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

ibeam · 27th April 2006, 10:45 PM

Hello Danny,

Are you the one who makes those famous 6 foot long baliswords??

If you are, can you post a few pics of them.

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.

Rick · 28th April 2006, 02:35 PM

Thanks Zel !
I didn't figure they were really for weight reduction seeing as how the blades (on my two) are so meaty to begin with .

Another mystery solved.

27th April 2006, 10:45 PM	#1
ibeam Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 134	Morovinta Hello Danny, Are you the one who makes those famous 6 foot long baliswords?? If you are, can you post a few pics of them.

28th April 2006, 06:48 AM	#2
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.

28th April 2006, 02:35 PM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,347	Thanks Zel ! I didn't figure they were really for weight reduction seeing as how the blades (on my two) are so meaty to begin with . Another mystery solved.