TheONE Channel Balisong KRAKEN Butterfly Knife w/ Zen Pins - (clone)

First off I have never experienced awesome customer service like the owner of this site provides. He really wants you to be completely satisfied and goes to lengths you just don't find anymore.

Now the kraken clone: If you do your homework you will learn that these Chinese clones can be good but, you have to tune them properly. If you mess up with the hardware preinstalled, they thankfully provide a spare set with the order. After tuning the balisong properly it went from being a baby rattle to absolutely zero tap and surprisingly extremely little play. One thing I learned is don't tighten the zen pins too much while trying to assemble and disassemble. I am super happy with this thing for the price. Thank you Jeff for providing awesome service!

Ordered the One Channel Kraken and received it a couple days later. After the order was shipped I received an email from Jeff advising that he had checked the knife out prior to shipping and found the bushings were undersized. He replace them with oversized bushings. When I received the knife it was adjusted perfectly the way I like it. Will probably have to apply loctite to keep it that way. I appreciate the fast service and the fact that he checked out the knife before shipping, it says a lot about his business.

I just got back into Balisong collecting/flipping. I was quickly made aware of how difficult it is to purchase a brand name. Now the manufacturers that used to distribute to the major internet knife sites, now do drops on instagram where their wares are scoffed up immediately. This depressed me. Then I began reading about ‘clones’. In an insane world I believe it is ok to purchase a clone. I am particularly pleased with Slash2gash. The Kraken was my first order from them. It most definitely will not be my last. I love the Kraken. I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination. But let me just say I love this knife. Moreover, I ordered this knife on a Monday and it was in my Arizonan hands by Wednesday. Kudos and more Kudos.

Ok so it’s great for flipping it’s really smooth and comes with no tap and minimal play and it’s nice and sharp(I got the tanto version). But the flaws are with the design if you are looking for a 1:1 clone this is not it their are subtle differences in the design. These being there are zen pins on this that on the real thing it is press fit zen, it’s more blocky with the handles and the milled out part on the handle the silver part isn’t as long. The differences may cause you to think otherwise and that is fine but if you want a smooth flipping balisong that comes with no tap and little play out of the box then this is for you but if you wanted a 1:1 replica maybe look for something else. Over all I think this is a solid choice for beginners or for a collection it brings great performance, amazing glassy sound all for the decent price and does what it’s supposed to do.

Absolutely love my knife it great came out the box perfect no play or tap highly recommend slash2gash this as my first order and many to come