high carbon blade knives
89 knives is too many to scroll through blind, so here is the map. This shelf is the wider high carbon family, which means it holds three different kinds of steel.
The traditional carbon series, BF-56 to BF-77. $121.55 to $139.70. Hare, Hedgehog, Heron, Honey Bee, Hoopoe, Hornbill, Horse, Human, Ibis, Insect, King Cobra, Kingfisher, Ladybug, Leopard Cat, Liger, Lizard, Magpie, Malayan Civet, Mayfly, Millipede. Plain carbon, tough, easiest to sharpen, will patina. The narrowest price band on the site.
The 440C series, BF-01 to BF-25. $110.00 to $247.50. High-carbon stainless. Same family by chemistry, completely different maintenance.
The D2 series and traditional lines, BF-78 upward. $121.00 to $220.00. High-carbon tool steel, the best edge retention here, the slowest to sharpen.
If you want the classic Batangas carbon blade specifically, buy from the first group. If you want the family in general, the average across all 89 is $156.35.
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Amihan Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made With Rose Wood Handle BF-99
Blade Materials – D2 Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 200g
Antelope Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Philippine Deer Horn Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-06

Handle Materials – Brass with Philippine Deer Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight -250g
Apoy Handmade Balisong Kitchen Chef Knife | Forge Finished High Carbon Steel | Stag Handle with Leather Sheath BF-165
The black on this blade is not a coating. It is what the forge left behind, and we ground the edge bevel bright so you can see exactly where one ends and the other begins.
Blade Material – High Carbon Steel, forge finish with polished bevel
Handle Material – Stag with steel bolsters
Overall Length – 30.5 cm (12 in)
Blade Length – 18 cm (7 in)
Hardness – 58-60 HRC
Sheath – Fitted leather, included
Argentine Ant Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Stainless Steel and Carabao Horn Handle | 22cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-02
Blade Materials – 440c stainless Steel
Handle Materials – Stainless Steel with Carabao Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 22cm
Blade Length -11cm
Weight – 175g
Asian Palm Civet Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Carabao Horn Handle | 24cm Lightweight Flipper Gift | BF-08
The Asian Palm Civet lends its name to this balisong, built with corrosion-resistant 440c stainless steel and genuine carabao horn.
Blade Materials – 440c stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Carabao Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 165g
Aurochs Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Stainless Steel and Kamagong Wood Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-09
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Stainless Steel with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 175g
Bagani Filipino Traditional D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-111
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
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
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
Banded Sugar Ant Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Philippine Deer Horn Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-04
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Philippine Deer Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight -310g
Barb Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Kamagong Wood Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-10
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 195g
Barn Owl Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Kamagong Wood Handle | 24cm Lightweight Flipper Gift | BF-11
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 165g
Bear Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Kamagong Wood Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-13
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 175g
Beetle Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Kamagong Wood Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-14
A 175g 440c flipper with brass bolsters and kamagong inlays: the compact end of the Beetle line.
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Kamagong Wood Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 175g
Bird Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Bone Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-16
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Bone Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 175g
Black Widow Spider Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Carabao Horn Handle | 24cm Lightweight Flipper Gift | BF-17
The Black Widow Spider inspires this balisong's name, pairing sharp 440c stainless steel with a carabao horn handle for striking presence.
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Carabao Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 165g
Bullet Ant Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Stainless Steel and Philippine Deer Horn Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-01
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Stainless Steel with Philippine Deer Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight -210g
Bumblebee Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Carabao Horn Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-18
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Karabao Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 175g
Bundok Philippine Visayan D2 Steel Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Stag Horn Handle BF-121
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
Cat Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Bone Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-19

Handle Materials – Brass with Bone Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 175
Caterpillar Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Bone Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-20

Handle Materials – Brass with Bone Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 220g
Catfish Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Solid Brass Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-21
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 185g
Centipede Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Philippine Deer Horn Handle | 24cm EDC Flipper Gift for Him | BF-22
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Philippine Deer Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 175g
Chicken Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino Balisong Butterfly Knife with Brass and Visayan Philippine Deer Horn Handle | 29cm Full Size Collector Gift | BF-23
Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
Handle Materials – Brass with Visayan Philippine Deer Horn Inserts
Overall Length – 29cm
Blade Length -14cm
Weight – 225g
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.













