Filipino Traditional Series D2 Steel Beautiful Dagger Blade Butterfly Balisong Knife USA Made Gift For Him With Rose Wood Handle BF-102
Original price was: $271.95.$203.96Current price is: $203.96.
Blade Materials – D2 Tool Steel
Handle Materials – Brass with rose Wood
Overall Length – 24cm
Blade Length -12cm
Weight – 200g
Hand-forged in the Batangas tradition
The balisong was born in Batangas, Philippines. Every knife in this catalogue is made by Filipino artisans and metalworkers, many from families with generations of experience, now working in the United States. Blades are ground from 440C stainless, D2 tool steel, VG10, high carbon and Damascus, and fitted to handles of kamagong ebony, carabao horn, Philippine deer horn and bone.
Checked four times
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.
Engraving available
Initials or short text $19 in the font you choose, a custom logo $29. Select it above Add to Cart and upload the logo file at checkout.
A sheath with every knife
Every knife includes a fitted leather sheath. Both live blades and trainers are offered, and every order ships worldwide with tracking.
Buying more than one?
Trade pricing starts at ten pieces and reaches 45% under retail at volume, with your logo on the bolster. See wholesale and bulk, or design one from scratch.
The BF-102 is the dagger blade in the Filipino Traditional line: 24cm open, a 12cm D2 blade, 200g, brass and rose wood. We build six different blade profiles across this series and nobody explains what they actually do, so here is that page.
The six shapes, and what each is for
| Profile | What it is | Good at | Bad at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | A straight spine running to a modest point, curve in the last third | Everything, adequately. The default for a reason | Nothing in particular. Nothing exceptional either |
| Dagger | Symmetrical, two edges, point on the centreline | Balance in the hand. Piercing. Looking like nothing else | Draw cuts, food, anything needing a spine to push on |
| Tanto | Two flats meeting at an angle rather than a curve | Tip strength. It will not snap | Slicing. Very little usable belly |
| Hunting | Belly carried forward, generous curve | Drawing cuts, actual work | Fine point control |
| Shark | High flat spine dropping to a shallow point | Push cuts, controlled work, safety near a thumb | Piercing. There is barely a point to pierce with |
| Snake | Decorative spine profile on a plain grind | Being looked at | Nothing, but it earns nothing either |
What a dagger actually gives you
Symmetry, and symmetry is not just aesthetic. Because the point sits on the centreline, the blade balances the same either way up and the knife handles identically whichever way it opens. On a balisong, where the blade arrives in your hand in an orientation you did not entirely choose, that is a real advantage rather than a talking point.
It also means twice the grinding. A symmetrical blade has to agree with itself along the whole length, and a dagger that is half a degree out reads as wrong immediately in a way a hunting blade never does. That is the hardest grind we do and it is most of why this profile costs more than the plain one.
What a dagger takes away
Two edges means no spine. There is nowhere safe to put a thumb, which rules out a great deal of controlled cutting, and it is poor at drawing cuts because there is very little belly on either side.
Sharpening takes twice as long, because you are doing two bevels rather than one and a bevel that meets on a centreline gives you no reference to work from.
There is also a legal point, and this is not a joke section. Double-edged blades are treated differently from single-edged ones in a number of jurisdictions, sometimes very differently, regardless of length. If you are buying a dagger profile, read the rule that applies at your own address before you order rather than after. We ship what is legal for us to ship and the local rule is yours to know.
D2 steel and a rose wood balisong handle
D2 is an air-hardening tool steel: about one and a half percent carbon, eleven to twelve percent chromium, just under the stainless threshold. It holds an edge longer than anything else we sell and wants a diamond plate when it eventually needs work, roughly twice a year.
We heat treat to 58-60 HRC, which on a dagger matters more than usual, because a symmetrical point has less steel behind it than a tanto and a harder blade would find that out on the first drop.
Rose wood is dense, warm brown, regular in the grain, and it darkens quietly over the years. The brass goes brown alongside it.
Two hundred grams
The lighter of the two weights in this series. It rotates a shade more willingly than the 220g knives and tires your arm less across a long session, which suits a blade profile you will probably be flipping more than cutting.
Ordering this D2 dagger balisong
Unsharpened trainer, selected above Add to Cart, and on a double-edged blade that is a more serious recommendation than usual.
Leather sheath, fitted to this frame, in the box. US delivery is on us. Beyond that it is $49 for the order however large.
Every knife is checked for lockup, pivot action and edge before it goes in the box. Nothing ships that we would not keep for ourselves.
Processing
Most orders leave the bench in 1 to 3 business days. If the knife you picked is not in stock we forge it for you, which takes roughly 2 to 3 weeks. Engraving adds a little time on top of that.
What shipping costs
- United States: free on every order.
- Everywhere else: a flat 49 dollars for the whole order, however many knives are in it, so two at once ship for the same as one.
How long it takes
- USA: 4 to 8 business days
- International: 8 to 14 business days, longer if customs takes an interest
Those are carrier estimates, not promises we can enforce.
Tracking
A tracking number reaches you by email as soon as the parcel is collected. Carriers often take 24 to 48 hours to start showing movement, so a quiet first day is normal.
Customs and local law
Import duty, VAT and customs fees are set by your own country and are yours to pay. Balisong law varies by country and by US state, so it is worth checking yours before you order.
The full detail lives on Order and Shipping and Return or Exchange.
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4 to 8 business days, tracked door to door.
International
8 to 14 business days. Customs times vary by country.
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Out of stock pieces are handcrafted for you in 2 to 3 weeks.
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