If at first you don't succeed...

[Gollnick]

Try, try again.

It's true in balisong manipulation...

And it's true in balisong photography too.

Some of you may have seen the rather over-exposes photo of this balison that I put on my site earlier in the week. A very bright polished Aluminum and steel knife with mother of pearl inserts sitting on a very flat black background... well, I got the exposure wrong.

So, I tried it again. This time, I think it's a bit better.

Click HERE for a larger view.


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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com

 

[BalisongMan]

wow, it does look a lot better, though I didn't really have a problem with the other picture. Any picture with a balisong in it is a masterpiece!!!

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Cameron

"And shepards we shall be, for thee my Lord for thee, power hath descended forth from thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out thy command, so we shall flow a river forth to thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be, En Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti"
A few of my balisongs
My ClubPhoto albums

 

[ChungSan]

I'll remember that today when I'm taling pictures of my new balisong.

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"The best is born of history and tradition."

Chung San

 

[alex_111]

i like how the blade is made from a file. adds a nice touch when you can still see the file teeth. (i've also made blades from files and have enjoyed the results.) but don't they cause lots of needless wear on the handles of the balisong, since the handles [seem like they would] rub over the teeth during manipulation?
aleX.

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"i flip you... i flip you for real..."

 

[Gollnick]

That's a very good question, Mr. alex_111.

Very little remains of the file teeth on the surface of the tang of this knife, just enough to give a nice appearance. Remember that the file teeth are like little knives (which is why file steel makes good big knives too). The edge is what does the cutting. In this case, those edges have all been removed. Like a knife edge, file teeth are V shaped. In this case, they've been ground down to their base so that the resulting ridges are very broad and not sharp at all. If you were to cross-section a file, what, you'd see is something like this:

/\/\/\/\/\/\
|________|

If you were to cross-section the tang of this knife, what you'd see would be:

-.-.-.-.-.-.-
|_________|

There's really no "fileness" left at all. But, the resulting pattern is very decorative.


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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com

[This message has been edited by Gollnick (edited 06-04-2001).]