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Up for sale today is a Brand New (Mint) Darrel Ralph American Patriot Balisong. Neither used or Carried. I will go over the specs in detail: The Handles, Pivots, Blade, Weight & Flipping etc., you can alternatively just look at some quick specs and then skip to the bottom.
Here's the quick specs:
Overall Length: 9 3'8"
Blade Length: 4" edge 4 3/8" from handles
Handle Length: 5"
Blade Material: 154CM
Handle Material: 416 Stainless Steel
Here are the detailed specs:
The Handles:
At a total width of 21/128" per handle piece and 9/16" total width on the "top" of the waffles and 3/32" per peice and 27/64" total width in the "valley" of the waffles, this American Patriot[AP] has great weight reduction and balance considering the steel that's used. It's right at a square 1/2" near the latch and 21/64" nearest the tang. The space between the two handle pieces comes out to 31/128" making the handles very rounded and even-feeling in the hand.
The Pivots:
The American Patriot has the T15 & 1/16" allen NLT pivot system on it. the Maxx Glide system keeps the handles perfectly in-line with each other. With such a consistent swing on the handles, it will become very easy for your hand to adjust to where each of the given handles were going to be, after any given toss/throw/etc.
The Blade:
The 154CM blade, coming in at exactly 3/16" is noticeably bulkier than any of the DDRs I've flipped previously.....which is a good thing. The extra heft offsets the obese handles in just the right way. If it were any lighter material, the handles would overpower the blade, exponentially. The lack of a recurve and a high zero-grind spine keep the weight right where it belongs, in relation to the handle weight....for flippers, anyway.
Instead of the famous DDR-in-a-hoop logo stamped on the blade, the AP simply has the letters "DRT-AP" stamped on the side.
The Weight & Flipping:
Coming in at a hefty 6.649oz, this is easily the second heaviest knife I own, falling a single ounce behind my eleven-inch long, 7.5oz FHM! Okay, so maybe it's less than an ounce but, you know what I mean. It feels huge in the hand upon initial flipping as well.
I remember thinking to myself at Blade Show, "This won't flip well at all!" How wrong I was! Any kind of lifting action does take a little more effort but when the knife falls in any manner, it gains momentum like no one's business! A helix, for example: It takes more oomph to get the y2k started but, once the bite handle drops below the usual y-axis, there's no stopping the motion it has going for it. Even the most basic of aerials feel powerful when the *snap* of the handles closing together, when it lands just right in your palm. It's very satisfying, to say the least.
The Price:
Even though this knife is Brand New i.e., Mint, I will still discount it down to dead cost, because I need cash, super-fast.
$200
The Pics:
Here's the quick specs:
Overall Length: 9 3'8"
Blade Length: 4" edge 4 3/8" from handles
Handle Length: 5"
Blade Material: 154CM
Handle Material: 416 Stainless Steel
Here are the detailed specs:
The Handles:
At a total width of 21/128" per handle piece and 9/16" total width on the "top" of the waffles and 3/32" per peice and 27/64" total width in the "valley" of the waffles, this American Patriot[AP] has great weight reduction and balance considering the steel that's used. It's right at a square 1/2" near the latch and 21/64" nearest the tang. The space between the two handle pieces comes out to 31/128" making the handles very rounded and even-feeling in the hand.
The Pivots:
The American Patriot has the T15 & 1/16" allen NLT pivot system on it. the Maxx Glide system keeps the handles perfectly in-line with each other. With such a consistent swing on the handles, it will become very easy for your hand to adjust to where each of the given handles were going to be, after any given toss/throw/etc.
The Blade:
The 154CM blade, coming in at exactly 3/16" is noticeably bulkier than any of the DDRs I've flipped previously.....which is a good thing. The extra heft offsets the obese handles in just the right way. If it were any lighter material, the handles would overpower the blade, exponentially. The lack of a recurve and a high zero-grind spine keep the weight right where it belongs, in relation to the handle weight....for flippers, anyway.
Instead of the famous DDR-in-a-hoop logo stamped on the blade, the AP simply has the letters "DRT-AP" stamped on the side.
The Weight & Flipping:
Coming in at a hefty 6.649oz, this is easily the second heaviest knife I own, falling a single ounce behind my eleven-inch long, 7.5oz FHM! Okay, so maybe it's less than an ounce but, you know what I mean. It feels huge in the hand upon initial flipping as well.
I remember thinking to myself at Blade Show, "This won't flip well at all!" How wrong I was! Any kind of lifting action does take a little more effort but when the knife falls in any manner, it gains momentum like no one's business! A helix, for example: It takes more oomph to get the y2k started but, once the bite handle drops below the usual y-axis, there's no stopping the motion it has going for it. Even the most basic of aerials feel powerful when the *snap* of the handles closing together, when it lands just right in your palm. It's very satisfying, to say the least.
The Price:
Even though this knife is Brand New i.e., Mint, I will still discount it down to dead cost, because I need cash, super-fast.
$200
The Pics:
