Traditional Balisongs

Traditional balisong knives trace their roots to Batangas, Philippines, where the butterfly knife was perfected generations ago. Every knife in this collection is handmade by Filipino artisans using high carbon or D2 tool steel blades with classic horn, bone, or hardwood handles. Traditional models can be ordered in bulk through wholesale, or specified piece by piece in the balisong builder.

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BF-111 Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle

$181.50

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

BF-70 Liger High Carbon Steel Original Filipino Balisong butterfly Knife

$133.65

A liger is a crossbreed, and the BF-70 mixes the same way: high carbon steel, brass and kamagong.

Blade Materials – High Carbon Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -180g

BF-71 Lizard High Carbon Steel Original Filipino Balisong butterfly Knife

$133.10

Low, flat and quick off the mark, the BF-71 Lizard runs high carbon steel at 180g.

Blade Materials – High Carbon Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -180g

BF-72 Long-Eared High Carbon Steel Original Filipino Balisong butterfly Knife

$132.55

High carbon at 180g in brass and kamagong — a knife you learn by feel, not by eye.

Blade Materials – High Carbon Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -180g

BF-73 Magpie High Carbon Steel Original Filipino Balisong butterfly Knife

$137.50

Blade Materials – High Carbon Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -180

BF-74 Malayan Civet High Carbon Steel Original Filipino Balisong butterfly Knife

$132.00

The Malayan civet is a night animal, dark-banded and easy to miss, and kamagong suits it: the Philippine ironwood is close to black.

Blade Materials – High Carbon Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -180g

BF-75 Masked Palm High Carbon Steel Original Filipino Balisong butterfly Knife

$133.10

The masked palm civet moves at night and keeps to itself, and the BF-75 is the understated one in the high carbon group.

Blade Materials – High Carbon Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -180g

BF-76 Mayfly High Carbon Steel Original Filipino Balisong butterfly Knife

$133.65

The Mayfly is our High Carbon steel model named for nature's briefest-lived insect, fitted with dense Philippine kamagong wood.

Blade Materials – High Carbon Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -180g

BF-77 Millipede High Carbon Steel Original Filipino Balisong butterfly Knife

$135.85

The Millipede takes its name from the many-legged crawler, paired here with a tough High Carbon blade and kamagong wood handle.

Blade Materials – High Carbon Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -180g

BF-99 Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle

$209.00

Blade Materials – D2 Steel

Handle Materials – Brass with Rose Wood

Overall Length – 24cm

Blade Length -12cm

Weight – 200g

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.