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Manipulative Arts / Balisong (Butterfly) Knife Tricks

  1. +Guitrum+
    Date: Sat, Jul 24 2010 01:40:07

    Ok, so i got a broken Benchmade Butterfly Knife from my friend for 10 bucks, i sent it in to Benchmade down in Oregon for 5 bucks to get it fixed and refurbished. Once i get it back, i want to learn some tricks. Any help, tips, suggestions, general discussion, post here!

  2. RdHg
    Date: Sat, Jul 24 2010 03:38:26

    Try youtube. Youtube teaches everything.

  3. chris
    Date: Sat, Jul 24 2010 08:53:32

    ask clyde. he's into this stuff as well. ^^ and yeah, youtube ftw for nao.

  4. mintypaladin
    Date: Sat, Jul 24 2010 18:25:13

    kam is also into butterfly knives however make or buy a practice knife with an unsharpened blade

  5. motorstorm
    Date: Sat, Sep 18 2010 05:08:56

    Learn the easiest tricks first, e.g. Y2K Rollover, Zen Rollover, maybe tape up the sharp end so you won't cut your fingers off.

  6. Clyde
    Date: Sat, Sep 18 2010 13:08:57

    oh my god benchmade...so sharp...like my old balisong...once the blalde touches your skin you get wounded easily...

  7. hoiboy
    Date: Sat, Sep 18 2010 22:07:58

    Aren't butterfly knives illegal in CA?

  8. motorstorm
    Date: Wed, Sep 22 2010 06:33:56

    I don't think all are, the blade has to be less than 2 inches. Of course, you could always get a trainer XD

  9. Clyde
    Date: Wed, Sep 22 2010 08:50:06

    trainers are gay... no matter how pro you are w/ a trainer you wouldn't be of the same level when you hold a balisong....i got a few cuts from my 1st balisong when i was 1st flipping..after a while i was able to do aerials but quit flipping also since i broke it from too much dropping lol...now i have a traditional filpino style balisong which isn't so sharp but its so sturdy and i love it....29cm...hehehe

  10. ozmium
    Date: Thu, Sep 23 2010 02:05:18

    if you dont want to hurt yourself try this i found it today then saw this thread lol http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/b6e6/ freekin pen spinning and knife twirling FTW!

  11. Dylan
    Date: Sun, Oct 10 2010 18:47:23

    Eh I broke my 1st one, but I can't find my second one at the moment >=T I knew a good few tricks though, enough to look impressive xD

  12. SheepSter
    Date: Tue, Oct 19 2010 11:01:12

    What kind of benchmade do you have? I'm more into balis than pen spinning but you know man i cant get my knife to school =D The flipping arena has the best list of tutorial vids on the internet (my opinion) and iwe learned alot there. Flipping Arena: http://www.brokenbrains.us/arena/index.php My next goal in flipping is propably the Van Gogh performed by looseyfur74 on youtube. Pen spinning - idk i need to get a decent pen first =/ Vincentdarks channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Bitehandle Has some really good tuts on the helix and other harder tricks Cutlerylovers channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/cutlerylover?feature=chclk Some basic to intermediate tricks If your a beginner try to look up the tutorials on cutlerylovers channel first then the ones on bitehandle's

  13. J A Z Z
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 00:32:31

    Anyone plays something like that? Ive learnt some cool combos.

  14. AoD1
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 00:50:41

    yea i used to fuck around with butterfly knives untill i pulled it out on someone and got arrested

  15. Mats
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 00:53:47

    Butterfly knife? Wonder who quickly you could kill yourself with a knife like this?

  16. RR24
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 07:21:40

    http://forum.upsb.info/showthread.php?t=961 wut

  17. J A Z Z
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 07:34:10

    Ok, i accidentaly cut my pinky off because of this. Went to hospital,wont stop me from manipulating it.

  18. AoD1
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 08:29:46

    hoiboy wrote: Aren't butterfly knives illegal in CA?
    yes they are

  19. Alvaris
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 08:37:53

    ..you literally chopped your pinky finger off your hand?

  20. J A Z Z
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 09:04:39

    yeah i actualy stabbed it.It hurt...=(

  21. J A Z Z
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 13:46:38

    the worst thing is i cant do Hai Tua!!!!!!!!!!!!Damn!

  22. Alvaris
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 14:10:21

    your right hand doesnt have a pinky anymore now? ouch man. that sucks real bad =/ reattach it?

  23. J A Z Z
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 15:51:45

    no....i cant reatatch...just doesnt feel right!

  24. Alvaris
    Date: Sat, Nov 20 2010 15:55:24

    but its better than not having a pinky at all, no? neways sorry to hear that.

  25. J A Z Z
    Date: Sun, Nov 21 2010 02:26:30

    Nah, its nothing....I got more injuries than only my pinky.But I wont stop manipulating cause i love it!!!

  26. Paype121
    Date: Mon, Nov 22 2010 04:15:48

    look kind of weird doing it with four fingers no?

  27. J A Z Z
    Date: Mon, Nov 22 2010 08:05:39

    Four fingers looks cooler than 5, no?

  28. Wisp
    Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 10:27:04

    Faggots, buy a katana

  29. SheepSter
    Date: Tue, May 3 2011 21:54:59

    Just a little late heads up for guys who'd like to see some high level flipping [video=youtube;CYDmeKUp2zI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDmeKUp2zI[/video]

  30. Bleevlee
    Date: Tue, May 3 2011 22:44:21

    That looks dangerous o.o Really dangerous...

  31. Sam
    Date: Tue, May 3 2011 23:55:01

    this is like a knife spinning collab. except that you have only one try to film

  32. peninja
    Date: Thu, May 26 2011 05:46:18

    aarg i want a benchmade sooo bad

  33. FkeSpydrFly
    Date: Sat, Aug 27 2011 22:18:37

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heWz3FQ3udE

  34. zweebna
    Date: Fri, Sep 2 2011 20:51:09

    I just want to be as cool as this guy. [video=youtube;BkdIVJ3Nngo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkdIVJ3Nngo&feature=player_embedded[/video]

  35. Wisp
    Date: Fri, Sep 2 2011 21:17:00

    only 4 posts @zweebna ? wow. Balisong is illegal in the UK :(

  36. zweebna
    Date: Fri, Sep 2 2011 23:01:56

    Wisp wrote: only 4 posts @zweebna ? wow. Balisong is illegal in the UK :(
    All my posts are in off topic

  37. penzila
    Date: Mon, Dec 5 2011 02:00:13

    learn all of the openings and closings. Jeesh i havent flipped with my knife in forever... i think im gunna get back into that

  38. Legion
    Date: Sun, Dec 11 2011 04:19:29

    my friend Flame Sivics made a balisong butterfly knife out of wood in shop class.... he did a pun kan with it when he was finished... lol

  39. LightSpinner
    Date: Wed, Jan 11 2012 06:34:29

    Why don't penspinners throw there pens around their bodys like balisong flippers?

  40. bladejunkie
    Date: Wed, Jan 11 2012 18:04:45

    [video=youtube;hbHU3ssBvH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbHU3ssBvH8&feature=g-upl&context=G25221dcAUAAAAAAADAA[/video] I would be happy to give some lessons on TC sometime. It's nice to see some familiar faces over here.

  41. papa happy
    Date: Thu, Jan 19 2012 20:57:27

    [video=youtube;fgvGJ4Iuk9k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgvGJ4Iuk9k[/video] i just started about 2 weeks ago :D and im loving it ... what do you guys think?

  42. bladejunkie
    Date: Sun, Jan 22 2012 05:48:17

    aww shit it's happyjuice... another familiar face lol

  43. papa happy
    Date: Sun, Jan 22 2012 07:58:21

    bladejunkie wrote: aww shit it's happyjuice... another familiar face lol
    wow :D whats up @bladejunkie ... going to learn some penspinning ? very nice ... if you ever need help you let me know ..

  44. papa happy
    Date: Sun, Jan 22 2012 08:10:29

    [video=youtube;oo_Kz4ZGcuA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo_Kz4ZGcuA[/video] enjoy i like this combo!

  45. bladejunkie
    Date: Wed, Jan 25 2012 07:29:38

    gonna have to TC sometime

  46. bladejunkie
    Date: Thu, Jan 26 2012 04:44:06

    Just a quick transfer combo I did today while being bored at home

  47. papa happy
    Date: Thu, Jan 26 2012 10:25:00

    very nice :D

  48. bladejunkie
    Date: Thu, Feb 9 2012 22:28:23

    [video=youtube;07dRDcfCNVM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07dRDcfCNVM&feature=g-upl&context=G24c1009AUAAAAAAAAAA[/video]

  49. Storm
    Date: Thu, Feb 23 2012 21:58:11

    [video=youtube;ONX9UwnbgCA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONX9UwnbgCA[/video] Just got my Balisong. TIME TO LEARN~ Edit: Nardath on The Flipping Arena forums pisses me off to all hell. So annoying. So immature. Edit2: Holy hell, it's so hard to like him. All he does is talk about weed all day. 24/7.

  50. Greenman
    Date: Fri, Feb 24 2012 20:31:26

    Hey guys idk if you guys have heard about it but they make butterfly pens! My buddy has one and we like to mess around with it. No cuts :D

  51. Storm
    Date: Sat, Feb 25 2012 05:42:47

    Yes, it was posted on the 1st or 2nd page of this thread. they're really light so they have no momentum. So they're hard to flip.

  52. flaming oracle
    Date: Sat, Feb 25 2012 06:51:13

    Where can you get parts for one if you lost a screw to it well since mine was given to me for free but i want new washers for it and screws so it looks new again since mine ish a rainbow one XD

  53. papa happy
    Date: Fri, Mar 2 2012 19:56:57

    [video=youtube;45ikWqNqZOo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ikWqNqZOo&feature=g-all&context=G2a0907aFAAAAAAAABAA[/video] he a beast!

  54. FkeSpydrFly
    Date: Sun, Mar 4 2012 18:08:01

    We're taking over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ikWqNqZOo&list=UUbG5ZNf2eEEpbFs3vXvujAg&feature=plcp

  55. papa happy
    Date: Mon, Mar 19 2012 05:01:53

    FkeSpydrFly wrote: We're taking over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ikWqNqZOo&list=UUbG5ZNf2eEEpbFs3vXvujAg&feature=plcp
    yeah ya are :D

  56. sarugio
    Date: Wed, Mar 21 2012 01:41:42

    i play balisong too,more for self defends. this remind me when i try to grind my balisong my maid say "hey i think it's sharp already,let me try" *take my balisong* *cut an onion with my balisong* le me: *facepalm* one does not simply use balisong to cut onion. IMO the heavier the blade the easier you'll learn trick,my uncle's balisong is heavier than mine it's better than mine @papa happy : he's the bonkura for knivespinning i guess

  57. papa happy
    Date: Tue, Mar 27 2012 09:30:56

    sarugio wrote: i play balisong too,more for self defends. this remind me when i try to grind my balisong my maid say "hey i think it's sharp already,let me try" *take my balisong* *cut an onion with my balisong* le me: *facepalm* one does not simply use balisong to cut onion. IMO the heavier the blade the easier you'll learn trick,my uncle's balisong is heavier than mine it's better than mine @papa happy : he's the bonkura for knivespinning i guess
    yeah hes really good, hes my fav flipper, and i get to meet him soon.... so that will be cool, it will be nice to chill with flippers thats for sure!

  58. FkeSpydrFly
    Date: Sun, Apr 8 2012 19:18:39

    papa happy wrote: yeah hes really good, hes my fav flipper, and i get to meet him soon.... so that will be cool, it will be nice to chill with flippers thats for sure!
    Will you be in oregon?

  59. papa happy
    Date: Mon, Apr 9 2012 17:15:01

    FkeSpydrFly wrote: Will you be in oregon?
    yes i do :D this is happyjuice :D

  60. CheezyNinja
    Date: Tue, Apr 10 2012 19:13:08

    i flip bali's... i dont currently have one... its so expensive to get a good reliable one

  61. Infiniti
    Date: Sat, May 26 2012 14:15:55

    It's like pen spinning 2.0! O.O

  62. Raptor
    Date: Fri, Jun 15 2012 10:41:29

    It's filipino. Its cost only $4 in the Philippines, it's very durable, super sharp, high quality.

  63. Finn
    Date: Fri, Jun 15 2012 11:33:46

    I do butterfly knife tricks, PM me if you get stuck

  64. Alex
    Date: Wed, Jun 27 2012 23:00:29

    Why would you wanna spin knifes, you cant spin your mod without fingers

  65. ilovebalisongs
    Date: Fri, Jun 29 2012 22:05:38

    [video=youtube;fqaRs_8oGFg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqaRs_8oGFg&feature=plcp[/video] heres a video of me after 10 months

  66. ShadrCom3t
    Date: Sun, Jul 1 2012 23:30:50

    The most dangerous manipulation I'll do is Zippo. If I did balisong, I'd get just a trainer cause of the "flipping feeling."

  67. Colbyy
    Date: Wed, Jul 4 2012 01:54:55

    Balisong looks like pen spinning, lmao. But much more dangerous than getting pricked with a dr. grip tip xD

  68. taylob15
    Date: Thu, Aug 23 2012 02:40:59

    Hey i originally came form balisong flipping here is prolly my favorite video from fatoc 2012 which i ended up getting 10th in ^_^ [video=youtube;YeAt456SP_Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAt456SP_Y[/video]

  69. ilovebalisongs
    Date: Fri, Aug 24 2012 21:55:23

    taylob15 wrote: Hey i originally came form balisong flipping here is prolly my favorite video from fatoc 2012 which i ended up getting 10th in ^_^ [video=youtube;YeAt456SP_Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAt456SP_Y[/video]
    how long have you been flipping?

  70. taylob15
    Date: Mon, Aug 27 2012 21:47:24

    2 years hahaha

  71. agillitrhiz
    Date: Tue, Aug 28 2012 10:21:48

    looks like pen spinning wif knifes...it looks so cool

  72. ilovebalisongs
    Date: Wed, Aug 29 2012 12:00:19

    agillitrhiz wrote: looks like pen spinning wif knifes...it looks so cool
    lol when i saw pen spinning i was like it looks like Balisong flipping with pens

  73. taylob15
    Date: Thu, Aug 30 2012 01:24:02

    see i never saw one or the other like that to me they look like 2 completely different things

  74. zohninja
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2012 17:42:09

    butterfly knives are illegal in CA which is where i am where can i buy or get a training blade because ive seem some videos about it and it looks awesome and fun to do so a link or something would help :)

  75. taylob15
    Date: Tue, Nov 27 2012 22:02:23

    http://www.bladeplay.com/cat--Butterfly-Training-Knife--191 these are all trainors

  76. zohninja
    Date: Mon, Mar 25 2013 04:44:48

    ok so for everyone in cali who thinks butterfly knifes are illegal they are NOT but it is illegal to carry them if the blade is over 2 inches same goes for a trainer to legally carry it the blade has to be 2 inches or less which sucks but you can own either and keep it in your house

  77. Spazmok
    Date: Thu, May 9 2013 16:59:19

    can you guys do multiple punkans( closed to open) or eventualy punkan falls?

  78. Demotaiz
    Date: Mon, Aug 26 2013 23:22:08

    I got a Bear 114 trainer...

  79. Hectic
    Date: Tue, Nov 18 2014 01:38:33

    I suggest learning simple tricks first like the double rollout and quick draw. If you learn fast than i suggest learning the cherry picker and other tricks of that sort.