balisong knives with D2 steel blade

47 knives carry a D2 blade here, and they come from four distinct series rather than one long run. Knowing which is which makes the shelf a great deal easier to read.
The animal-named series, BF-78 to BF-93. $121.00 to $162.25. Mole, Monarch, Mongoose, Mongrel, Monitor Lizard, Monkey, Moorhen, Moth, Mouse, Mule, Neanderthal, Newt, Nightingale, Otter, Pangolin, Parrot. Our standard pattern, traditional handles, the sensible starting point.
Pandayan Traditional, BF-94 to BF-98. $167.75 to $198.00. Named for the smithy itself. Dagger, hunting and tanto blades with burl wood and rosewood.
Filipino Traditional, BF-99 to BF-118. $170.50 to $220.00. The largest group on this shelf, rosewood and stag horn, and where most of the dagger and snake blades live.
Philippine Visayan, BF-120 to BF-122. $137.50 to $192.50, including the mini at $137.50.
Plus two outliers: the BF-141 in mother of pearl at $244.20 and the BF-149 snake blade at $357.50. Average across all 47: $177.80.

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Ahas Hand Forged D2 Steel Balisong Snake Blade Knife| Stag & Brass Engraved Bolsters Handle | Premium Butterfly Knife with Snake Shape Leather Sheath BF-149

Original price was: $464.95.Current price is: $348.71.

Specifications

  • Overall Length: 11.42 inches (29 cm)

  • Blade Length: 5.51 inches (14 cm)

  • Weight: 205 grams (7.23 oz)

    • Blade Material: D2 Steel Snake KnifeHandle Material: Stag with Brass Engraved Bolsters Handle

  • Sheath: Premium Leather

Personalise it: initials or short text engraving $19, custom logo engraving $29. Choose on this page before you add to cart. Free gift box included.

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

Original price was: $271.95.Current price is: $203.96.

Blade Materials – D2 Steel

Handle Materials – Brass with Rose Wood

Overall Length – 24cm

Blade Length -12cm

Weight – 200g

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

Original price was: $235.95.Current price is: $176.96.

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

Bagwis Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Tanto Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle BF-100

Original price was: $285.95.Current price is: $214.46.

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

Balete Philippine Visayan D2 Steel Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Stag Horn Handle BF-122

Original price was: $249.95.Current price is: $187.46.

Collectors reach for the BF-122 because it is the real thing: handmade start to finish in the Visayan style, with Philippine stag horn on the handles.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with stag horn
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 200g

Bundok Philippine Visayan D2 Steel Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Stag Horn Handle BF-121

Original price was: $249.95.Current price is: $187.46.

The Visayan islands developed their own reading of the balisong - longer and narrower than the Batangas standard, and lighter in hand than the length suggests.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with stag horn
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 200g

Dalisay Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-110

Original price was: $249.95.Current price is: $187.46.

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

Dangal Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle BF-101

Original price was: $285.95.Current price is: $214.46.

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

Giting Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-103

Original price was: $267.95.Current price is: $200.96.

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

Gubat Pandayan Traditional Series Hunting Balde D2 Steel Beautiful Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Burl Wood Handle BF-96

Original price was: $235.95.Current price is: $176.96.

Pandayan is the Filipino word for the forge itself, and the BF-96 wears it plainly: a hunting blade, narra burl and brass, nothing more.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Narra Burl Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 200g

Habagat Pandayan Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Cool Handle BF-94

Original price was: $228.95.Current price is: $171.71.

Narra burl replaces the near-black kamagong used across most of the range, so the BF-94 handle reads warmer and redder.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Narra Burl Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 200g

Hiyas Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle Best Quality Knife BF-113

Original price was: $235.95.Current price is: $176.96.

Rose wood, brass, and dimensions that have not needed changing in generations - this is where to start if you want to know what a traditional Filipino balisong is.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g

Kalayaan Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle Best Quality Knife BF-115

Original price was: $235.95.Current price is: $176.96.

Built the ordinary way, which is the hard way - hand-cut handles, hand-fitted pivots, and rose wood set into brass.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g

Lakan Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-105

Original price was: $249.95.Current price is: $187.46.

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

Lingkis Dagger Snake Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Stag Horn Handle BF-117

Original price was: $221.95.Current price is: $166.46.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with stag horn
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g

Liwayway Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-109

Original price was: $249.95.Current price is: $187.46.

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

Marilag Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-112

Original price was: $249.95.Current price is: $187.46.

Part of our Filipino Traditional collection, the BF-112 brings hand-fitted rosewood and dependable D2 steel to a classic balisong silhouette.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 220g

Molave Pandayan Traditional Series Hunting Balde D2 Steel Beautiful Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle BF-97

Original price was: $249.95.Current price is: $187.46.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 200g

 

Mole Handmade D2 Tool Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass, Carabao Horn and Jigged Bone Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-78

Original price was: $210.95.Current price is: $158.21.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Carabao Horn & Jigged Bone Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 220g

 

Monarch Handmade D2 Tool Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Bone Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-79

Original price was: $210.95.Current price is: $158.21.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Bone Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 220g

 

Mongoose Handmade D2 Tool Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass, Carabao and Deer Horn Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-80

Original price was: $210.95.Current price is: $158.21.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Carabao and Deer Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 220g

 

Mongrel Handmade D2 Tool Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Kamagong Wood Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-81

Original price was: $196.95.Current price is: $147.71.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 220g

 

Monitor Lizard Handmade D2 Tool Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Kamagong Wood Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-82

Original price was: $210.95.Current price is: $158.21.

A monitor lizard is the big one in its family, and the BF-82 matches it at 29cm and 220g in D2 tool steel.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 220g

 

Monkey Handmade D2 Tool Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Stainless Steel and Kamagong Wood Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-83

Original price was: $178.95.Current price is: $134.21.

Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Stainless Steel with Kamagong Wood
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 200g

 

Which D2 blade shape suits the way you will use the knife?

The description above sorts our D2 knives by series. That is how we think about them in the workshop, and it is not how most buyers choose. You pick a knife because of what the blade looks like and what you expect it to do, then you pick the handle. So here is the same shelf of 47 knives regrouped by blade shape, using the shape named in each product title.

Blade shape in the titleKnivesProduct codesSizes (overall)
Standard Filipino pattern31BF-78 to BF-94, BF-99, BF-101, BF-103 to BF-105, BF-109, BF-110, BF-112 to BF-115, BF-118, BF-121, BF-12224cm and 29cm
Dagger4BF-95, BF-102, BF-106, BF-11124cm
Tanto4BF-98, BF-100, BF-116, BF-14124cm and 29cm
Dagger Snake3BF-107, BF-108, BF-11724cm
Hunting2BF-96, BF-9724cm
Shark1BF-11924cm
Snake1BF-14929cm
Mini1BF-12020cm

The standard pattern: start here

Two thirds of our D2 knives use the standard Filipino blade, and in our opinion it is the most versatile shape we make: a straight edge that push cuts and slices well, a point strong enough for everyday use, and a profile any sharpener can follow. The animal-named series BF-78 to BF-93 is all standard pattern, split between 24cm and 29cm sizes. If you are buying one D2 balisong and it has to do everything, stop scrolling here.

Dagger and tanto: points with a purpose

A dagger profile gives you a symmetrical, centred point. It looks aggressive and it pierces well. A tanto swaps the curved belly for an angled front section, which gives a very strong tip and two distinct edge sections. The trade is that the angle where the two edges meet needs a little care on the stones, since you sharpen each section separately. Four knives in each shape here, mostly on rosewood and stag horn.

Snake and Dagger Snake: rope cutters and conversation pieces

The BF-149 has a true snake blade, a wavy edge. Its own product page is refreshingly blunt about it: the wave grabs fibrous material like rope and webbing better than a straight edge, it is worse for clean push cuts, and sharpening is the real trade. In our experience each trough wants a round rod rather than a flat stone. The three Dagger Snake knives, BF-107, BF-108 and BF-117, combine the dagger outline with that serpent styling. Check the photos on each page before buying, because the look is the point.

The small and the unusual: hunting, shark and mini

The two Pandayan hunting blades, BF-96 in narra burl and BF-97 in rosewood, have the fuller belly you want for long slicing strokes. The BF-119 is our only shark profile, a limited edition in stag horn. The BF-120 mini is a different instrument: 20cm open, 9cm blade, 135g. Its product page explains why a short handle rotates faster and makes timing harder, so treat it as a knife for experienced flippers rather than a gentle first step.

For the steel side of the decision, read our D2 vs Damascus vs 440C guide. Every shape above lives in the D2 traditional collection, and the balisong sharpening guide covers keeping each profile keen.

Blade shape questions

What is the most common D2 blade shape here? The standard Filipino pattern. 31 of the 47 D2 knives on this shelf use it, including the entire animal-named series from BF-78 to BF-93.

Which D2 balisongs have a tanto blade? Four: BF-98, BF-100, BF-116 and BF-141. The first three are 24cm knives in rosewood or stag horn, and the BF-141 is a 29cm Prime knife in mother of pearl.

Is a snake blade harder to sharpen? Yes. A wavy edge cannot be sharpened properly on a flat stone alone. Each trough needs a round rod, which takes longer and more patience than a straight edge.

What is the best D2 blade shape for everyday cutting? The standard pattern. It slices, push cuts and sharpens easily, which is exactly what everyday use asks for.

Is the D2 mini balisong good for beginners? Not especially. At 20cm open and 135g, its short handles rotate faster than a full size knife, which shrinks your timing window. Most people learn more easily on a 24cm knife.

Which D2 knife has a hunting blade? Two Pandayan Traditional knives: BF-96 with a narra burl handle and BF-97 with rosewood.

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.