Balisongs And Caviar
A Balisong Collector Special Exhibit
ST3-X




This is another large balisong.  It's about 11 1/2" long
overall (about 29.8cm) when open.


The blade is made from Jim Ferguson's Turkish Delight
Damascus steel.  Mr. Ferguson specializes in Nickel 
Damascus which is made by combining a high-carbon
steel, C1095, with a high-nickel alloy, N200.  High-
carbon steel etches to dark gray to black.  Nickel
does not etch but remains bright silver.  The result
is great contrast.  This blade, by the way, has about
250 alternating layers of C1095 steel and nickel in it.

The edge of the blade features Pabu's exclusive 3D
edge.  This type of edge is not ground; it is hand-filed.
There is no other shop that does this sort of 3D blade 
work.  The blade profile is a sort of clip-point utility
with a zero-bevel false edge on the clip.