Is my 45 in trouble??

BalisongMan

BalisongMan

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As some of you know several of the PC balisongs would break at the tang where the blade starts. This happens because the handles contacted the blade at the kick and then at a spot along the spine that was not even with the kick, this caused undue pressure on the blade and it would eventually break when dropped. booshank has pictures of his balisongs on Susan's page under the Franken-Bali section and you can see pictures of his PC 10 and that it is broken.

My 45 2nd has this problem: the handles contact the kick and then a spot along the spine not even with the kick, I have circled that spot along the spine:
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Is there a possibility that my 45's blade will break from the tang like the PC's did??
This does not bode well with me.....

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Cameron

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Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but there will always be a spot where the spine will hit the handle. The kick is only to protect the edged side from contacting the handle. For my 42, the area right after the swedge is the place where the spine hits the handle. It leaves a little mark, but other than that, its fine.

Another good reason why they usually don't use Ats-34 and other very hard steels--they shatter easily. Since balis are designed to undergo stress, they use softer more shock resistant steels such as 12C27 and 440c.

If all else fails, don't flip it.

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Dave
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I know that it's supposed to hit the back of the blade on the spine, it's just the placement of where it hits that matters, the handle on my 42 hits the spine even with the word "Bali-Song" on my 30s it hits just slightly above even with the kick:

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Cameron

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I must be missing something. If all balis hit the handle at different points on the blade, then whats the big difference if the 45 hits at a different point? I'm pretty sure the structural integrity of the blade will hold through no matter where it hits.

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Dave
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That's just it, I'm not sure that all 45s are supposed to hit that high on the spine, mine is a 2nd (second production) which means that it is not up to BM's standards/something is wrong, I don't want to be flipping it and drop it and have the blade go flying off somewhere.

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Cameron

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You are exactly right Cam'! Email me and I'll forward my snailmail address to you. Send me that God forsaken knife and I'll take care of it for you so that it never sees such a horrible death as mentioned!

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I guess no one can let me know if it's going to die? I keep manipulating it and I don't think that there will be a problem but I'll be extremely POed if it does break.

Where does the handle hit on the spine of your 45 (whoever has a 45)?



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Cameron

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"It takes a killer...to stop a killer"
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For my 42, the area right after the swedge is the place where the spine hits the handle. It leaves a little mark, but other than that, its fine.
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It's not that it just leaves a little mark, it provides pressure on the blade which enables it to close tightly, if the pressure is too far apart (pressure on the kick and then pressure on the spine is too far up) then it weakens the blade and it will eventually snap off like it did on some of the PC balisongs.

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Cameron

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"It takes a killer...to stop a killer"
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A few of my balisongs
My Photopoint album
 
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