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So I noticed that there are barely any reviews, or barely any good reviews concerning the latest balisong from benchmade, the model 62. Before I buy a knife I always like to check some reviews first, but with the 62 it was not the case, it was like a leap in the dark. So, let's jump right in to it!
So when I received the package, it felt heavy, like really heavy, and the knife is! It's weight is comparable to that of a multitool; about 6 oz. I believe. I also own a benchmade 51, wich probably is the lightest balisong out there, so the contrast was incredible. It felt really heavy and hard to flip. However, after 5 minutes or so, I got used to the weight and the fun began! It flips like a dream! especially for rollovers this thing performs! purely as a flipper it is imho vastly superior to the 51. For moves where you have to move the knife by musclepower, the 51 is better. But for tricks that rely on gravity, the vast majority, it is vastly superior to the 51. One thing that annoys me tough is the fact that the latch is not spring loaded, hence it gets stuck frequently while flipping. I would suggest inserting a little "o-ring" at the end of the handle.
So far for the flipping part. I not only like balisongs for the fact you can flip with it, but also because it is probably the most reliable locking mechanism out there and hence make great knives! At 6 oz. it probably would be a tad too heavy for most edc users however. Anyhow, when locked in the open position it feels really solid. You just know that it is not going to budge, I would dare to expose this knife to the same kind of abuse as a strider, a hinderer or even a fixed blade, even more so, I am pretty sure that in toughness and break resistance it will outperform the striders and hinderers. Before the blade could come lose, at least 3 of the 4 screws at the top should break. The handles themselves wont go anywhere, since they are made of 2 solid 4mm thick stainless steel blocks. The only weak point I can detect is the blade itself, since it is made out of D2. D2 imo is a quite underrated steel due to the hyping of s30v etc. It keeps an edge so incredibly well, and you can get it really really sharp, however, due to the hardness of D2 it will break quicker than s30v and such.
It slices really well, but not to the point of a sebenza, wich still cuts better than the 62. However, due to it's lengthy blade and the nice constant flowing curve, I feel that at heavy cutting tasks like branches of wood or thick pieces of rope it will perform better than a small sebenza(I don't own a large, so I wouldn't know).
It is however, very expensive, it comes at 360 USD if I am correct, wich is the price of a small sebenza or a 2nd market strider. If you really want an edc and you're more into folders, i'd say get a sebenza, but if you're into balisongs and want a balisong that both flips like a dream, feels like a tank and could handle just about any job, than this is the knife for you and i'd definitely recommend it. I'm not going to go over the "is it worth 360 usd?" question, because that is entirely subjective. I realized that if you really want a specific knife nothing will stop you, certainly not the price!
feel free to post any questions down below!
So when I received the package, it felt heavy, like really heavy, and the knife is! It's weight is comparable to that of a multitool; about 6 oz. I believe. I also own a benchmade 51, wich probably is the lightest balisong out there, so the contrast was incredible. It felt really heavy and hard to flip. However, after 5 minutes or so, I got used to the weight and the fun began! It flips like a dream! especially for rollovers this thing performs! purely as a flipper it is imho vastly superior to the 51. For moves where you have to move the knife by musclepower, the 51 is better. But for tricks that rely on gravity, the vast majority, it is vastly superior to the 51. One thing that annoys me tough is the fact that the latch is not spring loaded, hence it gets stuck frequently while flipping. I would suggest inserting a little "o-ring" at the end of the handle.
So far for the flipping part. I not only like balisongs for the fact you can flip with it, but also because it is probably the most reliable locking mechanism out there and hence make great knives! At 6 oz. it probably would be a tad too heavy for most edc users however. Anyhow, when locked in the open position it feels really solid. You just know that it is not going to budge, I would dare to expose this knife to the same kind of abuse as a strider, a hinderer or even a fixed blade, even more so, I am pretty sure that in toughness and break resistance it will outperform the striders and hinderers. Before the blade could come lose, at least 3 of the 4 screws at the top should break. The handles themselves wont go anywhere, since they are made of 2 solid 4mm thick stainless steel blocks. The only weak point I can detect is the blade itself, since it is made out of D2. D2 imo is a quite underrated steel due to the hyping of s30v etc. It keeps an edge so incredibly well, and you can get it really really sharp, however, due to the hardness of D2 it will break quicker than s30v and such.
It slices really well, but not to the point of a sebenza, wich still cuts better than the 62. However, due to it's lengthy blade and the nice constant flowing curve, I feel that at heavy cutting tasks like branches of wood or thick pieces of rope it will perform better than a small sebenza(I don't own a large, so I wouldn't know).
It is however, very expensive, it comes at 360 USD if I am correct, wich is the price of a small sebenza or a 2nd market strider. If you really want an edc and you're more into folders, i'd say get a sebenza, but if you're into balisongs and want a balisong that both flips like a dream, feels like a tank and could handle just about any job, than this is the knife for you and i'd definitely recommend it. I'm not going to go over the "is it worth 360 usd?" question, because that is entirely subjective. I realized that if you really want a specific knife nothing will stop you, certainly not the price!
feel free to post any questions down below!
