r/BalisongClones

1. Authentic Nautilus Trainer with The Buffness pink ti liners and g10 handles- has been turned recently by balisongbuster but due to warped liners and inaccurate hole cut outs, has blade rub on both handles. If you can fix it up, this trainer would be immaculate. $175

2. Authentic Shattered Concepts Ruiner Trainer #22- stock tune, hardware is great, will come with spares, and has a couple of blemishes. $135

3. Authentic v3 Squid Industries Kraken Trainer- could use a tune but flips great as is. Practically no blemishes. $140.

4. Authentic v1 Orion Comb Trainer- minor blade rub and practically no blemishes. $55

5. Authentic v1.5 Orion Trainer- minor blade rub, minor dings, and will come with spare hardware. $50

6. Authentic v1 NRB Konig- small knick on safe handle, good tune. $80

7. Authentic Nabalis Reverie Trainer #082- a ding on the bottom of each handle, stock tune, and will come with spare hardware and pouch. $50

8. Baliplus Tsunami Trainer- handles have some fade and scratches. Immaculate tune and blade polish by slurkey. $70.

9. Armed Shark Spiral Kraken Trainer- practically no blemishes, and good stock tune. $45.

CONUS PayPal FF- prices are not set in stone and will give discounts for bundles. Would love to chat.

WTTF- Authentic Squid Industries Kraken speed channel handles, authentic ti kraken handles and spacers, and authentic BRS Replicant parts.

Have refs on the balisongsale subreddit and I have refs on instagram. Can also take pics and vids of balis on instagram.

Aside from the obviously jacked prices I thought armedshark.com was a scam or there was something else bad about it. They apparently sponsor balisong_cat now and I’m just curious if they were legit

he reblade it (i charged him 2 cans of monster)

Will pay retail, maybe a little more for the cf alt blade rep with purple liners

(pictured: Blue River Kraken Ti, Wehawk, OneBalisong.com)

Yes, I do. If I punched one of these through my couch, my wife would be quite cross about it.

Do you blunt your tips? What’s your technique?

I’m new to flipping, only a couple of months in, but I’ve been a lifelong knife collector and sharpened professionally for about 10 years.

I was talking to Slash2Gash about how I wanted my Cygnus configured (not pictured)and asked if I could get a false edge and blunt tip.

He told me the edge comes false and I could just “strop it on concrete until you’re happy with it.”

Awkward silence. Cricket sounds.

“Okay, thanks for your help.”

Naturally, I looked up concrete stropping and discovered that yes, it is apparently a thing. Definitely not my thing, but to each their own.

I’ve sharpened hundreds, probably thousands, of knives over the years, but until getting into balisongs I had never really considered deliberately blunting one.

I try to find a trainer blade whenever possible. I blunted a Damascus blade once and felt pretty bad about it. For the others, this is the technique I’ve been developing.

Gear:

- Two Tormek-style machines

- 200 and 1000 grit CBN wheels

- Small metalworking belt grinder

- Leather belt with polishing compound

Process:

1. Draw the edge profile and new tip shape with a micro Sharpie.

2. Take the existing false edge down to true flat on the 200 grit wheel.

   True flat, like Rick and Morty.

3. Round the tip back to the Sharpie template.

4. Repeat the shaping on the 1000 grit wheel.

5. “Sharpen normally,” meaning I put it in the sharpening jig and grind both sides at about 16° so it has the appearance of a real edge while remaining functionally blunt.

6. Polish on the leather belt with plastic-grade compound.

7. Clean off the compound with Japanese knife oil, wash with hot soap and water, dry with compressed air, then oil the pivots with Carbon Honey.

That’s where the process is at now. It gets a little cleaner every time.

What do you use?

Do you blunt your tips, leave them sharp, stone them, belt them, file them, or concrete?

The blade is thinner than my baliplus rep blade, so definitely not 3.5mm as it says on clisong.

Quite a big thigh gap in the closed position and handle slap in the open position.

Comes with hardware (t8 hardware with washers and bushings)
The bushing are slightly more narrow on the inside so they unfortunately don’t fit the baliplus rep hardware, they are the same size as my armed shark nami bushings though, so it would be possible to fit the baliplus rep hardware if you sand them down enough.

Im going to file the blade a bit so it doesn’t have that big of a thigh gap.

Any suggestions how to fix the handle slap?

looking for exclusively rep watches, cheers 🤝

Ask me anything related to the balisongs(price, feeling, tuning). I'm inexperienced but will answer to the best of my abilities and understanding.

For me it’s neutral with a light handle bias. Let me know your preference for balance and what Bali has that balance you like just want to hear your minds peoples.

Just bought one of these for ma bday it’s not my bday yet but will arrive when it is. But it’s titanium liners g10 slabs and spacers y’all think it was worth buying there on clisong if you wanna check.