So if not a BM 42 then what?

[canis]

I have lurked around here for awhile just reading and learning. I'm a newbie to the Balisong thing and I'm hooked so far. Here's my question - While I have a Jag and a BM 42, what other quality balis are out there if you don't buy a BM or older Pacific Cutlery or one of the discontinued BMs?

While it is fun to flip them around a little I use mine mostly for the same stuff I would use any pocket knife for.


TIA

Chris Canis

 

[Dawkind]

IMHO, the same kind of meat a priest eats on Friday........NUN!!!

 

[Guillaume]

It's difficult to find other good quality serial balisong. After a Jaguar and a BM42, you can pick a Bear, they have a nice Tanto blade but have a low ratio quality/price... I guess the exciting thing is to find unusual balisong.

I remember some bali that I found on a market in Shanghai... they are really crap, but one had a very special blade (never seen before), and the price was so low, that it was exciting to take it.

My next excitement will be when I'll go to Batangas City... one day.
Or when I'll have designed my own bali and found someone able to make it for me. But this is another step.

Guillaume

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[llXTheOneXll]

My favorite Bali next to my 42 is a black thin skeletonized handled bali. It has an Imada High Hollow blade with a mirror finish. It was in a box that said Butterfly Knife Stainless on it and was mere $11.95. It was found at a gas station somewhere around Louisiana and New Orleans.

It weighs almost just like a 42 but a little heavier. It is only a little shorter than the 42. It flips great and is very quick and has lasted for months now with a TON of abuse. Just look at the Balisong Abuse topic to see what I've put it through. This is when I was new to bali flipping and I used it for everything.

I haven't replaced the pins or anything. The only adjustment I've ever made is tighten the latch and hammer down on the pins to stabilize it a bit.

If I ever see one of these again I would buy at least 2 or 3 and more if I had money.

First I thought it was one of the 1-week china cheapies that last for about a week. But months of abuse and still fine flipping changed my mind.

BTW, a question, does anyone know if the Imada high hollow was named after or by Jeff Imada? If so, why? Is this a blade that's particularly good for fighting or what?

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"May your blade chip and shatter..." - Paul Atreides, Frank Herbert's Dune

 

[Dawkind]

It was named for Jeff Imada; he felt, and he's absolutely correct, that when you extend the grind to the spine of the blade that it gives a much better geometry. The blade might not have as much lateral strength but it will cut and slice like no other! This blade is meant to cut meat with, i.e. fighting knife, and is not meant to be used for opening fuel drums, wooden crates, pounding through car doors, etc......