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You know those Baskin Robbins 31 Flavor's Ice Cream Places? I hate those places. Oh, I love the Ice Cream. What I hate is the decision. Should I have that rich-looking chocolate fudge? Or maybe the luscious French vanilla? But the Cherries Jubilee looks so good too!

Commissioning a custom knife is much the same. There are so many decisions to make. If the handles will have inserts, for example, well the insert material can change everything. Ivory, for example

will make the knife look very elegant and sophisticated. It's a gentleman's knife.

Stag, on the other hand

will give the knife a very earthy and outdoor feel. It's a sportsman's knife.

At Baskin Robbins, I usually end up having two or three scoops.

The owner of this Pabu custom balisong knife took much the same approach. He had Pabu make the handle inserts removable and ordered inserts in both ivory and stag. Yes, the two previous pictures are of the same knife. The inserts are held by cap screws. With just an Allen wrench, this knife can go from urban to rural in a minutes.

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