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Well some may and other may not have heard there is a new company making Balisongs in the market. The company is BOSS and thier Bali is the Cheetah. Made by the same person that made the Microtech Tachyon, and Dragonfly. The Cheetah is a knock off to the third degree. Made for the market that couldn't afford $100.00-$300.00 for the design. The knife is the same size as the Two Microtechs same and the same Handle and blade style. The first generation of knives only come in silver or black with plain blade or 1/2 serated blade. I've seen them priced between $15-$25.00.
Quote from ad for knife:
Borrowing heavily from his design, Mike Turber's Cheetah is the best value in the butterfly knife market today.
I received my Cheetah and started flipping asap. First thing I noticed it needed some breaking in because the pin's didn't seem to allign properly with the handle groves. The other complaint I have is the loose blade during swinging. While locked open or closed the blade is tight. Also would it be asking to much to add a little thread lock to the screws that hold this thing together? I've said this about my Dragonfly and it holds true with the Cheetah this knife is a small flipper and if you have larger hands it isn't easy to work. If you want a larger Bali to throw around I'd recomend a Jaguar M4 which is a copy of the Benchmade 42. If you have your mind made up on a Dragonfly I'd say try the Cheetah first.
Bigg I would say my Dragonfly was well worth the $95.00 I paid for it. It's well built, sharp as a razor, swings perfect and fast. The only issue I have with it is the size during swinging it's smaller than most others. I think some of the draw to it is it's tactical design. The quality is what you would expect from MT.
MR Bigg
You would have had to been around the knife forums for years to glean the info I have. What names? Mike his name is right on the ad and Tony hell lots of people named Tony. Do your homework before you bust my chops.
PB
It's kinda funny to see the original designer clone his own design. Is there some sort of bad blood over this? As I see it: some times the creator/artist and the Company guys have diferent visions and this can create issues.
Its a long boring story involving more then balis. It started with a forum then a business then from there more stuff occured and now as I look back over the years I could give a rats ass about it. Frankly I was stupid to even bring it up.
PB
Hi Guys, got my Cheetah yesterday. It's a little rough and need a little tweeking but all in all, it's a good knife for the money. A lot better than most of the cheep flee market bali's I have seen. I'm shure the 2nd generation Cheetah's will be better.
Causeway wrote:Haven't got one yet,but the knife is based on the prototype aluminum tachyon.Only one made,...and i belive that mike turber is the owner of that one.
The Dragonfly is the result of the aluminum Tachyon Prototype. The Cheetah has a completely differnent set of materials.
