Custom Balisongs

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Larry A

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I was just wondering if there is a good enough market for custom balis. I am trying to get a friend of mine, also a well known maker, to make me a run of about 10 of them. I need opinions and what price range would be in the realm for a deal like this to work. Thanks...

Larry
 
Assuming that custom quality of workmanship, materials, etc. I have seen American customs go for about $300.00. I don't own any, but custom makers seem to stay in buisiness charging this for their work.

I would rather see some decent balis with prices closer to the BM42. If your friend found a way to sell customs for $100-200, they would be able to get a LOT of buisiness.



[This message has been edited by blade_420 (edited 03-20-2001).]
 
If he could make customs for around $200 he'd be amazing, of course we'd have to try out one of them (most likely Gollnick or Clay) to see if they are well made and suitable for flipping.
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Some custom balisongs go up into the thousands (of dollars) range.

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IMHO there's plenty of folks out there that are looking for more/different custom makers of balis. Newt Livesay just threw his hat into the ring last week and will begin the learning curve very soon. It seems, like blade_420 stated, that a lot of the customs start around $300 and go up from there, of course there are makers whose low end starts in the four figure range(!). The more, the merrier!!!
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From what I know, Custom Knife makers usually want to make $30 an hour for their efforts if they can. In the Philippines they often work for $5 or $10 a day.

Of course there is a big difference between modern and primitive tools. Some people still use their version of an ox to plow the land over there.

It's the same thing with knife making. It's difficult to compare their tools with the modern tools a knife maker has over here.
 
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