Wowpinoy! Batangas...Photos of local sword & knife industry

zelbone · 28th April 2006, 06:48 AM

Hey! That shop looks familiar...I think I bought 5 balisongs there last april. They had all sorts of stuff besides balisongs: bolos, medieval replicas, commando knives, switchblades, etc. Although, the best balisong I picked up was in Taal.

Rick, the beveled holes and the shallow notches on the false edge are purely decorative. It's more of a fashion statement or fad. You can blame "RAMBO" for this since the balisong makers were trying to emulate the look of his knife....that Jimmy Lile custom with the saw-back blade and serrated false edge (or was that the Rambo II knife?) Anyways, right after Rambo came out there was that "survival knife" fad that also made it's way to the balisong. In fact you don't see those features on balisongs made before the movie Rambo.

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28th April 2006, 06:48 AM	#4
zelbone Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VISAYAS and MINDANAO Posts: 169	Hey! That shop looks familiar...I think I bought 5 balisongs there last april. They had all sorts of stuff besides balisongs: bolos, medieval replicas, commando knives, switchblades, etc. Although, the best balisong I picked up was in Taal. Rick, the beveled holes and the shallow notches on the false edge are purely decorative. It's more of a fashion statement or fad. You can blame "RAMBO" for this since the balisong makers were trying to emulate the look of his knife....that Jimmy Lile custom with the saw-back blade and serrated false edge (or was that the Rambo II knife?) Anyways, right after Rambo came out there was that "survival knife" fad that also made it's way to the balisong. In fact you don't see those features on balisongs made before the movie Rambo.