Post by Jeff » Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:42 am

The first scene in a movie I ever saw a butterfly knife in was The Outsiders. Emilio Estevez was a natural with flipping it open with some real style and at first I thought it was a switchblade (I was 11)Many people refer his knife to this day as "Two Bits switchblade"It's a Pre Benchmade "BALI SONG" brand butterfly knife I heard was made in the USA in the 70's. The model offered 4 different blade types (as well as a damascus for each) and Two Bits had the Weehawk blade, and "hidden pin" look. These knives are built like a tank.They are unbeleivably rare now and bali collectors want a mint for one. This was one of the hardest knives for me to locate.Since I have a small Autographs collection I started enjoying building movie display cases of my favorites with props of my own as a hobbie.This knife was intended for a case with an autograph from Emilio Estivez.Two Bits character was a joker that wore sleeveless Mickey Mouse shirts and was a big fan of Mickey and his character was similar to the vintage mouse. The movie gave several advertisement references to Budweiser Beer and pinned the Bud crown on Two Bit as theres a few scenes with him drinking Bud.The first close up of his knife was in a fight scene where outnumbered by Soc's walking with the Soc's girlfriends he breaks a budweiser bottle on the fence, throws it to his buddy (glass bottle weapon)and flips the knife open. (Cool scene.The best was the hospital scene where you can see his skills with it.Anyway this is my knife and case for anybody that might enjoy seeing it. The Autograph is certified authentic ( 4x 6 index card ) and slabbed in plastic with a serial # I added the engraved brass plaque and mouse to add a little to it. (Note the mouse patch I used and the mouse on his shirt in the pics below) I really try to get as close as I can with these.