kick/double tang pins/neither

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Mr YODA

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I was wondering if any balisongs were made with a kick or spacer milled into the handles. If not, why not??

I just figured that if the handles were made that way then a kick, which some people think makes the blade profile uglier, wouldn't be needed.
 
What I was originally thinking is that since my Bear blade has no kick that it will hit the inside of the handles if I get it re-handled.

I don't mind the kick, either Agent.
 
I suppose it depends on how neatly the kick is designed/finished. A kick is only an extension of the tang, so if the tang is left sufficiently wide so as to keep the blade edge from touching the inside of the handle, there is no true kick. This makes for a neater, more elegant appearing blade. The pointed shape of the kick makes for less metal to be removed when fitting the blade to the handles (my theory). To adress the original question, I believe one custom maker (I forget who) used a screw inside the handle to act as a kick/blade stop. The Bear bali I have, has an extended tang which keeps the blade from touching. Are you sure yours doesn't too?
 
The tang does seem to be a bit wider than my 42's near where the blade's edge starts. The inside of the Bear's handles had marks from the blade so I don't think it was quite wide enough though.
 
IIRC, my bm43 has small, square, protrusions on the inside of each handle... they're _extremely_ small, but large enough that there was a smudge only at the base of the back of the blade. Though the texture of the back of the blade would indicate that a tiny bit of metal was "shaved" off beyond that point that was smudged...
 
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