My Journey
I bought my very first butterfly knife ever off of BladeHQ, i ordered a Bradley Kimura IV on a Tuesday night at around 11pm and it arrived only 3 days later on Friday at about 2pm. I live in Ohio so it was sent from across the country. I used standard shipping which is supposed to be 5-9 days so i figured I'd share this with you guys as maybe a tip for those of you who are trying to decide where to get your first knife from.
Anyway when I first got it I cut myself within the first 2 hours of owning it. Now all I do in my spare time is flip. When i first started reading about flipping everyone was talking about getting cut is going to happen and i was thinking "oh that wont happen I'll be really careful". Well I was wrong I've cut myself many times already.
I started flipping on October 1st and heres a list of the tricks I know so far:
Basic Vertical Opening
Basic Horizontal
Basic Backhand 2
Fast Draw
Swirl
Latch Drop
I'm having problems with some of the other tricks which is expected being a beginner but i figured the fastest way for me to fix those problems is to talk to you guys which is why i wanted to start a thread.
A bigger problem I'm having is what i think is called rollouts? rollovers? fanning? I can spin the blade in circles but It's a little awkward. The twirl is the move I'm trying to learn at the moment but the first initial movements are what I'm having trouble with.
Anyway ANY advice at all that has to do with balisongs would be appreciated. I've done a lot of reading and a lot of practicing and I wanna keep going.
Some questions:
Any specific tricks you guys recommend I learn next?
Any interesting/inspiring/amazing videos you guys think I should see?
Anyway, I really hope I didn't break any rules posting this here. Also, I'm definitely not asking to be spoonfed, hope i don't come over that way.
Thanks very much guys, nice to meet you all.
-Quinn
--EDIT--
Another question.. Is there a good place to buy tools/cleaning/maintenance supplies for my specific knife? It'd be nice to have the tool to take it apart and put it back together or to tighten loosen the screws/pins or whatever in the knife. Thanks again.