the [tondo.special]

sniperboy

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Going against Balut's wishes of being annonymous and letting this be a humble presentation of his hidden and suppressed creative side I couldn't help but show off a new and well loved addition to the sniperboy[immaculate.collection]...

http://www.rejectionist.com/bounty/tondo.jpg

sorry dude.. it's just too good and means a lot..

the knife is tentatively named
"the tondo special:vientequatro"
to those in the know, "Tondo" is a rough part of Urban Philipines similar to say "the Bronx" and viente quatro is 24 - that is 24cm.

the blade is mirror polished O1 heat treated by Balut himself, and the handles are solid milled brass with ofcourse) White micarta inserts. The blade is a clip bowie type with a full convex ground from spine to edge, slight to no secondary bevel for a razor sharp effect. As such there are no visible grindlines to this knife.

If you notice the back of the spine also has filework on it
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What makes this knife so kcikass is - wella ctually there are lots of reasons ths knife is kickass but anywayssss....

if you notice the picture the knife has a double insert on one of the handles and a single insert on the other.. the brass strip over the double micarta insert is actually a CURVED and carved INTEGRAL piece of the handle. there are also pinholes that hold the micarta in place.

on the other side (not pictured) te handles have a traditional World War 2 design pinshole arrangement.. that is - two pins on the top near each pther and like the shown sidfe a single pin on the bottom. whether these pins are integral to the handle or not I am not sure.

Balut says he is amateur,., what is this, his 2nd knife? (the first is showcased on my page) but it is stupendous in my opinion. He calls it an FHM.. a modern day inerpretation maybe.. it blends the colour scheme and symbolism I love as well as the ww2 blade grind method as well as the ww2 pin arrangement motiv.

there are many good and bad points of this bali but it just means a lot to me... (oh the tears)

the handles are mileld and solid as I mentioned - and the handles are attatched to the blade with torque (hex?) screws whic give the knife TIGHT and PERFECT alignment and super smooth action it is amazing.

and at the end of the manipulation the knife shuts ightly with a sweet sqeeze.

all in all this will be a treasured addition to the white collection.. thank you very much Balut.. everytime I pick up this knife I will smile =).



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Very nice! It will give you something to love and nurture until your other Dobruski shows up..............
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Actually the "broken insert" is classic Filipino construction. The Filipino makers are great scroungers, they use every bit and every piece. I've got one FHM in which one of the handles has 49 little scraps of bone with bits of copper wire bent between them, each piece held with one or two copper pins. In America, the labor required would make such an economy silly. But, to the Filipino maker, it would have been unthinkable to waste those 49 scraps. It's rather a cultural thing.

Anyway, fortunately, Mr. Balut has adopted milled handles and torx screws.

So, what is old and traditional meets what is new and better and both are preserved. The result is a great looking balisong that should be a durable user too.


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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
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Hi Everyone,

Thank you all for the encouraging comments. I will certainly take them with me to the grinder and hopefully show improvement in knife #3. I have always admired FHMs and thought to overcome some of their inherent shortcomings. I would like to try again with this design. I would make one correction in that the blade is from 3/16" A2 steel.
S, thanks for your kindness. Again, my intuition has served me well. If anyone could give this roguish knife a warm and loving home, I thought it would be you. The fact that I chose white micarta and placed a letter "S" on the safe handle, maybe tipped the odds in my favour?
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balut
 
>>The Filipino makers are great scroungers, they use every bit and every piece

When I went over to the Philippines, I noticed they used a old quart motor oil container to scoop water out of the water bucket with. When we were in town I found a nice plastic container with a handle on it, that I paid all of fifty cents for. They could have bought it themselves, but it never occured to them, or perhaps they just did not consider it that much of a priority, compared to other things they needed.
 
Great work, balut. You should then name your other balisong creations from areas in the philippines.
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Hi all.
Happy Memorial Day
I know that this reply may be off topic from the original post but I just felt like responding to the issue of frugality.I think that it transcends culture. I live in the heartland of Ohio and am witness to all sorts of things. Gerber baby bottles with their caps nailed to the underside of shelves hold screws, nails , etc. I was fortunate to have lived in the "Third world" Bangkok, Thailand and was witness to the endless creativity of children's toys. They could make toys out of anything to amuse themselves. Finally, I must remind everyone that the knives that spawned this forum were originally? made from leftover WWII jeep springs,artilery brass and aircraft aluminum.I don't know whose bones they used? And I love the water buffaloes.
Yes Filipinos are great scroungers!
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