I just had to say this........

[Stagger Lee]

Cause alot of people here don't read the "good,bad,and ugly" forum,and that's where I originally posted this..........

Steve Bailey: a.k.a "Yiterp" has got to be the nicest guy I know,let me tell you what he did for me.
He had posted in the for sale section that he had a bear for sale for $15,well I emailed him about it and asked him if he could lower the price to $10,he made me a counter offer of $13 but then emailed me back and told me that $10 would be fine for it.
I decided that the bear wasn't for me,mostly cause i've heard so many bad things about it and I didn't want to blow money,even if it was only $10,for something that was just going to brake after a few time using it.
I expressed this to "Yiterp" and the next email from him blew me away.
He emailed me back today and told me that he understood my feelings towards bear balisong's and he would do somethig nice for me.
He told me that if i just sent him $3.50 for shipping he would just GIVE me the bear as a present.
Let me tell you that I was ecstatic when I read this,especially cause this was the first time I had ever spoken to to Steve.
I know that the bear isn't the best bali made,but for what i'm using it for it'll suit my need perfectly.
I just wanted to express my happiness to everybody,and i wanted to let everybody know what kind of person "Yiterp" is and how cool of a guy he is.
Steve you rock,your #1 in my book.....peace

P.S. I received the knife yesterday,and I must say I am pleasantly surprised with the bear bali.I don't know how long it'll hold up in the long run,but I think it'll hold up fine cause it went through two other people before i got it,so it must hold up just fine.

 

[Gollnick]

Bear bali's aren't terrible. The handle design has a fatal flaw, a weakness at the top skeleton hole, which will eventually crack and break.

But, the pins are solid and the knife will give you a lot of good service before the handle breaks. The problem is that once the handle breaks, there's not much you can do about it.

So, enjoy it for what it's worth. And, when it breaks, save the blade. Several folks now have experimented with making their own handles. Even if you don't want to do this yourself, you can give that blade to someone who does.