Blade thickness/handle thickness ratio? Guys, what's "typical" blade thicknesses on some of your balis? What's too thick? Too thin? Say for a 4-1/4" blade around the size of this project.
Speed and balance? Handles and blade balanced, weight wise? Heavy blade, light handles or heavy handles, light blade?
I've handled exactly 3 Balis. There was a great deal of difference and each one had a different balance and feel. One very heavy Philipine model, thick bowie type blade, brass handles. One Stainless handled Balisong model, and one Benchmade, titanium handles. I was more impressed with the Titanium one, but I'm no flipper for real.
It was the thinnest and lightest and seemed to me to be the most balanced although you could really get some speed on the big philly model, you could also cut yourself deeper with it.
I cut model parts from G10 to check out the size and relationship of the parts. I'll try and get a pivot and a couple of tang pins in it tomorrow and take a pic of someone holding it in hand so you can get and idea of it's size and balance. The G10 model won't do for evaluation, but I do see a couple of things I want to change.
One, extend the punyo (?) another 1/4" to 3/8". This will allow me to move the open tang pin further back and I think the lock up on the handles will be stronger. I've got both pins symetrical to the pivot pins, but looking at it it seems better to move the pin back and it also will give the sharpened (lightly) punyo more depth of penetration
in use.
Two, I want to raise the thumb serations. You'll see why when I get the model screwed together. I'll try and get that done tomorrow, but I've got a couple of autos that have to ship out tomorrow.
That's is for now. LarryD
Only this one has a more dramatic belly. The spine reminds me of the Sifu, but only as much as a Honda Accord looks like a Toyota Camry (to my wife they look the same but to someone who is familiar with cars, totally different
