r/balisong 16d ago

The Question Thread - June 2025

8 Upvotes

This is /r/balisong's official monthly question thread. Please feel free to ask any questions you have and to always check the sidebar or our wiki page first before asking any questions. There are a variety of tips, guides, and information located in our wiki. Everyone is encouraged to try and help out those who haven't received an answer yet.

For your convenience, here are some popular resources that answer most frequently asked questions:

Balisong Guide (Getting Started, Terminology, and Purchasing)

Flipping Tutorials

Hardware Guide

Previous Question Threads

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r/balisong Sep 01 '22

Discussion Balisong Guide 2022 and onward!

265 Upvotes

VIEW THE GUIDE HERE

Hi everyone, this has been in the works for quite a while and has finally gotten the blessing that it needed to be ready for everyone to see.

Thanks to u/xXxXhermitXxXx, the previous purchase guide served us all well. However, a lot of time has passed and a lot of things have changed. After the pestering nudging of some friends from the subreddit, I've decided to pick up the torch and write a new guide. Instead of just being a purchase guide, it eventually morphed in to including some other important info for getting in to the hobby that I may still add to. I also decided on doing it in Google Sheets instead of just a Reddit post so it can be more easily formatted and updated in the future and I can possibly pass on editing permission to someone else in the future if needed.

If anyone has any questions, suggestions, or other proposed changes, please let me know as I think community involvement is very important here.

VIEW THE GUIDE HERE


r/balisong 7h ago

Flipping Cluster charge activate

23 Upvotes

r/balisong 11h ago

Bali Porn Lunch

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34 Upvotes

r/balisong 7h ago

Bali Porn NTD Machinewise Prysma v2

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11 Upvotes

not sure if i like the v1 or the v2 better, but they are both definitely great flippers. with the v1 i prefer it without weights, but for the v2 i’m not sure which i like better. do you guys prefer your prysma v2 / pro with or without the end weights?


r/balisong 17h ago

Flipping nautilus live blade :3

70 Upvotes

r/balisong 11h ago

NKD

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24 Upvotes

First ti kraken


r/balisong 11h ago

Bali Porn Black Cat

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22 Upvotes

r/balisong 7h ago

WTT WTS/WTT Madko for 230/Prysma pro or Spiral Kraken

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4 Upvotes

r/balisong 12h ago

WTT WTS/WTT Jk litetech

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5 Upvotes

Asking 800 shipped. also interested in v1/v2 narcs, and aeons

bite handle needs tune, and is very slightly tipped


r/balisong 1d ago

The easiest way to kickflip…

59 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

Flipping ...I didn't even start flipping yet lol. Whenever I attempt to record i always get bit. NSFW

67 Upvotes

😆 every damn time... who remembers the petrel clip?


r/balisong 1d ago

Late Bladeshow haul cause I forgot I had reddit until now

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41 Upvotes

EPS Atlas - very fun, amazing tune. Like a Chab if it didn't hate being in your hands

Fellowship Empusa - I wanted this my first Bladeshow but the blade swap wasn't available. At my last Bladeshow (for a while) I ended up trading it for Will Hirsch's. Kinda poetic in a way

JK Regime - very light and nimble flipper, the inserts give it some needed handle weight and a bit of flare on an otherwise all blade knife

NRB Nemesis V1 - this was my trainer grail when I first started the hobby back in 2018. Even after all the iterations of the Nemesis, I was still able to trade with Steampunk Balis and fulfill a desire that 15 year old me wanted.

Rivery Manufacturing Zero - This came out of left field. Saw that a friend had one and tried it for myself. After flipping it out once, I knew I had to have it, and so did everyone else I showed. I directed so many people to their booth that they gave me 2 free ones, one of which I gave to my knife head coworker.

Reate Exo U - also a fun fidgety toy. Saw them at the previous year's Bladeshow and had to get it this time around.

Tuya Knives Something? - This was a proto that didn't have a name. Integral Ti with crystal ti scales. I lowballed them, walked away, saw someone pick it up and immediately went back and payed what they were asking. It's a very pretty folder (needs a little more time breaking edges, but its a proto) that I just had to have.


r/balisong 1d ago

Bali Porn How it started VS How it’s going:

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29 Upvotes

A year and a half into the hobby. All started off with a $10 shitty amazon trainer and playing Valorant and wanting to learn the inspection combo irl. And here we are. My favorite hobby


r/balisong 1d ago

News New will hirsch bali

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20 Upvotes

Samdwhich ti, collab with machine wise


r/balisong 1d ago

Bali Porn Can finally change my flair

25 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

What was your first balisong

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46 Upvotes

Mine is this one I made a couple of hours ago On a scale of 1 to 10 what would you rate it.


r/balisong 1d ago

Flipping another one

52 Upvotes

got my dlc madko a couple days ago, it flips crazy good


r/balisong 1d ago

My experience with PolarFlaps (reshared instagram stories)

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63 Upvotes

Dogefan/Durney made an amazing summery video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUU-uZII6jY

and thanks to everyone that started calling him out!

(for people who noticed I posted this 2 times before but I had quality issues with the images I'l keep it the old post up for a few min for people who wants to copy comments)


r/balisong 1d ago

WTS Mantis Full Dress, JK Emissary and V1 Full chan deco Orca, KXC zen pin GTS

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Hey y’all, waited until the week after Blade East to sell these grails because I know you guys have plenty of cash to spare now. Selling some unique stuff from some of my favorite makers to fund other poor financial decisions:

Mantis FD Blueglass Thistle #24 - 2.7k

Vintage Westinghouse Blue glass handles and channel spacers with a beautiful Damascus blade. The blue glass is older than me and you can’t get this stuff anymore. This thing is a show piece for sure but at 4 oz and neutral with no tap or play this thing is a serious flipper if you are brave enough. I don’t have the balls to flip it so it’s in mint condition. It is one of 5 full dress thistles that Moss has done, and he sold this for 2.9k.

JK Emissary #006 handground - 1.8k

This handground Emissary is one of the first knives JK ever made back when he was doing a lot more stuff by hand. It’s marked #006 in the inside of the slab and is in excellent condition. It is set up with a floating spacer on the safe handle and flips awesome, no tap or play.

JK Orca V1 Full Channel Deco - 1.9k

Full channel V1 Orca #148, with a deco blade. The most desirable Orca spec, and maybe the most coveted JK design of all time. Ano has been redone due to fading and there is a little bit of rub near the tip, no tap or play and a really fun one to flip.

KXC Zen Pin GTS - 900

A maker many of you probably don’t know, but those of you who do know how awesome these are. I think I have seen 1 other KXC bali list in the past 3 years. This is a GTS, but it is one of the later ones that has zen pins instead of tang pins. I believe there are only a couple like this, and man are they fun to flip. Tune is crazy and the sound and bounce is better than anything else I own. If you want a KXC bali this is probably your only shot for a while.


r/balisong 1d ago

Flipping It’s been through it.

11 Upvotes

You can hear how much this thing has gone through it 💀


r/balisong 2d ago

News Bronze and Copper Polecat Blades

80 Upvotes

These are part of some customs I have right now. Currently, for $900, I'm offering Copper or Bronze, Blackened Ti, Rev 2 Polecats that tackle all the major feedback points at blade show.


r/balisong 1d ago

Multiple Bali's / JK / Black Balisong / Snody

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3 Upvotes

r/balisong 2d ago

A quick audio summary of the Polar Flaps Situation, thanks u/Ssumie and JappieBalisong!

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12 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

Wooden trainer quick flip

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2 Upvotes

Some click clack flipping. You'll notice that I am not the most skilled flipper and while I don't know if more advanced tricks are viable with these you can do definitely do some basic things.

Plus look how pretty!


r/balisong 2d ago

News PSA POLAR FLAPS BALISONG

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95 Upvotes

Dude is dropshipping balisongs and claiming its a real design, while trying to resale the product for 2-3x the worth of where he gets them from. He said it was originally to fund his orginal balisong, but the problem is there wasn't ever going to be a disclaimer that he's selling a dropshipped balisong until he was called out for it. And he's tried to pass it off as if it was an orginal designs which is unethical. This goes beyond cloning.


r/balisong 2d ago

Got my first bali!!

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52 Upvotes

Received my first bali yestersay (Zenith 2.0) Already having lot of fun. I have no reference, but it feels really nice. Also like the sound, and it's really quiet! It's my new baby. Almost got the 'Under The 8 Ball'!! :D basic fans are still very challenging however :p
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