Custom Balisong, Built to Your Spec

Original price was: $193.95.Current price is: $145.46.

A balisong hand-built to the specification you chose in the builder.

Handmade in Austin, TX. Ships Worldwide.

Every knife is built by hand in our workshop in Austin, Texas, by Filipino makers trained in the Batangas tradition. We ship to any country we are allowed to send a knife to. Free shipping inside the United States, 49 USD flat everywhere else. Shipping and delivery times

Choose your blade

Not sure which one you want? Read the trainer guide.

Personalise this knife

Engraving is cut into the bolster and is permanent, so engraved knives are final sale. It adds 1 to 3 business days.

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Please type the text you would like engraved.

You upload your logo file on the checkout page, right below the order notes. JPG, PNG, WEBP, GIF or PDF, up to 10 MB. As soon as the file reaches us we cut it and your knife goes into production.

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Not quite what you want?

Pick your own blade, steel and handle in our custom balisong builder.

Design Your Own Balisong
Ships in 1 to 3 business days
Fitted leather sheath included
Hand-tuned before shipping
Worldwide with tracking

Buy together

Take the set

Two more knives from the bench, picked to sit alongside this one. Take any two together and 10% comes off. Take all three and it is 15%.

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Engraving is chosen on each knife own product page, so knives added here go in without engraving.

Shipping & Delivery

Every knife is checked for lockup, pivot action and edge before it goes in the box. Nothing ships that we would not keep for ourselves.

Processing

Most orders leave the bench in 1 to 3 business days. If the knife you picked is not in stock we forge it for you, which takes roughly 2 to 3 weeks. Engraving adds a little time on top of that.

What shipping costs

  • United States: free on every order.
  • Everywhere else: a flat 49 dollars for the whole order, however many knives are in it, so two at once ship for the same as one.

How long it takes

  • USA: 4 to 8 business days
  • International: 8 to 14 business days, longer if customs takes an interest

Those are carrier estimates, not promises we can enforce.

Tracking

A tracking number reaches you by email as soon as the parcel is collected. Carriers often take 24 to 48 hours to start showing movement, so a quiet first day is normal.

Customs and local law

Import duty, VAT and customs fees are set by your own country and are yours to pay. Balisong law varies by country and by US state, so it is worth checking yours before you order.

The full detail lives on Order and Shipping and Return or Exchange.

Hand-forged in the Batangas tradition

The balisong was born in Batangas, Philippines. Every knife in this catalogue is made by Filipino artisans and metalworkers, many from families with generations of experience, now working in the United States. Blades are ground from 440C stainless, D2 tool steel, VG10, high carbon and Damascus, and fitted to handles of kamagong ebony, carabao horn, Philippine deer horn and bone.

Craftsman hands checking blade alignment and pivot action on a finished butterfly knife

Checked four times

Detailed hand inspection, smoothness and pivot testing, blade alignment checks, and durability and finish quality control. If a knife doesn't meet our standards, it never reaches our customers.

Engraving available

Initials or short text $19 in the font you choose, a custom logo $29. Select it above Add to Cart and upload the logo file at checkout.

A sheath with every knife

Every knife includes a fitted leather sheath. Both live blades and trainers are offered, and every order ships worldwide with tracking.

Buying more than one?

Trade pricing starts at ten pieces and reaches 45% under retail at volume, with your logo on the bolster. See wholesale and bulk, or design one from scratch.

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Shipping and returns

Processing

Most orders ship in 1 to 3 business days.

USA delivery

4 to 8 business days, tracked door to door.

International

8 to 14 business days. Customs times vary by country.

Made to order

Out of stock pieces are handcrafted for you in 2 to 3 weeks.