edyKnives are definitely a hobby I could get into once I get a real job because good knives cost a lot. I use to flip a bear & sons 114B almost every day and got cut up a lot after I took my training wheels off (painters tape). But with repeated use of the knife, handles would just literally break and this has happened two times so don't buy a cheap balisong knives because they'll break after 2-3 months. The good ones cost $200+ usually and that's a lot of money so I'm not going to buy a new one for now. I also really like switchblades and kris blades from a collection point of view, but again doing that costs money so it's something I'd only do once I start working a real job.
I had one of those bear and son's knives and it broke 3x before I gave up getting them to fix it. I found a decent one on bladehq afterwords ( bradley kimura) and it's been great.