kBob
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As I meantioned a balisong elsewhere and there is a current cheap knives going on....anyone remember the old Parker Balisong types? I think the handles were zinc and the pins brass. Not reallysure what the were good for but I had to have one.
Turned out to be good for cleaning fish.....but what isn't?
I most often carried mine while snorkeling or diving mainly to cut monofiliment line with. Nothing as much fun as making a surface dive while snorkeling to check out that tre snag almost to far down and starting up with bursting lungs to come to a sudden stop from monofiliment wrapped around your leg.
Loosing a $10 bali beats loosing a $50 and up dive knife.
I last carried it on land at a carbine class attened by a bunch of LEOs. I had misplaced my Spiderco Endura (seat belt got it, found it under the seat the next mornng) so was carrying what was easily open able in my right hip pocket next to my wallet.
During a break the instructor called for a blade check as he held that armed folks should always have a knife, preferably one hand opening or sheath, when out and about. A host of very nice folders of which the Spydercos were the cheapest were snapped open in the air above the heads of the other students. I was a bit behind as I had been putting something else away when the call was made so every one heard that shickity shak clak sound. As about half the LEOs were out of staters and from regions where a Bali is considered evil incarnate and a gravity knife I got a bunch of discusted looks until someone explained that they were OK where I am from and I explained why I was carrying it instead of a "real Knife."
Any other cheap bali stories out there?
-kBob
Turned out to be good for cleaning fish.....but what isn't?
I most often carried mine while snorkeling or diving mainly to cut monofiliment line with. Nothing as much fun as making a surface dive while snorkeling to check out that tre snag almost to far down and starting up with bursting lungs to come to a sudden stop from monofiliment wrapped around your leg.
Loosing a $10 bali beats loosing a $50 and up dive knife.
I last carried it on land at a carbine class attened by a bunch of LEOs. I had misplaced my Spiderco Endura (seat belt got it, found it under the seat the next mornng) so was carrying what was easily open able in my right hip pocket next to my wallet.
During a break the instructor called for a blade check as he held that armed folks should always have a knife, preferably one hand opening or sheath, when out and about. A host of very nice folders of which the Spydercos were the cheapest were snapped open in the air above the heads of the other students. I was a bit behind as I had been putting something else away when the call was made so every one heard that shickity shak clak sound. As about half the LEOs were out of staters and from regions where a Bali is considered evil incarnate and a gravity knife I got a bunch of discusted looks until someone explained that they were OK where I am from and I explained why I was carrying it instead of a "real Knife."
Any other cheap bali stories out there?
-kBob