D2 Tool Steel Butterfly
The balisong is the most famous of all traditional Filipino weapons — a folding butterfly knife perfected over generations in Batangas, Philippines. This collection honors that heritage with hand-forged D2 tool steel blades: hard-wearing, edge-holding knives fitted with kamagong ebony, carabao horn, deer horn, and bone handles, built to the classic 24cm and 29cm patterns. Every piece is handmade by Filipino artisans — no two handles are ever identical. Whether you collect traditional weapons or want a working balisong in the old style, these are the real thing, shipped from the USA. New to the tradition? Read the history of the balisong or explore our authentic Filipino balisong collection.
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BF-100 Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Tanto Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle
A tanto point is a flat grind meeting a short angled tip, which makes it the sturdiest tip geometry in the traditional series.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 200g
BF-101 Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle
Rosewood, brass, and proportions that have not shifted in generations - the BF-101 is the plain Batangas pattern, made the way it always has been.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 200g
BF-102 Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 200g
BF-103 Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
A symmetrical dagger point, brass bolsters and rose wood left to show its own grain - the BF-103 does not modernise the Batangas pattern, it repeats it.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
BF-104 Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
Traditional here means nothing has been added: rosewood, brass, and the proportions Batangas smiths settled on generations ago.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
BF-105 Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
Every BF-105 is made by hand rather than machined by the thousand, and the traditional Batangas outline carries nothing that does not earn its place.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
BF-106 Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
A dagger blade is symmetrical, so the BF-106 looks and handles the same whichever way it opens - and it is the heavier of the two rose wood daggers.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
BF-107 Dagger SnakeFilipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
The name sits in the blade line: a dagger profile with a spine that curves away like a snake mid-strike.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
BF-108 Dagger Snake Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
A snake commits to one line and wastes nothing getting there. The BF-108 dagger profile reads the same way - narrow, symmetrical, straight to the point.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
BF-109 Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
The plain Batangas outline with nothing added, where rose wood against brass keeps the BF-109 warm rather than showy.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
BF-110 Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
This Filipino Traditional model pairs a durable D2 tool-steel blade with a rosewood handle for a classic Batangas-style flipper.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
BF-111 Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle
The Dagger Blade variant of our Filipino Traditional line adds a symmetrical double-edged profile to the same D2 steel, rosewood-handled build.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g
About our balisongs
The balisong began in Batangas, in the Philippines, and every knife in this collection is made in that tradition. Our knives are made by Filipino artisans and metalworkers, many from families with generations of experience, now working in the United States.
Blades are ground in 440C stainless, D2 tool steel, VG10, high carbon and Damascus steel. Handles are fitted in kamagong ebony, carabao horn, Philippine deer horn and bone, and every knife ships with a fitted leather sheath. Both live blades and trainers are offered.
Before a knife leaves the bench it passes a four-step quality process: 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.
Most orders ship in 1 to 3 business days and arrive in 4 to 8 business days across the USA, or 8 to 14 business days internationally. Out of stock knives are handcrafted to order in 2 to 3 weeks, and every order ships worldwide with tracking.