the GREAT www.balisongcollector.com which has been very helpful.
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Thank You,


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Chung San

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[This message has been edited by ChungSan (edited 10-01-2000).]
 
Japan gets all of their raw material from the Philippines. Japan exports $230 billion a year in finished products. The Philippines exports $30 billion a year most in raw material. The Balisongs in the Philippines are made out of steel that is striped out of the ground and hammered out in a primitive forge. In Japan they process the steel and turn it into either 440 or surgical steel. The handles are most likely made out of either brass or stainless steel. The knives you have say right on them that they were made in 1984. Customs shut down the boarder on Bali's & butterfly's in 1988, when they started to confiscate Taylor's shipments. He took them to court and got his knives back, but quit importing them. You can read about it at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/wbardwel/public/nfalist/auto_knives/ They were selling wholesale back then for about $12 and the retail on them was suppose to be around $35. But I don't know of anyone that ever paid retail on a Taylor or Parker knife. The Bali that looks like a pair of pens is a Filipino design that they still make in the Philippines. I have never had one, but there is a women on Ebay from the Philippines that sells a lot of Moro stuff and she had those Pen Bali's a few months ago. But Ebay kept ending her auctions on them, so as far as I know, she only sells the Moro swords now. Parker use to own the Frost Company. He sold under either the Parker-Frost name, or the Parker-Eagle name. Frost still sells a lot of the same knives from Japan, but they do not sell the Japan made butterfly's anymore. Thanks, JohnR7 www.BalisongKnife.com
 
Seto is still in business, and it looks like they still make butterfly knives. But I am going to have to check into it further. Thanks, JohnR7
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>>Cool, I need to make a trip to Japan (or China)

You could do both, there is a flight to Hong Kong that stops over in Japan. There is a huge difference between the two countries. In Japan the kids all have there hair dyed in wild colors and they just look punk. In China everything is so conservative, and you see a lot of modern mixed in with traditional. If you could find a place to buy butterfly knives in Japan, I am sure you could bring back enough to sell, to pay for your trip over there. They allow you to bring in up to $500 worth of stuff, and you get 75 pounds per person limit. You can buy a ticket in the $600 to $800 range. Thanks, JohnR7 www.BalisongKnife.com
 
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