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Design Inspiration and Process for Bird of Prey - Ros Holmberg
V1
Lightweight Handle Design
I began with a simple handle shape featuring numerous grip panels. My goal was to use a lot of G10 to make the handles lighter, while the added grip would enhance the knife’s reliability.
V2
Aesthetic Innovation
I aimed for an aesthetically pleasing design, as many trainer blades often fall short in this area. I decided to incorporate aluminum inserts in the blade, creating what I call a mosaic blade. This approach also provided unique control over the knife’s balance.
V3
Blade Concept Development
I developed over 20 different blade concepts before committing to the aggressive Bowie profile, featuring a yellow-to-blue lower insert and a black upper insert. This design creates a sense of motion and shifts the blade weight toward the tip, improving flipping performance.
V4
Harmonizing Handle Design
With a blade I was satisfied with, I redesigned the handles to match its thinner, sweeping aesthetic. I reduced the overall dimensions, added a slight taper, and rounded the corners. Additionally, I incorporated a mild blue-to-purple fade on the handles to unify the color scheme.
V5
Refining the Blade Shape
I briefly considered revising the blade shape to emphasize the “beak” by blending features of a Bowie and a kukri. However, I found that subtle changes to the beak geometry while retaining the overall profile yielded the best results.
V6
Logo Development
With the help of my designer friends, we developed a logo that matched the tone of the blade and served as the “eye” of the knife.
V7
Fine-Tuning the Design
After finalizing the main design, I spent weeks in my design software refining small features and fine-tuning the knife’s balance to ensure it performed as well as it looked. This involved finding the perfect weight and balance for fast flipping while maintaining the inertia needed for flow-based tricks.
V8
Exploring Color Patterns
The last major design step was selecting an alternate color pattern. I experimented with a “redtail hawk” design, which swapped the blue-yellow “Kingfisher” palette for a red-based scheme. Ultimately, I wanted a colorway that radically altered the knife’s perception, leading to the creation of the “osprey” pattern, characterized by stark black and white contrasts to the Kingfisher.
Amazing balisong, definitely top-tier work from nabalis.
I love it. The best things I like about it are the grip and hidden zen pins!!
Pros: Really like the look, very customizable balance, relatively easy to adjust, surprisingly easy to assemble and disassemble, the G10 snaps into place nicely with the aluminum, the handles are chanwich and split in half for easy access, nice deep and hollow thunky sound, affordable price, crowned spine, grippy, bottleopener
Cons: G10 looks and feels kinda cheap - plastic-y, Nautilus G10 feels nicer, takes more work to adjust the balance than most balis, can be more neutral than the Naut. and I like it more than my Naut., prefer the balance of the Prysma Pro, I wish they made the Aluminum inserts removable, the blade could use less weight, the balance even when adjusting the weights is fine, just not amazing, jimping is mediocre.
Notes: The "white" insert in the blade is silver - it looked white in the pictures, I prefer three weights in each handle, the pouch it comes with is a nice felt material.
I was expecting it to be much more refined from the photos, but for $140 from a Chinese company, I can't complain
All I will say is, keep this bad boy in the sky... Do not use it outside, or we'll keep it in the sky always. 😂
Very smooth well balanced
