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bradley cutlery balisong

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I was just browsing on tad gear and saw a new balisong made by bradley cutlery. I have never cared much for balisongs but this one is really interesting. If you would like to see it just go to tadgear.com and click on whats new and go down the page and there it is. I assume it also is made by benchmade.:p
 
It looks really well made. DOn't know what the retail will be on non pre pro's? Wish it had "horns" (guard) on it. No guard is scary to me. But still nice looking knife!
 
Finally! A balisong with a usefully-shaped blade! The new Darrel Ralph balisongs highlighted in Tactical Knives only list for about $390, though, and they're basically handmades.
 
The 41MC has a really useful blade shape (recurve). The weehawk aint bad on the 42, I just don't like how it looks.
 
I'm not necessarily defending their high price, but a lot of these balis have a huge amount of titanium on them....

I'm not sure that locks are really a big addition to cost....take the expensive compression lock for instance...it's exactly the same as a liner lock on the back, except much more expensive (I like it a ton more and am willing to pay it, but the design shouldn't cost anymore). Perhaps it's the small production numbers...

Benchmade balis are borderline hand made quality in my opinion though. They're gorgeous. When I spent my 140 on my 41MC and compared it to a 120 710 (another great knife), I really have to wonder why the 710 actually cost so much, not the 41MC.

But ultimately, yeah, they could definitely be cheaper. Check out the spyderfly, 70 bucks, spyderco, I have some problems with mine, but mine is still reliable, smooth and fun regardless.
 
Balis, w/blade longer than 3,5" are illegal here, in Russia. Still, Spyderfly was somehow sertified for public carry.
 
Nicnack.net says that Bradleys are made by Benchmade. If so, then I would assume the quality is top notch.
 
Walking Man said:
Did anyone just happen to notice that the pivots have bushings?
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Anyone? And would anyone care to speculate how this might affect pivot performance.
 
I love the pic of that knife, and the quality looks top-notch, but it really doesn't appear to operate like a standard balisong. Doesn't seem like you could manipulate it the same way, since the handles aren't symmetrical, and there's no center pin in the blade. It really looks like a spear-point knife with dual folding handles. I don't know if that's the *definition* of balisong, but the Bradley certainly doesn't look like your ordinary butterfly knife.
 
This balisong doesn't need a pin in the blade. The pins are in the handles, which contact the cutouts on either side of the blade, and on the tang spur. We call them "Zen Pins".

I haven't handled one yet of course, but curved handles aren't really any more difficult to maniupulate, at least for simple openings and closings.

Walking Man: The Tachyon has pivot bushings. If this balisong is anything like the Tachyon, it'll be butter smooth with very little blade play.
 
This is not the only balisong with nonsymmetrial handles. Laci Szabo's butterfly knives are much more radically curved than this Bradley model, and so is the Szabofly that Spyderco is coming out with next year.
 
Thanks. Balisongs aren't normally a style of knife I even consider for EDC, or at all, for that matter. This one might be an exception, particularly if they drop the production model price.
 
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