The only problem I have with this knife is that it seems a overpriced for what you're getting. Not to mention the fact that they're raffling them. It feels almost scummy but eh.

@@paliophysical4481 that’s a fair opinion I suppose. Some people think drops are more unfair though, being that it’s almost just as random and comes down to who has the best latency / internet. When there’s hundreds if not thousands all waiting for a drop often times it can cause the website to crash too. With a knife of this popularity and such limited supply, it makes sense to me that it’s a random selection. To me it seems to be the only fair way.

@@NateDawg14307 but they're a stock knife so why not just treat them like the kraken? Make a bunch then drop them.

@@paliophysical4481 what do you mean by stock knife? The tsunami takes a lot longer to machine and put together than the kraken.

That's nice to hear that it has at least some kind of customization. I have a bunch of W hanging around, though. Mill the handles, slip in the Tungsten, done. (Of course, yeah, ya have to make her look pretty after the surgery, so some sanding and other options.) TY again for the review.

Thank you so much! This absolutely made my day 🙏 keep up the outstanding innovation!

how did you get it to be so bouncy?

@@wtfimcrying Precision manufacturing 👍

@@SquidIndustriesco fair enough

Glad you guys are experimenting with something other than aluminum now!

At first it wasn’t intentional but I got a positive response from it and figured it was peaceful background noise anyways 😂

Yeah when I made the video my first day of ownership I didn’t know ether! I added a comment and highlighted stating that it has that just so everyone knows

Yeah you are indeed right that clones are now able to come pretty damn close to the real thing. I’ve heard the chab clone is actually better balanced and flips better than the actual one. (Just what I’ve heard not saying it is) also the kraken clone came pretty damn close to the real thing too. IMO the real thing will always be better though. Wouldn’t be surprised if a clone company tried to clone the tsunami.

I'm getting the nami clone soon, how nice does it flip?

@@nagood2 It's pretty good but tbh there are better options for $100 or less. But if you like the design then go for it!

@@ModernBeastx1 what do you recommend for around 100$?

@@nagood2 Well the first thing for sure is the kraken clone by baliplus. That is a must it is insane for the price.

@@ModernBeastx1 Alright, Ican get the baliplus kraken clone for 30$ so that's cool! Thanks

It does has interchangeable weight pins that can be used to add weight and change the bias. I didnt realize that until recently. The high price tag is hard to justify for all “grails” like this. OSP matrix, orcas, etc.

yeah it looks like my amazon crap. SHARK IS COMING. yeah u know that one?

@@NateDawg14307 the thing with those knives is they're customs made by one or 2 guys, but squid is a whole ass company, and the tsunami is a production knife, they couldve easily made it way cheaper, but because everyone worships squid, they didnt.

@@mr.animegod_yt what do you mean by custom made? Makers like JK design and OSP use the same machining that squid uses, just on a smaller scale. If you look at the manufacturing card in the beginning of the video, there’s 1 machinist and 1 assembler. The tsunami was stated that it will be a mid-tech similar to the orca, rather than a mass production balisong like the kraken. I do agree that it probably could have been cheaper, but if you look at the materials used it’s the same grade titanium as most other Bali’s in its class.

@@NateDawg14307 taking what grade of titanium a knife uses is redundant, even atropos uses 6Al-4V and his stuff is around $200. Now, dont get me wrong, I think any knife (special stuff like Damascus and timascus excluded, or if its hand made) over $300 is overpriced, theres nothing about a balisong that should make it as expensive as it is. Squid is being an ass charging this much for a production knife, mid-teach, or not. The tsunami isnt even that complex, yeah it has cool slots for weights, but that doesn't warrant a few hundred dollars more, and in all honesty, that blade is basic as fuck. JK, OPS, and the likes also overcharge, but they aren't a whole company (OPS actually might be, but I dont care about him, the matrix is a shit knife) yeah they could absolutely bring down their prices, but squid shouldnt have made it that high in the first place. I feel like I'm rambling on, but you get the point I'm trying to make. JK is cool to talk to, but Lucas was being a bitch when people said the tsunami was overpriced, a buddy of mine actually told JK he thinks his knives are overpriced, and JK took it like a champ. There are multiple things that all come together to lead me to hate the tsunami. Squid basically pulled a benchmade, they made good stuff for cheap, but got too arrogant and thought people would still buy overpriced shit from them because they already value them so much, and look where benchmade is at now; they charge $400 for a SS knife, and $600 for a basic channel knife with the ugliest balde I've ever seen (*cough cough* box cutter *cough cough).

I think my all time favorite balisong is the BRS Replicant, which would be sandwich G10 over titanium liners. I really like it because of how moddable it is and how fast and snappy it is. But that being said currently my favorite balisong is ether the tsunami, sentinel, or the Ti maryn. All of those are Ti channel. I like things with a small amount of handle bias and somewhere close to nuetral if that makes sense.

@@NateDawg14307 is the amount of maintenance that I've heard of worth it for a rep?

@@dannypham6060 yeah the replicant is worth it in every sense in my opinion. It really depends if you get one with good bushings or not. Get one with good tolerances and its amazing and doesn’t require much maintenance from my experience

Wait what? I never knew that dude! I’m definitely gonna try that.

@@NateDawg14307 if im correct the extra pins that come with it should be at the bottom of the case

The hydro is not the prototype for the tsunami. The hydro is another Bali that squid is making and it’s going to be sandwich titanium and around the $400 price range if I’m correct, similar to the alpha beast I believe. (Probably won’t flip like one though and sure doesn’t look like it.) there hasn’t been a whole lot of info released on the hydro other than that, but there was a prototype on display at bladeshow. It’s rumored that the hydro will be released around fall this year.

Never owned one but I flipped one on display at a sporting goods store. Tolerances we’re solid and the bearings felt pretty smooth. I don’t think they’re worth $600 as a flipper, maybe an EDC, just because there are a lot of better flippers out there in that price range. You can probably find one for much cheaper on a secondary market.

That’s a hard question. It really comes down to supply and demand on the secondhand markets. Orcas aren’t necessarily customs, rather midtechs. I don’t know how a company prices their balisongs, other than they must make a profit on top of the cost of materials, machining, etc.

Chabs are terrible flippers. Though I want one because I really enjoyed it

they announce it on twitter

The main difference is that KPL heavy is thicker than regular and has a higher viscosity, generally giving it better tolerances because the thick oil fills in between the minuscule spaces because the washers and bushings. Heavy tends to sound deeper and better in my opinion as well. Overall ill always prefer heavy oil to regular.

@@NateDawg14307 thanks!

You probably know this but from a technical standpoint, it’s the handle on the side with the cutting edge of the blade. On latchless Bali’s like this during combos sometimes people struggle to keep track, so you can always get a bite handle marker from glidrco, or wrap a rubber band around it. Stuff like that.

I really want to try an arc angel, I’ve heard they’re amazing. The struggle is real with buying balisongs bro 😂 so addicting haha

@@NateDawg14307 had to settle for a clone. Coudltn afford to spend over 1k on a knife and probably never will

@@LuciferArc1 never say never bro! With the right budgeting/saving you can definitely amass $1k. It is very hard to justify spending that on a knife though.

I thought it was peaceful and good background music 😂 I’m a pretty big gamer

@@NateDawg14307 i see lol

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That’s because the first 10 we’re prototypes. Yours has S35vn steel while mine doesn’t. Yours is probably worth a lot more.

Word I thought the steel would be the only difference. But I had never thought about that before. Still jealous of that jimping though

Both my orcas were sold a while ago unfortunately. Miss those things 🥲

facts it doesent take more than 100 dollars to make this knife why charge 750 that is just insane.

Ah, i know right! Idk if you’ve seen but they had a couple Damascus blade / timascus handle tsunamis for sale at blade show and they were selling for over $2000🥵 as far as light blue hardware, I’d purchase some from squid hut theyre significantly lighter than the steel hardware it currently uses and I don’t want to make it any lighter.

I can understand where you’re coming from, but in my opinion anything can be considered a grail. A replicant can be a grail to someone if they truly love it that much. I think everyone has there own personal grail. More expensive knives tend to fall in the grail category just because of how sought after and rare they are. I wouldn’t necessarily call the tsunami a production balisong ether as Lucas has stated before it’s a mid tech, but I really don’t know how many will be produced in total. I know there will be atleast 100, maybe up to 200-300? Who knows.

You might shocked to learn this, but most of these grails are being marked up literally 1000% in perspective to their manufacturing costs. The orca costs about $200 to make from what I understand, yet being sold for $1.4 on the market.

@@NateDawg14307 What is included in that figure for manufacturing costs, though? Taxes? Rent on the production space, even if it's just a garage? Equipment and maintenence? Cost of delivery of materials? The taxes on the materials? Years of unpaid labor or expensive classes learning the craft? Healthcare or benefits for employees? If running a (very) small business for 20 years has taught me anything, it's all the expenses the customer is unaware of. Raees makes a good point about the business being based in California, though. Didn't our friend at Machinewise move to Arizona to manufacture balis? Aren't his prices reasonable? Just sayin'. :) Running a business in California is a big middle finger to the consumer.

I definitely did a behind the 8 ball early in the video lol

I know right? Haha. I’m more of a collector at this point than a pro flipper… I know enough tricks to keep me satisfied and having fun, but definitely not enough to impress anyone. I just don’t have a lot of time to learn new tricks, I stay pretty busy.