Utility Bali

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One of the things Spyderco does best is fill empty niches in the knife world. What I have in mind may represent one of those empty niches:

A balisong built primarily for utility and not for flipping or combat. The blade would be wide from edge to spine and double flat ground. There would be no false edge so the heel of the weak hand could be used to press on the blade when needed. (Maybe Manix blade sans hole).
Blade steel would be premium stainless and handles, ideally, titanium with a pocket clip; Blade just under 4" to be legal in most jurisdictions.

There are production balis out there which flirt with idea but none truly fill the bill. Right now, the custom route is the only way.

This would simply be a utility folder with the strongest possible lockup.
 
Edgy Codger said:
Blade just under 4" to be legal in most jurisdictions.
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Maybe the blade length would be legal for a folder, but in most states, it doesn't matter how long it is, Balis are illegal to carry.
 
Cabbit said:
But yet Leathermen and other multi-tools are...
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It doesn't have the same stigma as a Bali though.

Remember, Balis are purely weapons of mass destruction, they have no legitimate use outside of combat.(kidding, but that's what politicians seem to think)

Maybe not most states, but a large chunk of them, they're often lumped together with autos, at least to my knowledge, I could be wrong.
 
Yeah, I'd like to see something more basic too. I didn't get the Spyderfly due to that weird spearpoint blade, and because having the Spyder holes on the bottom of the handle like that makes it flip akwardly. I'd rather see the Spyder holes in the blade next time so I could flip it if I wanted to.
 
I would like the Spyderfly if it just had a more normal blade shape. That weird ace of spades recurve leaf blade is just not cool for me. Hard to sharpen, and not very utillty oriented. The handles are cool and really thick and heavy which I think is useful if your going use instead of flip, and the clip kicks ass!
 
From my own experience, kozak6, samhain73 and me are more typical of the majority who want a Bali with a utility blade. I think it would be a big seller.
 
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