Spyderco BaliYo Twin Handled High Performance Heavy Duty Pen - Grey - YCN101

Our 8 year old nephew really wanted a big boy knife but no one in our family was comfortable with him having one at his young age Instead, my husband got him this pen so he could practice how to use the knife and also be able to use as a good beginner practice knife. He is able to learn and work on his movement before having to upgrade to an official practice flipper. It is not that great to write with, but he loves it and considers it close to a big boy knife.

The pen is fun and writes surprisingly smoothly but there are some flaws to the design. For instance there’s no flipper at open position to lock it for writing; I have to hold it at closed position to write or have the 2 handles dangling over my hand which is quite awkward.The item is mostly light plastic so there’s no weight that helps the flipping compared to a real Balisong. And given that it is mostly plastic, the price is quite high for a pen.

This is a fun playful product. Spyderco is the knife of such special forces units as the Marines and Navy Seals. There's a reason your favorite book characters like Hannibal Lechter and Jack Reacher have them as their weapon of choice. Look on You Tube, and you'll find Kahli Martial arts. This is a Filipino martial arts style that involves knives and sticks, and is taught to Marine Special forces. Spyderco is the knife they are trained with. While living in Golden, Colorado (where Spyderco is located), my fiance and I were given lessons from a former Marine in exchange for designing his website. Everything they make is made here in America,. The steel comes from Seki-City Japan. If that's not engraved on the blade, you don't have a real Spyderco, and there are MANY fakes. I learned this at their site and factory. Or call them in Golden to confirm. Because nothing on earth beats a Spyderco product!The BaliYo is just the final nail in the coffin of every other knife maker in this country. How on earth do you make a PEN FUN? Spyderco asked that very question, and used it's knife making skills to create BaliYo. This pen is fun, cool looking, and great for your coordination, dexterity and strengthening your hands. Just go to www.baliyo.com and you will find hours worth of entertaining tricks. Bored at work? Stuck sitting and waiting? Simply unclip your BaliYo from your pants with the two metal clips and pass the time learning your newest trick or creating new ones. Whenever I'm bored, watching TV, or even reading, I check at the Baliyo site, pick a trick, and get to work.What's even more amazing is this really is a comfortable writing pen! It took me one day to get used to holding it the right way, and already it's my favorite. Wet, dry, upside down, this pen is designed to be used any time anywhere any way. While more and more American companies are selling our country out by sending jobs over seas, Spyderco proves that American's can still do the job best when given a chance.Thank you Spyderco for once again bringing me the best of the best!

it was really fun for the 3 days i had it but on the third day i dropped it and one handle broke off. really unfortunate quality.

Took a very long time to receive item and when I did, it came in half assembled. Returned.

Be unique. I like my butterfly pen, people look at it and I know they are jealous and they wish they had one.

I was excited to get this as a bit of a fidget toy and to put with my bullet journal. For the record, I am a bit of a 'knife' guy but not a balisong or butterfly knife connoisseur. I don't think they're really practical or cool. That said, this thing is a little bit of fun. Not recommended as a trainer for the real thing... this does not punish(or give feedback) that the edged side of the blade on a real one would be closing on your fingers.Again, bought to fidget with and its okay at that. Can be fun and look kind of flashy. The blue is cool. That said, it just feels really cheap. The joints on the arms have so much flex to them. When flipping they can kind of flip off axis and jiggle around and when closed pen(blade)-out any grip on them causes them to overlap. It would be nice if the handles locked together so it could be written with using just the pen part. It writes in closed position and its kind of thick and awkward. I know, that's what she said...The pen writes well and I imagine refills units are not to hard to come by but haven't looked. You can never get the threads tight enough though and the tip rotates while using it - rotates causing the pen tip to come out enough to be marking hands, pockets, or other stuff without you knowing about it.The the plastic threads stripped and it does this even easier now.Meh. Just so much meh.

This pen is fun to play with. It is not the best if you are into actual balisongs as it does not spin well in the hand. After some time, you'll get it to act decent, but it's mostly become a Newton's Cradle type thing where I just knock it against itself for entertainment, while practicing the spins to get it to flip. I wish it did work a bit better, but it has to close around the pen tip, so it does the best it can. I'm giving it five stars because I you should expect a fun fidget, not a balisong.

I recieved mine not even a day ago and one wing already broke off. Not worth it.

So cool to play with .

Exactly as i remember. well weighted and good quality. rights well even after being spun around for a while.

Brakes if you drop on carpet.

1."Händlershop von 4Bekleidungskammer Preise inkl. MwSt." sind abzockerich habe dieses Produkt für 25€ von diesem Amazon Händler gekauft, in dem glauben es sei die US Version (die genau 25€ kosten würde)2. Gutes Produkt, habe es jetzt 3 tage exzessiv benutzt, nix kaputt.wenn man seinen Kopf einschaltet merkt man das dies 90% leichtes Plastik ist, also nicht geeignet für extreme Sachen, sollte es nicht sofort kaputt gehen, wie es einige hier beschreiben.