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So what’s a butterfly knifes well if you look it up in the dictionary you will see that its spelled wrong, its actually spelled butterfly knives. For the purpose of anyone who may be reading this I will explain what a butterfly knifes is. The commend word in the old day’s was Bailsong also know as the butterfly knife. It’s an old ancient Philippines word that dates back to the early AD area. It’s not known for sure who the actual creator of the Bailsong, or Butterfly Knife but we do know it was you in ancient times as a weapon, and also for hunting purposes. Butterfly knifes would be consider more than one if you really wanted to get down to brass tack ticks. Butterfly knifes were used as a hunting tool but found out that it was not the most practical knife to use for such a task. Most hunting knives are fixed bladed knives, and can stand up to the harsh conditions that their put threw. Butterfly knifes are more unique in their design and how they operate. One down fall is that they have moving parts, and if you ever been a mechanic or an engineer you no when you have moving parts something bound to fail. With a butterfly knifes you want to make sure you using them correctly, and also depending on what type of butterfly knife you have you may need to lube the moving components up from time to time, and also tighten them up as well.
I have been a collector of butterfly knives for over 20 years now so I have a little experience in proper knife care, and also maintenance. I have tried to use one of my old cheap butterfly knives for hunting, and that did not work out so well. I ended up breaking it, and never got to skin my animal with it. I guess I should have stuck to using it for fishing and things like that. Good thing I was with some buddies who were experienced hunters and they were able to help a brother out and skin my animal for me. Butterfly knifes are fun to collect, and if you have never owned one before make sure you practice opening and closing it. I have done some damage trying to be cool and think I could do it fast, not the safest way to do that. Have someone who knows what there doing show you the proper way or you can go to youtube and find 1000 of video showing how to do it the right way.
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Let’s talk about a Butterfly Knife and why do so many people collect and like to use them. When I did a search on YouTube I found thousands of videos showing people using Butterfly Knives and talking about them. Butterfly Knifes are fun and they do seem to have a big fan base, not sure if everyone enjoys them like I do, but for the most part its nice to see that there are so many out there. I am thinking about starting a support group and just see how many other collectors I can get. I will keep you up to date on that, and also fill free to leave a comment on anything you would like to see on this site. Lets keep the Butterfly Knife community together.
When Buying A Butterfly Knife:
I wanted to take a minute and talk about buying a butterfly knife. If and when your ready to buy, and your not sure what to look for, this will be the post that will help point you in the right direction. The first thing is name brand, is it a good thing or a bad thing? I have many name brand butterfly knives and I don’t regret buying any of them. What you want to know about those big named companies is what material are they using, and what components are in the knife it self. You want to have AT32 steel at a minim, and you want titanium handles and roller ball bearings. This is the standard in a high end knife. I have found a knife maker who does an amazing job, and he uses all these components and puts the design on them the way I want them to look. So if I can leave you with this find a good knife builder and have him use these components, and draw out how you want it to look.
When Selling A Butterfly Knife:
When you understand what it takes to build that knife your able to put a price on the knife you want to sell. First when you’re looking to sell a high end knife you want to take the entire component parts price and add1.5% to that cost. Second you want to take the man hours put into making that knife, and put a dollar value at $150.00 and hour, and from this you have a good and fair price for a high end custom hand made knife. Know if you’re selling a mass productive knife from a big name like Buck, you will need to go to sites like EBay, Yahoo actions, and Amazon to see what others are selling them for. I have been to a few gun shows, and set up a table and put some of my knives out their and did very well.
If you have any other question please fill free to send me a comment, and I will get back to you. I also take articles from other Knife collecters, and will post them on my site here after reading and approving it.
