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This category holds two listings you will not find in the shop grid, because neither one is a ready made knife. The first is Custom Balisong, Built to Your Spec, which is what a finished sheet from our balisong builder becomes at checkout. You choose the steel, handles, bolsters, size and edge. We email the full spec back within one working day, and nothing is cut until you reply. The build itself takes three to four weeks.
The second is the Custom Design Review Deposit, for when you would rather send your own drawing. A maker reviews it and comes back with a firm price. The deposit is credited against your knife, or refunded in full if we cannot build it. Custom builds are final sale, since nobody else wants your initials. If you would rather start from a finished collector piece, look at Balisong Prime.
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.