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Got the proto finished today!! Blade: 3/16 ATS-34 Handles: TI Spacers: TI Latch: TI Clip: TI IKBS Powered!! OAL is 7.3" with 3.2" blade and 2.8" cutting edge.fits the hand perfectly and flips like a charm! has a high hollow grind thats meant to be used hard.i left edge a little thicker just for this...

Just finished this pair! Theres something about an old benchmade that i love..,and lately i have been just dying to make something with that oldschool bm look. Latchless bali- Blade: ATS-34 3/16" Thick Handles: orangepeeled TI Spacers: Orangepeeled TI Benchmade skeleton pattern IKBS Powered!! Blade ...

Killer knife,bro!! did you mill the handles for inserts or file them out?? let me know how that brass
holds up to flipping.i plan to use brass as practice handles for inserts.nice and soft to machine

Thanks guys!

i machine the clips out of titanium!

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Thanks guys!! does it make a difference whether or no there are pins on the blade? :?: I use hidden stop pins which are blind reamed into the handles!much trickier but i find it has a cleaner look amd there are no tang cups that can possibly pinch you.you do need tang pins or stop pins an any baliso...

Heres my first finished knife for 2009!It was a custom order. Blade: ATS-34 3/16" Thick Handles: TI Spacers: TI Latch: TI Clip: TI IKBS Powered with zero blade play!! OAL is 9.6" with blade at 4.4".the customer wanted a squareish bent clip.but i did'nt have any TI thin enough for a straight bent cli...

Thanks guys!
Sorry,it was sold minutes after i posted it.

But it turned out to well so i'm going to have to let her go :) Blade: 3/16" ATS-34 Handles: Titanium Spacers: Titanium Latch: Titanium Clip: Titanium IKBS Powered!! OAL is 9.6 with blade legth of 4.4". all bevels were ground on a 4" contact wheel and the grinds are much deeper then they appear.i ma...

Just finished this one up this morning.and i have to admit it is my best to date.sometimes a knife just "works".and this one did!! Blade: ATS-34, 3/16" Thick Handles: Titanium Spacers: Titanium Latch: Titanium Pocket clip: Titanium IKBS Powered!! All though the entire knife is TI (accept blade) it h...

Thanks guys!!

Yes,it is anodized.and yes,i do everything myself!!in the photo's the knife looks bluey but its actually a deep purple!

Heres the true color



thanks lostinperiphery

Purple!!!!!! although the photo's show blue this bali is a sexy ass purple,no blue at all.yet it will not photograph as its true color.anyone have advice on photographing ano?? Anyway, a good buddy of mine asked if i could make him an upswept wharny with sharp tip,so i figured i'd do a standard whar...

Of bronze colored bali's



both available!!!

I just finished this one up!! Blade: ATS-34, .157" Thick Handles: Titanium Spacers: ATS-34 Hardened Latch: Titanium IKBS Powered!! OAL is 8.8". blade is 4" with 3.6 cutting edge.i ground it on a small wheel so the grind is nice and deeep . Obviously anodized the handles bronze.love that color bevels...