Doc, having handled one at Blade, I can only make the following observations.Doc Pyres wrote:And I'm eagerly awaiting a BaliYo or two, but I'm still a little worried about how the airport security lads are going to react. Will it be going the way of my favorite nail clippers the first time I try to take it with me on a flight? :o
On the one hand, it's impossible to tell how creative an extremely low-level public servant will become when given a significant mount of power to make life more difficult for people they are given some measure of authority over.
On the other, Eric was very careful to design the BaliYo so that it is probably the least suitable writing instrument to use as a weapon. Put another way, even with my almost total lack of ninja skilz, I could deanimate you more effectively with a well sharpened wooden pencil. :eek: :D
That's not to say the BaliYo is not extremely well made, it just was designed specifically NOT to be a weapon. Great toy, good pen, and super conversation piece. Heck, it might even make you a chick magnet at the local watering hole, depending on the kind of chicks that hang out there.
:D But it rates exremely low on the weaponization potential scale. :DThe real dangers with the BaliYo are -
If you have kids every one of them over the age of 2 will want one.
Your five year old will put you to shame flipping one.
Your neighbors will hate you when their kids start bugging them for a BaliYo.
Your neighbors hate for you will increase tenfold when they find out what a BaliYo costs.
