Everyone's first Balisong?

[kiki47]

My first Bali was the one I found in my grandfather's office, an old Filipino model, which was no longer sharp and with which I made my mark. Currently I am looking for my next model: p
Sorry for my English, I'm French.
See you later

[dark2023]

Mine was the a chinese model that they used to sell on bladeplay called the tank. I got a jaguar with it too but the jag broke. I eventually gave the tank to a close buddy for her birthday.
She was big into native american stuff so i boxed it up with some peyote and some hawk feathers as a coming of age present for her 18th birthday (not something I would ever do now)

I replaced it when I graduated highschool. My father gave me a new Bradley Mayhem (made by Benchmade) and a laptop as a graduation present. The laptop is gone but I still have the Bradley knife and it's still tight and smooth even after I EDCd it for a few years.

Many years ago I was hanging out with a woman I had met and noticed 2 balis on a desk in her house. They were the same exact models, the tank and jaguar, balis I started out with. She told me that they were her boyfriend's knives. It seems he had done the same research I had and bought the exact 2 knives I had.
Those knives sparked one of the first conversations I ever had with him.
Years later he's one of my best friends.

[spsgold]

My first was a Kelgin, brass with walnut inlays. Purchased it from a local hardware store back in the day for around $20 if I remember correctly, that was a loooong time ago. LoL

[sammy the blade]

My first was a Kelgin, brass with walnut inlays. Purchased it from a local hardware store back in the day for around $20 if I remember correctly, that was a loooong time ago. LoL

So is this thread but I like to see some of these sleepers woken up again!

[spsgold]

My first was a Kelgin, brass with walnut inlays. Purchased it from a local hardware store back in the day for around $20 if I remember correctly, that was a loooong time ago. LoL

So is this thread but I like to see some of these sleepers woken up again!

Haha ya it's been a while since I've been on this site, but I agree, some of these old threads need "Wakin Up!"

[Jim_mi]

An original Pacific Cutlery Weehawk. Loved the knife but someone offered me too much money for it and ...

[ThierryCoch]

Just moved in France where balisongs are legal to have and got my first butterfly knife ! I definitely recommend this website to order from if you're living in France but was wondering if you guys would have other suggestions to buy great pieces?

[mbnjknifemaker]

It's hard to say, my first balisong was either a Pakistani all steel 5 inch bought at a flea market, or one of those Hackman copies you could buy at K-Mart for $3. I remember with the Hackman copy I took a spring from a clothespin, straightened it out and heated one end then jammed it into the plastic handle. When I unlocked the latch, it would spring open and I was pleased as punch with it. I still have 5 Gutmann FHM in the box that I picked up in the mid 80's, I think.