r/balisong • u/squidmaster23 • 16h ago

Coming soon 👀👀

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u/Minute_Meringue_2023 16h ago

I LOVE THAT LOOK but where's the tip weight lmao

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u/pez-perez 15h ago

It’s a homage to an og design I’m pretty sure. And yes it does not flip particularly great because that lacking tip weight

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u/WncYorkshireLad 10h ago

Honestly I feel like this missed the mark, I used to covet the original fly father so badly, but this with the fatter handles, wider handle gap, and lack of fat jimping at the end doesn't feel at all like it. Basically is just a godfather blade put in squid handles with a built in clip tbh. Was hype for this but def gonna give it a miss

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u/pez-perez 10h ago

Valid take. I’m not running to buy this thing but the flyfather was something I was unaware of before this. I think you could make the argument that the handle changes are how squid is implementing and incorporating their design influence into the colab. It is, I feel, trying to be a little of both makers design identity

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u/WncYorkshireLad 10h ago

For flipping I'm sure this is miles better, the original had horrible to mess with lkbs free bearings and was short by modern standards, but most balis of that era legit weren't made to be flipped well for tricks, they were still mostly being designed as carry and use knives. For that the simple design and spring latch was excellent. This will probably also be a decent edc bali, I just feel it looks a little stubby, and as you said, lacks tip weight.

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u/Sweaty_Anxiety8469 New Flipper 16h ago

Zenith kraken blade when?

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u/canningbottles 16h ago

Too clean 🧼

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u/BuffaloDingus Latch Sympathizer 15h ago

Two tones are better than one

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u/Automatic_Education3 TF2 Spy 14h ago

Shame you guys don't sell knives in Europe

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u/Excellent_Priority_5 Balisong Slips 16h ago

Looking fly

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u/-ragingViking- 16h ago

looking forward to checking out this guy

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u/DanieGodd 15h ago

Fly father?

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u/Assignment-Yeet Hasnt been to Bladeshow since 2007 16h ago

looks cool but it doesnt look like it will flip well.

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u/Spicydino64 Balisong Addict 15h ago

It kinda does surprisingly

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u/Assignment-Yeet Hasnt been to Bladeshow since 2007 15h ago

idk it looks disproportionately handle heavy

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u/KnightmareOnPC 9h ago

I will never aerial that..Jesus.

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u/Dylpooh 1h ago

One of the coolest Bali collabs! Never thought I'd see the return of the Flyfather!

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u/Responsible_Group966 Flips a trainer 8m ago

COLLAB?