Benchmade 63 Bowie Balisong Butterfly Knife (4.25" Satin)

I've owned quite a few balisongs. This Bali was the first Bali I ever bought. That's where my first qualm is. Price: This Bali is super overpriced. These should be selling for $250 max. If you want one buy it second hand. The best way to do this is on the app Instagram. Use #balisongsale. You can buy one brand new in the box for $200. This brings me to my second complaint, flipping: I bought a 6x for flipping. Big mistake on my end. When it is marked for EDC they mean it. This Bali is a tank on the weight side (Bad thing). If you want a knife to flip buy a BRS Replicant. The rep weights in at 4.9 ounces stock. If you want a heavier knife you can buy new spacers for the rep. If you don't like the scales, you can buy new scales, for the rep. If you want to adjust the rep you can do it for under $50 a mod, but if you want to mod the 6x your options are new handles/scales. These are almost solely made by flytanium. They cost over $200. Even then they don't flip as well as the BRS Replicant. So now you have an almost $600 knife that doesn't outperform any knife that is in that price range (other knives in this price range include the Maxace Pelican, BRS Alpha Beast(One of the best knives for the money), HOM knives.) When talking about knives for flipping there is something called tap and play. Tap is when the blade contacts the inside of the handles. Play is when the handles shift apart. The 6x has tons of both. The 6x series of Balis run on a washer system. Most CCC's (Cheap China Crud) run on only washers too. If you want a quality knife look for something on bushings or bearings. The rep runs on bushings and washers. If the Rep is flipped like crazy it can develop tap and play, but can easily be fixed by replacing the washers and bushings. If the 6x has tap, you can't fix it. Even with the flyti handles it still has these problems. The Replicant doesn't suffer from any of these problems. On the topic of this being a carry knife, the pouch. The pouch that comes with this knife is literal trash. After carrying my 6x around in the pouch for a week the pouch started to frey. After another week the beltloop fell off and almost all of the stitches came undone. Whatever you do, don't trust the pouch. Overview: Pros: Maybe the warranty. Cons: Weight Price Quality Locktited with red locktite. Everything