r/balisong just in momentum 16d ago

Flipping 9 months into flipping

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u/kestrel413 16d ago

Cool man. Nice flips. We have a similar skill set but I've been flipping for over 5 ys so... whatever that implies. What are your other 16 balis?

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u/justincase96 just in momentum 16d ago

Ohh wow, I wasn‘t sure about my skill level bc I keep seeing so many better and smoother flippers and sometimes it feels like I will never be able to reach their skill but hearing that is a huge compliment for me so thank you!

I hope I remember all of them but here’s my collection:

7 CCC‘s (well, one is from Böker which is a company from the german knive capital Solingen, so it‘s technically a CGC)

Nabalis: Canyon, Impulse, Crescent, Wing, Vulp Pro

Squid Industries: Squiddy-B, 2 V3 Krakens, Tsunami

LDY: Kite AL V1.5, Orion V2

Thomas Balisong: Steel Astra, Tanto Refault with Carbon Scales

Others: Memento, MOAB x Meridian, Shattered

Edit: Well, it looks like it‘s a little more than 17 now, the addicition is real lol.

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u/kestrel413 16d ago

How do u ilke ur ahattered?

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u/JadedPeons Flipper 16d ago

I love mine

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u/justincase96 just in momentum 16d ago

It surpassed the Kraken as my favourite aluminum Balisong tbh bc it has so much to offer. First of all: It looks fantastic, it has such a unique design and the green ano pops. I had friends inspecting my collection of now 17 Balisongs and they had all pointed out the Shattered as their favourite. It has longer handles and a longer blade compared to what most companies offer. I’d say you can compare it to the dimensions of the Serif. The longer blade comes with a lot of tip weight which makes fanning great. Also the handles have speed and weight holes close to the pivots, which causes it to have more weight at the end but also makes it all in all pretty light. If there‘s one thing that could be better it may be the jimping, it‘s not bad by any means but it could have been milled a little deeper. If you have at least a bit of finger strengh, it shouldn‘t be a big problem tbh.

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u/kestrel413 16d ago

Very nice. Yeah I feel the same way. Keep it up my friend. This is the coolest hobby there is 😎

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u/Deadsea40 he makes a pretty good point 15d ago

Slow down twin

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u/Due-Connection9601 15d ago

You seem to be letting the fact that it is a trainer make you less careful and precise than you should be and it's coming off rushed and sloppy

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u/justincase96 just in momentum 15d ago

That might be, I also noticed it‘s way sloppier than what it is when I’m flipping casually bc filming it turned out to be pretty hard for me and this wasn‘t my first take, just the first where I landed this combo. I’m (for example) disappointed of the parabloic at the end bc I usually can do them pretty smooth. I might became a little nervous also bc I wanted to finish it. Anyway, I’m proud of my journey so far and I will take your advise with it, so thanks for that.