Handmade D2 steel balisong knife
D2 is a specification, not a promise. Two knives can both say D2 on the listing and behave nothing alike, and the reason is heat treatment.
Run D2 too hard and it turns brittle. The edge stops rolling and starts chipping instead, which on a butterfly knife matters more than on anything else you own, because balisongs get dropped. Run it too soft and you have thrown away the wear resistance you bought it for. The window is narrow and hitting it takes a smith who has hardened the same steel a few thousand times and watched what came back.
That is the actual difference between our blades and a factory D2 knife built to a cost per unit. Not the steel, which anyone can buy. The hours of judgement around it. We run ours to roughly 58 to 62 HRC, forged and ground by hand in Batangas, where families have been making balisongs for generations.
47 handmade D2 balisongs here, $121.00 to $357.50, averaging $177.80. No two handles identical, because no two pieces of horn are.
Showing 1–24 of 50 results
Dagger Snake Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-107
Dagger Snake Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-108
Dagger Snake Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Stag Horn Handle BF-117
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle Best Quality Knife BF-113
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle Best Quality Knife BF-114
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle Best Quality Knife BF-115
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-103
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-104
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-105
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-109
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-110
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-112
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Stag Horn Handle BF-118
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-106
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-111
Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Shark Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Stag Horn Handle BF-119
Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle BF-101
Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle BF-99
Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-102
Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Tanto Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle BF-100
Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Tanto Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Stag Horn Handle BF-116
Hand Forged D2 Steel Balisong Snake Blade Knife| Stag & Brass Engraved Bolsters Handle | Premium Butterfly Knife with Snake Shape Leather Sheath BF-149
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.
Handmade Balisong Kitchen Chef Knife | Matte Stone Washed D2 Tool Steel | Ram Horn Handle with Leather Sheath BF-164
Stone washed D2, a row of hollows drilled through the flat, ram horn panels and a skeletonised frame. This is the one to buy if you would rather use a knife than curate it.
Blade Material – D2 Tool Steel, matte stone washed
Handle Material – Ram Horn, skeletonised frame with brass pins
Overall Length – 30.5 cm (12 in)
Blade Length – 18 cm (7 in)
Hardness – 58-60 HRC
Sheath – Fitted leather, included
Handmade D2 Steel Balisong Tanto Blade Knife| Mother of Pearl & Steel Engraved Bolsters Handle | Premium Butterfly Knife with Leather Sheath BF-141
Specifications:
Overall Length: 29 cm
Blade Length: 14 cm
Weight: 205 g
Blade Material: High-Performance D2 Steel Double Edge
Handle Material: Mother of Pearl with Steel Engraved Bolsters Handle
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.
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.