BaliYo Twin Handled High Performance Heavy Duty Pen - Dark Blue/Gray - YCN102

Fun, simple little toy. I never received any complaints for using it at work and it was just nice and cool to have there sometimes. As a pen, it gets the job done, but it's definitely not a great option as a balisong trainer as it is made of cheap plastic and is very lightweight (which is usually not an enthusiast preference) but it's nice to have. Its tradeoff for not being a good balisong trainer is that it can be used to write with and it is not very expensive. It would be rather costly if it was a regular pen, but, you see, this is no regular pen. Based on my understanding, the Heavy Duty BaliYo is probably a better enthusiast option but it will obviously cost more. I've had this for a few months, I stopped using it regularly but it hasn't broken on me so that's good. I don't really use it anymore because I haven't been bringing it to work and because now I have better balisong trainer options for at home and outside of work. I may eventually buy the heavy duty one some day.

Super cool but actually writing with it feels awkward. It broke in my backpack tho.

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!

I bought the cheaper version without realizing the more expensive version has heavier weights, which may address some of my comments. Build quality is good, and not looking like a weapon is a plus. Tricks are completely doable, but they feel clumsy compared to a trainer. The light weight of the components makes tricks harder, and the handles have a U-shaped cross section, so they don't turn as nicely in your hand. There's also no latch, so if you try to write with it open, the handles can flop around.

This is by far the best thing I have ever spent my money on. It's small, lightweight, and is almost addictive to flip. I almost can't stop flipping it around. Pros Sturdy Lightweight Easy to flip I won't have any problems flipping during school Cons The fact that it is very light makes it kinda hard to return to using my actual trainer. Pen cartridge is a pain to screw back on Clips don't stay on after removed and then put back on. Fanning and rollovers are difficult, but not impossible. I'm giving this five stars because the cons don't affect the flipping too badly. Rollovers, while difficult, are not impossible. I practice quite a bit, since if I don't, I lose my touch. Doing a rollover requires very good timing, but once I nail it with this one, I can finally do a helix on my trainer.

The internet is inundated with people doing tricks with butterfly knives much like the yo-yo craze of yore. This is the next logical step up for a kid who isn't old enough for the real deal and won't get SWAT called on them like if they are flipping around a balisong trainer at school or at the bus stop. I docked one star because replacement ink cartridges are kinda' spendy and it's a lot smaller than pictured.

Great for tricks and curing boredom I had a lot of fun with them the biggest problem is that they break so easily I have orders 3 and all have broken the same way I orderd a normal black one first but it broke at the part where one of the screws is the plastic around it broke so I ordered another one but in the grey version it arrived quickly but I had it for 3 days before it broke in the exact same way so then I ordered a Bali to wing expecting it to be the best one it arrived and I was so excited I was doing tricks and fun stuff with it on the first day but then on the second day it broke at the same point it was one of the best feeling ones but I was sad when it broke even faster than the others

Es muy bueno para pasar el rato, haces trucos muy básicos nada mas pero es legal y parece resistente. Hasta ahorita me gusta mucho *Febrero 26, 2019 Luego de más de un año de uso y abuso diario por fin se rompió. Definitivamente una buena compra que planeo volver a realizar.

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

1. "Händlershop von 4Bekleidungskammer Preise inkl. MwSt." sind abzocker ich 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.

One of the handles snapped off when I was using it. I did not expect it to be delicate.

Not impressed by it