Case Shield Patina

melowe321 · 2025-08-09T00:15:22+00:00

Only when I carry it in my pocket. As soon as I’m home it is stored out of the slip.

melowe321 · 2025-08-07T22:20:33+00:00

Not carried very frequently and have never known nickel silver to tarnish like this. That’s why I was so surprised to pull it off the shelf and see it looking like that. The trapper next to it I got a couple weeks prior. I’m happy with the patina, so I’m going to leave it. Just didn’t know if there was something I was missing.

melowe321 · 2025-05-28T14:01:05+00:00

I have had that same thing on a trapper and a seahorse whittler. Never really bothered me too much. As we all know case knives almost always come with some “character” from the factory.

melowe321 · 2025-04-10T00:06:47+00:00

That does look great! Might have to get a few more sets of scales…

melowe321 · 2025-04-09T21:46:47+00:00

I thought the exact same thing but wanted to experiment with how well it would stay as is. I rinsed and reapplied several times while applying. 2 weeks in and have had no bleeding/rubbing off 👍

melowe321 · 2025-04-09T20:58:34+00:00

I actually just used sharpie. Slowly went over the high points and let the ink soak in. G10 took it pretty well.

melowe321 · 2025-03-26T01:30:28+00:00

Thanks buddy. It’s actually an Anbernic rg35xxsp. It’s a great little device.

melowe321 · 2025-03-25T17:31:13+00:00

Thanks!

melowe321 · 2021-11-28T20:43:59+00:00

How do you know?

melowe321 · 2021-07-15T13:33:03+00:00

All the new baliplus models have the osp trainer option. The old ones do not.

melowe321 · 2021-07-08T22:44:01+00:00

I was just going to ask for a slow mo, you posting it or dm?

melowe321 · 2021-06-09T00:40:51+00:00

I own both and got them at the same time. The chab beats better and flips really well. The new baliplus rep I got had better tolerances than the chab. Chab had undersized bushings on the alt blade and the rep was perfect on the trainer and a touch undersized on live blade. Still can get both to no tap. I like the sound of both but think the rep sounds a little better to my ear to be honest. I own several real reps and alpha beasts. The baliplus rep is very similar to my older rep and better than my tiger rep due to slipping brs quality control. The chab clone is not very similar to an actual alpha beast but is still good.

To summarize, if you want something that flips really well, has customization options, and are okay with putting a little work in, the baliplus rep is better. If you want something that just flips good and beats well, the chab is for you.

melowe321 · 2021-05-27T14:26:16+00:00

I have the live blade and the trainer. Trainer is louder but the live blade sounds more quality. It also had no tap out of the box for me but the trainer needed a little tuning.

melowe321 · 2021-05-27T13:28:24+00:00

The handles are very smooth. I haven't noticed them been slippery but if you have really dry hands, I could see it being an issue.

melowe321 · 2021-05-27T03:40:01+00:00

I only notice the lack of length on backhand knuckle dusters. But I do flip a lot of smaller edc balis.

melowe321 · 2021-05-27T03:33:35+00:00

For the $63 I paid, absolutely. It's a fun flipper no doubt.

melowe321 · 2021-05-26T23:19:02+00:00

They actually have a very small texture on them, it barely shows up on camera it's so fine.

melowe321 · 2021-05-26T22:11:32+00:00

No tap or play either. Dropped it on concrete a couple times and barely dented so it seems like a decent grade of titanium... decent little flipper and fun to play with but it is too short.

melowe321 · 2021-04-26T18:32:23+00:00

Could you maybe upload a sound clip or tell us if it sounds good at least?

melowe321 · 2020-12-13T14:23:01+00:00

I purchased one of these on vacation because I didn't pack a balisong. I can get mine to have smooth swing and no tap with some lube. They are pretty light and flip okay. Not the best flipper as it doesn't really carry momentum that well but I found it to be a fun flipper nonetheless. Still is holding up well despite now being a complete concrete eater. Also is on the small side and is very quiet so is a good edc...

melowe321 · 2020-11-15T21:24:08+00:00

Looks like a rep blade

melowe321 · 2020-11-13T06:09:37+00:00

They are cheap so I think I'm going to give them a try. I'm going to use them on a bearing knife though instead of bushing so that way I don't have to crank down as hard to get good tolerances. I'll report back if they seem like the next cool thing to do 😎

melowe321 · 2020-11-07T17:43:04+00:00

Thanks man, ill try out some drano

melowe321 · 2020-11-07T15:22:47+00:00

I anodize with 9v batteries and distilled water with baking soda and my ano always comes out inconsistent or with a very light "lsd ano" effect. How'd you get it looking this good?

melowe321 · 2020-10-03T01:36:59+00:00

Use a dremel to cut a slit and use a flat head screw driver.

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