G10 Baliyo?

[XiaolongJackson]

There seems to be a lot of complaints about the Baliyo's durability. I know that there are no plans to make metal Baliyos because of the possibility that they might be perceived as weapons, so why not make them in G10 another better plastic? A clicky mechanism wouldn't hurt either.

 

[Mr Blonde]

I suspect the problems were mainly with the first run of heavy duty baliyos and later with the first run of lightweight baliyos. I have a recent lightweight baliyo and I dropped it plenty of times, no breakage whatsoever. This newer lightweight baliyo also feels a bit different, more solid. I like your idea for a clickie.

 

[XiaolongJackson]

Can anyone else confirm whether or not more recent batches don't have breakage issues?

 

[SolidState]

I have a series of new heavyweight baliyos, and only my first one is broken.... but this could be due to me being much better with my baliyo now. I broke two of the lightweights early on, and went back to the heavyweights due to the less-rigid plastic. The heavyweights take a dent without breaking better than the lightweights by my measure.

I use heavyweight blue arms on a black lighweight tube pretty regularly. I like this because you can use a piece of plastic straw as a bearing system and it flips nicely with cheap ink refills. Plus, I have a black blue baliyo which isn't stock colors.

 

[D-R0CK]

I would love this, is G-10 that much more expensive than the plastic they're using? How would FRN bi-directional texturing look on a baliyo? But I would imagine this will never happen because the profit margins on the plastic ones are absolutely killer, just by nature of the pen's novelty. I doubt the price is reflective of the manufacturing cost.