Well, actually they call that thing a BaliYo but you can flip it indeed

I just put a short review about the black (made in China) BaliYo pen online, that let me down a mere 24 hours after I took it out of its box. Well, see for yourself. You can find the review by clicking the graphic below, selecting it directly from the drop-down menu above or by going to my articles-page and select the BaliYo review there. Besides the text you’ll find pictures of the damage and a short video with a couple of closeup pictures of the BaliYo prior to destruction. Enjoy!

Cheers Rob

A sure sign that the new year is just around the corner is Spyderco’s annual announcement of models that will be discontinued by the beginning of the next year. Today it was revealed that 40 products will be taken out of the catalog this time. So, if you want any of these grab them while you still can. As soon as they are discontinued, they will become harder to get and I also think it’s safe to say that the prices for most of these models will rise when you buy them through private sales.

Here’s a link to the the post on Spyderco’s forum which includes all 2010 discontinued models :

Cheers, Rob

I’ve just updated my article about the history of Spyderco’s C28 Dragonfly model. Now this years new G-10 model is also covered and I also updated my little list with all Dragonfly models (can be found at the end of the article and under downloads).

Cheers, Rob

I actually was looking for something else when found a picture of this knife recently:

My first thought was: How could I ever miss this variation?!? Then I read the text that was accompanying the pictures and found out this is no variation but a modification! Spyderco forums and EDC-forums member STi managed to dye the handle of a C28PWH sprint run model purple. I never thought this was possible but STi’s purple Dragonfly is not a single example. Jeff189 from Spyderco forums also dyed his white handled Dragonfly but not purple. The colour looks more like OD.

While I am not quite sure if I could bring myself to alter a sprint run knife that heavily (or at all), I really like the combination of the purple colour and the Dragonfly. Maybe not the classic “manly” looking pocket knife but that colour definitely adds something special to this model. After all it’s a clever way to customize a knife. IMO.

If you have a spare C28PWH and wonder how it was done or if you just want to see all the pictures, check out the “purple Dragonfly”- thread on EDCF, the “RIT-dyed white spydies”-thread on SF, the RIT-dyed white spydies — how are they holding up?”-thread on SF, the “G-10 Dragonfly in BLACK”-thread on SF or the “Green (kind of) Dragonfly”-thread on SF. This should provide you with plenty of information of how to do it and how it turns out and holds up.

Cheers, Rob