Bali Question?

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Kdarmy

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I was at the NKCA show today and picked up a Benchmade 239 ZAMAK model.

Question is, What is Zamak? Im sure its the handle right?...Whats it made of?

The knife is NIB, what price range do these sell for? I took it on a trade for a knife I was never going to use anyway. Now I have a knife I can have some fun with anyway.
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Thanks!

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Keith D.Armacost
If The Women Don't Find You Handsome,
At Least Let Them Find You Handy. R.G.
 
Zamak is a zinc based metal, so its not the strongest of steels. I believe the composition was asked before, so just search Zamak. As for the price, it goes from about $100-$150.

You should just flip it IMO.
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Dave
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My collection
 
Hey Kdarmy,

I believe that's:

And remember: If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.
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And Red Green comes on in just a few minutes in my corner of Virginia so I'm gonna go watch it.
 
I also have a question. What is a decent price for a used BM Bali? I am going to a gun/knife show that we have here every couple months, and I was thinking I'd try to pick up any strays that I saw there. Is there any kind of guideline as to the point where it is beyond any kind of condition that you would want or are they all worth giving a good home? I deal mostly with tac. folders, and so I know quite a bit about conditions and stuff, but I'm relatively new with bali's for a variety of reasons and don't know exactly what I'm looking for yet, but I absolutely love the knives.
 
You can see a history of previous sales of many balisongs on my website. The very reason I publish this list is so that people can get some idea of values.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com
 
I had a 239 once before, paid $34 for it and wouldn't even pay a cent more for it now. The lock up went after a couple of weeks. The blade was nice, the handles weren't.

Steve
 
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