balisong , also known as fan knife , butterfly knife or Batangas knife , is a folding knife. Its distinctive features are two opposite rotating grips around the forceps such that, when closed, a knife is hidden inside a groove on the handle. Balisong with a hook on the "safe" handle, across the edge of the spear, is called Manila folder .
Balisong is usually used by Filipinos, especially in the Tagalog region, as a self-defense and pocket blade. A common stereotype is that BatangueÃÆ' Â ± o carries one wherever he goes. Hollow balisong is also used as a straight shaver before a conventional razor is available in the Philippines. In the hands of trained users, the knife can be carried quickly with one hand. Manipulation, called "flipping", is done for art or entertainment. This blunt-cut version, called "trainer", is sold to practice tricks without risk of injury.
The knife is now illegal or restricted in some countries, often under the same law and for the same reason that folding knives or hidden weapons are restricted, and in their home country it is no longer a common thing in urban areas as it used to be.
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History of Balisong
Tagalog's name, 'Balisong' seems to have appeared after World War II when artisans from the Philippines named Balisong started making knives for sale to American soldiers. The Balisong blade is considered an adaptation of a French folding knife called 'Le Pied de Roi' (King's Foot), a standard one-legged ruler, sometimes including a knife, used officially in France from 1968 to 1799. The Balisong knife may have been introduced to the Philippines towards the end of the Spanish occupation after the metric system was adopted in the Philippines because it was also called 'veinte y nueve' because of its 29 cm length when it opened.
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Etymology
While the meaning of the term balisong is not entirely clear, popular belief is that it comes from the words Tagalog baling sungay (literally, "broken/horn fold") because they originally made of carabao carved and deer antlers. Balisong is also the name barangay in the municipality of Taal, Batangas province, which became famous for the craft of these knives. Traditional Balisong is said to be called veinte y nueve because it is 29 cm long when opened, while another story mentions that it was named one BatangueÃÆ' Â ± o who fought off 29 attackers using one.
These knives are also referred to as "fan knives" and "butterfly knives" of motion and "click clacks" of the sounds they make when opened and closed.
Construction
There are two main types of balisong construction: "sandwich construction" and "channel construction".
Loaded balisong sandwiches are arranged in layers that are generally embedded or screwed together though sometimes using ball bearing systems. They allow the adjustable pivot pin more tightly without binding. When the blade is closed, the blade is located between layers.
For balisong-built channels, the main part of each handle is formed from one piece of material. In this handle, the groove is made (either by folding, milling, or integrally thrown) where the blade rests when the blade is closed. This style is considered stronger than sandwich construction.
Some traditional butterfly knife knives in the Philippines are made of steel taken from railroads thus giving them some proper durability and hardness, while others are made from recycled leaf springs.
Some balisong, like Benchmade 51, do not use Tang Pins. Instead, it uses a "Zen Pin", which is the two small pins embedded in the balisong handle that make contact with the bottom of the blade.
Section
- Handle Bite
- The handle closes on the sharp edge of the blade, and will cut the user if they hold the handle as they close it. It's a handle that usually has a hook on it.
- Choil
- The unsharp knife just above the kicker, which makes it easier to sharpen the knife.
- Kicker (or Kick)
- The area on the blade that prevents sharp edges touches the inside of the handle and is damaged. These are sometimes replaced by additional pin pliers above the pivot.
- Latch
- Standard locking system, which holds the blade closed. Magnets are sometimes used instead. Also keep it from opening when the user does not want it.
- Latch, Batangas
- Hooks attached to the bite grip.
- Latch, Manila
- Hooks attached to the handles securely.
- Latch, Spring
- Hooks that use springs to push buttons open when the handle is pressed.
- Latch gateÃ,
- A block inside the grip channel stops the hook from affecting the blade.
- Pivot joint
- Pin where pivot Tang/Blade/Handle is assembled.
- Safe handle
- The handle (usually a hookless handle) that closes on the side of the blade is not sharp.
- Swedge
- The blades are not sharp blades. Some balisong are also honed here or on both sides with a more traditional look or wavy edges similar to Kris's sword.
- Tang
- The base of the knife where the handle is attached with a pivot pin.
- Tang Pin (s)
- Pin is meant to hold the knife from the handle when closed to prevent spillage; and, in some cases, the second pin to keep the handle from overpowering while the butterfly knife is being manipulated.
- Zen Pin
- The screws are installed inside the handle that collides with the kicker mounted on the pliers to prevent the blades moving around when in an open or closed position.
- Blade
- The sword is a piece of steel that extends in the center of the blade secured by both handles when closed, one side of the blade is sharp and has a high chance of cutting the user; the other side has a potential chance to cut the user, but it is still important for the user to be careful. heart.
Manufacturing history
First built in 1905 in Batangas, Philippines by Perfecto de Leon, balisong gained mass exposure after World War II when the Batangueno wooden planks made a living providing knives specially made for American soldiers stationed in the Philippines at Clark Air Force Base and Subic Naval Base. "
Balisong blades have been produced in the province of Batangas in the Philippines for decades. According to an article on Balisong's manufacturing in the book Mark Wiley Arnis: Reflections on the History and Development of Filipino Martial Arts' By Mark Wiley (2001), a craftsman is quoted as having made balisong for more than 40 years. An American company, Balisong USA (now called 'Benchmade'), claimed to start producing balisong in the late 1970s.
Legal status
Balisong coaches have a dull, blunt, and legal "knife" in some areas where balisong is not.
See also
- Arnis
- Balisword
- Fight the blade
- Filipino martial arts
- Hackman butterfly knives
- Jacob's ladder (knife)
- Fight the blade
- The pantographic knife
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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