the best way to get into balisong flipping. (w/ designer interview!)

hi! i've been flipping the nabalis reverie for a couple months now and it's impressed me a lot, there's sm value here. neil pulled some strings to get this sent out to me but my opinions are not affected. this is a top 5 budget knife for sure, and in terms of experience and aesthetics it rly stands out. thank you to neil (@sganicocchi on insta) for doing this interview with me!! plz be nice to my flipping i had to film it outside in 3 sessions bc my hands kept going numb LOL

neil's insta:   / sganicocchi  
my twitter: https://x.com/pinguefied
discord:   / discord  

i am not affiliated with the company nor do i gain anything from the sales. i dunno if i'll keep making bali content honestly, i'm realizing that i don't have much unique to say haha, at least relative to peripherals. i wrote a script for the flipforge palette that i still think is pretty decent, so mayb i'll at least turn it into a lazy vid at some point.

https://nabalis.com/en-au/products/re... link to buy here
https://nabalis.com/en-au/pages/cwn-v... you can vote for a design and get a 10% off code here!!

if you want some other recommendations in the budget space:
under $40:
nabalis canyon (steel)
ldy frank (plastic)

under $100
ldy orion 1.5
nabalis cheese
nabalis teflon vulp
thomas refault
flipforge palette (plastic)
armed shark/baliplus kraken (clone)

all of these are very serviceable, so you can just pick the one you like the look/sound of the most!

chapters:
0:00 This is the Reverie by Nabalis.
1:32 my story with the reverie
4:01 interview starts
4:49 what inspired the blade design?
7:04 how get into/learn about designing knives?
9:40 how would you describe the balance of the knife?
11:40 why neil designed with form over function in mind
15:45 what he wants to see from the scene
17:40 do you have any ideas for innovations in balis moving forward?
19:16 neil's million dollar idea
23:06 what was the process like to go from an idea to a finished product?
27:28 are there any other ideas you had for the reverie?
30:29 how did you get the cost so low?
36:38 how did you get it to sound like that?
40:47 how do you feel about the reception?
55:40 what does he plan to do now with balisongs?
58:55 what's your dream knife?
1:00:00 neil rambles about replicants