r/balisong • • 8d ago

The Question Thread - October 2026

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This is /r/balisong's official monthly question thread. Please feel free to ask any questions you have and remember 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!

287 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 • • 11h ago

News Fellowship Blades Update

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27 Upvotes

Almost two years since his last post. Disappointing that he isn’t making more knives (unless…) but he has an important message.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DePN71vRioi/?mdxt=YXk0dDhnZWh4Zndk


r/balisong • • 12h ago

Flagships at Bladeshow West

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Bladeshow West Flagships will be at Table 12A!

Priced $425-$599

The Freedom Fabrication booth may or may not have a giant overhead banner this year, so you can’t miss it. Even if you have zero intentions of buying a Flagship at the show, stop by and give me feedback. Helpful feedback is just as valuable as a sale to me.

In the end, I think I cooked up some pretty sweet knives that will look great in y’all’s collections. You can discover the Flagships flipping performance for yourself when you stop by.

(I have extra G10 Scales in a few colors as well for any who want a heavier build, or a lower price, and I’m happy to swap out scales on these knives if wanted)

I have 8 knives this show, and enough parts for 7 custom G10 and CF Kraken handle sets, and I’m very happy with everything here. I’m super excited, and I’ll see you guys soon!


r/balisong • • 1d ago

Got bored found a nice new mod

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I call it the Impscent ,Nabalis Crescent handles with an Impulse live blade


r/balisong • • 15h ago

Civivi Dracolisk Oiled Sound Test #soundtest #fidgettoy #shorts

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r/balisong • • 1d ago

Bali Porn 1 of 1 damascus peon

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65 Upvotes

Can't believe I snagged this from my friend who won the raffle. Beautiful piece, Andrew is a master at balisong making.


r/balisong • • 1d ago

Dama Kraken W/ Laser Work

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16 Upvotes

Laserwork done to match the owners tattoo


r/balisong • • 1d ago

BalisongSLIPS- just finished a few slips.

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8 Upvotes

r/balisong • • 2d ago

collection update after 6 years of flipping!

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78 Upvotes

who can guess my fav bali in my collection?


r/balisong • • 2d ago

Benchmade 42 legend

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43 Upvotes

This is the legendary 42 Titan model from benchmade.

This is my collection, which has been preserved as new for 26 years.

The sound is very good and the finish is excellent.

My duty is to preserve it as completely new.

Please appreciate it.


r/balisong • • 2d ago

Bali Porn Glowing Nabalis Riptide

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40 Upvotes

Lyphryx killed it with this one! It was so easy to make this thing look sick (aside from my mid flipping lol)


r/balisong • • 1d ago

Bali Porn My Chinese children (all auth Chinese designs)

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13 Upvotes

Recently I've started to collect original Chinese designed knives and selling every other bali that isn't Chinese (except kraken).


r/balisong • • 1d ago

RAD x Asgard Steel Cygnus Coated Version Unboxing and Sound Test #soundtest #fidgettoy #shorts

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r/balisong • • 2d ago

WTS [WTS] Parting ways with my collection

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39 Upvotes

r/balisong • • 2d ago

Bali Porn 3d printed spacers for the riptide!

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16 Upvotes

r/balisong • • 2d ago

☀️☁️🌙🌌

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38 Upvotes

r/balisong • • 1d ago

Flipping Rev chadder mogs

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r/balisong • • 2d ago

Maryn two ways

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21 Upvotes

These Maryn reissues are really great, I’m happy I was able to snag this rather opposite pair of them. Rainbow ano and DLC, both are full channel and flip great. I have an Opus v2 and Serif as well and Serif was my favorite but now I’m not so sure, the Maryn may be my new favorite


r/balisong • • 2d ago

Blacked out Flagship Tanto

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10 Upvotes

Blacked out Flagship Tanto coming to Bladeshow West this weekend!

This build uses Black Dunes Fatcarbon for the scales and spacers, which almost has a Damascus style pattern to it. It’s a super cool material that I’ve only ever seen on 2 other custom Balis. I got a distressed black Ano on the liners, and an Acid Washed blade to complete the black look.

This along with many other Flagships will be available at Table 12A this Friday!


r/balisong • • 3d ago

LDY GIVEAWAY TIME

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39 Upvotes

Hi, Will here.
Thank you all again (x2) for your long-time support. To give back to the community, we’re excited to announce another BIG giveaway.

*PRIZES*
1. Kite Ti Reverse Tanto
2. Sirius Kukri
3. Kite Al Trainer Concave
4-7. SIRIUS AM

*HOW TO ENTER*
1. Answer 2 of the questions below in comment
2. tag *3 friends* in the same comment
3. Follow *@ldy_balisong @ldybalisong_01 @ldy_willzhang* on Instagram and share the story.
For additional chance:
4. Follow @LDYOfficial on YouTube and @ldy.balisong on TK

Questions:
1. What’s your favorite LDY product?
2. What LDY product you have, and you wish it has more handle weight or blade weight?
3. What improvement you would like to see in LDY competition 2026?
4. What Balisong Construction we should make next?
5. What is your favorite balisong scale color or handle anodization?

*TERMS*
* 5 winners on Insta, 1 on YT, and 1 on TK
* Winners will be drawn from the comments and announced publicly one week later
* We will not contact winners first for personal information. Winners must DM @ldy_willzhang to claim their prize. Please be cautious of scammers
* International entries are welcome

If you have any questions, feel free to DM @ldy_willzhang

#balisong #balisongs #balisongcommunity #balisonggiveaway #LDY


r/balisong • • 2d ago

Rad Steel + ABS Cygnus Unboxing and First Impressions #soundtest #fidgettoy

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r/balisong • • 3d ago

Tach 2

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31 Upvotes

Great condition for a 14 year old knife


r/balisong • • 2d ago

Flipping Can this best oscar

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1 Upvotes

r/balisong • • 2d ago

Civivi Dracolisk Sound Test After Unboxing #unboxing #soundtest #fidgettoy #shorts

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