MachineWise Slift V2
Overview
The Slift V2 is a Construction#Channel titanium balisong made by MachineWise.
Description
In its closed position, it is 14,8cm long.
In its open position, it is 26,2cm long.
Without the weights installed, it is 114g
Handle
Handle Design
The Slift V2 uses a Construction#Channel design, with Pin_System#Press-fit zen pins.
Handle Dimension
Most Slift V2 have a speed channel. The faces have three chamfered cutouts which get increasingly wider and longer towards the end of the handle. The shortest cutout is 3.3cm long and 5,0-5,8mm wide. The middle cutout is 3,41cm long and 6-6.8mm wide. The last cutout located near the end of the handles is 3,5cm long and 6.9-7,7mm wide
The speedchannel has a length of 9.62cm and is 5mm wide all across.
The handles have a face to face thickness of 12.875mm
The handles are tapered and are 9.860mm wide near the pivots and 12.673mm wide near the end.
Handle Weight
One handle with no weights, but with the zen pin installed, weighs 39g.
Blade
Slift V2 either have a S35VN or AEB-L blade steel.
Blade Design
The Slift V2 features a bowie style blade with a clip point design. The blade has no sharpening choil, plunge grind or any form of sharpening guide. The edge smoothly transitiones into the plunge. The spine of the blade is chamfered and rounded.
Blade Dimensions
The blade is exactly 13,0cm long and the cutting edge is 10,7cm long.
The blade is around 3.183mm thick near the washer area.
Blade Weight
The blade, with no hardware installed, weighs 31g.
Balance
Without the Hardware, the center of mass is 4cm away from the beginning of the handles. With the hardware installed, it is 4,4cm
Hardware
Slift V2 uses MachineWise#In-house_Hardware.
History
The Slift V2 released in late December of 2022 and was discontinued in February of 2024.
It is based on the Slift V1.
Blade Steel
The first batch of Slift V2 had AEB-L blades. The blade steel was later changed to S35VN.
Differences
The first couple of batches of Slift V2 had the exact same blade as the Slift V1. In later batches, MachineWise has decided to laser engrave their logo into the blade instead of milling it and completely removing the machining lines.
The jimping on the faces was removed.
Trivia
In House Hardware
Later versions of the Slift V2 started to use MachineWise's own MachineWise#In-house_Hardware.