rcmodel
Member in memoriam
Balisongs
Top one is a real deal Batangas brought home from the Philippines by a vet.
4 5/8” blade, native hardwood scales of some sort with copper pins, except for the steel blade pivots.
Bolsters are aluminum.
Bottom one was homemade by myself in 1983.
I sold a bunch of them at the time.
O1 steel ground & oil tempered 3 1/4” blade.
Brass handles.
I never did determine which is the "proper" way the handle latch should operate in relation to the blade edge.
I do know I prefer the one I made, as you can easily unlatch it with the little finger real fast.
And you only get whacked across the knuckles with the dull edge if you screw up.
If you screw up with the real one, it makes you bleed in several places!
rc
Top one is a real deal Batangas brought home from the Philippines by a vet.
4 5/8” blade, native hardwood scales of some sort with copper pins, except for the steel blade pivots.
Bolsters are aluminum.
Bottom one was homemade by myself in 1983.
I sold a bunch of them at the time.
O1 steel ground & oil tempered 3 1/4” blade.
Brass handles.
I never did determine which is the "proper" way the handle latch should operate in relation to the blade edge.
I do know I prefer the one I made, as you can easily unlatch it with the little finger real fast.
And you only get whacked across the knuckles with the dull edge if you screw up.
If you screw up with the real one, it makes you bleed in several places!
rc