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Every balisong guide we have written

Grouped by what you are actually trying to do. Everything here is written by the people who make the knives, and we say plainly when something is not verified.

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Learning to flip

Choosing and buying

Steel, materials and build

Care and maintenance

Filipino heritage and making

Law and travel

Anatomy of a balisong

Handmade Filipino balisong butterfly knife mid-flip in a craftsman hands
BITE HANDLE

The handle that closes onto the sharp edge.

SAFE HANDLE

The handle that meets the spine, safe to catch mid-flip.

TANG PINS

Stops that set where the handles come to rest.

PIVOTS

The two joints the whole action turns on, tuned by hand.

LATCH

Holds the handles shut when the knife is closed.

BOLSTER

The metal collar at the pivot end, often brass on ours.

SCALES

The handle faces: kamagong ebony, carabao horn, deer horn or bone.

Balisong Guides

Care, materials, flipping and the questions people actually ask.

Where the balisong comes from

The balisong originates in Batangas in the Philippines. Ours are made by Filipino artisans and metalworkers, many from families with generations of experience, now working in the United States.

They are offered as live blades and as trainers at the same price, in 440C stainless, D2 tool steel, VG10, high carbon and Damascus, with handles in kamagong ebony, carabao horn, Philippine deer horn and bone. Every knife includes a fitted leather sheath, and any of them can be engraved on the bolster: initials or a short line of text for $19, your own logo for $29.

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