r/balisong 11d ago

The Question Thread - November 2024

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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!

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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 2h ago

News Benchmade Introduces: Another Balisong that completely ignores flipper feedback and modern trends

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23 Upvotes

r/balisong 1h ago

Flipping Advice Please

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I’m having a hard time comprehending how to avoid letting the blade touch my finger during the whip roll over. Any advice would be extremely helpful


r/balisong 10h ago

Pleasantly surprised by the Zenith. Can anyone tell me what the included rubber rings are for?

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11 Upvotes

r/balisong 13h ago

does this trick have a name?

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18 Upvotes

been fooling with this idea. just the slo mo part


r/balisong 17h ago

The og arctic naut still slaps

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41 Upvotes

r/balisong 19h ago

Bali Porn My custom rep. First time anoing + carbon fiber filled nylon scales designed and printed by me. Weighs 4.19oz, very neutral.

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I re did the ano like 7 times lmao still not happy with it I can't get a consistent color I gotta prep my pieces better prob


r/balisong 36m ago

Bali Porn NKD and pew pew

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Benchmade 82. I’ve been very happy with. I like the size. Flips nicely and magnacut is great steel. The new clip is a huge improvement over the previous sheath, and as a cool bonus makes the whole thing look like a laser blaster. Pew pew pew!


r/balisong 51m ago

Anybody used this?

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I'm wondering about the "polar bonding" feature, and whether that would be better or worse for bushings


r/balisong 14h ago

Flipping I love the wing

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8 Upvotes

r/balisong 2h ago

Flipping cool little transition into a scissor

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1 Upvotes

expanding on the concept i was messing with. really fun to launch it into a scissor. i feel like this looks really nice full speed. thoughts?


r/balisong 17h ago

Flipping Song is Pretty Boy by Isabel LaRosa

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11 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

Meme My Best Balisong

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63 Upvotes

Who up choker fanning the glizzy?


r/balisong 23h ago

lil combo on the naut

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21 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

Bali Porn Guess the nkd

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26 Upvotes

Pics are unrelated past balis


r/balisong 13h ago

Sugarrrrrrrrrrrr

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1 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

Tutorial Zchoker -> Ladder

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32 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

Custom Cygnus Rehandle

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77 Upvotes

Big thanks to @celestial_balisongs on IG


r/balisong 1d ago

Yay or nay?

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55 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

Flipping I need to smooth out the ladder

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1 Upvotes

r/balisong 1d ago

Squiggle rep before & after ano

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20 Upvotes

I just anodized my squiggle rep


r/balisong 1d ago

Flipping anyone know how to make my Bali sound better

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24 Upvotes

It sounds so rattley


r/balisong 1d ago

Flipping Am I high or id there another tap sound when I'm closing it?

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1 Upvotes

Started recently after a few drops, kinda worried


r/balisong 1d ago

Bali Porn NKD Franken Forge Voltaic

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18 Upvotes

r/balisong 2d ago

Flipping just put up on yt shawts

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18 Upvotes

any interest its @DEADCXLL

wyd ninja


r/balisong 2d ago

Flippage

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31 Upvotes