Set of 6 Bird Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino | Groomsmen Gift Set | BF-16-S6
Original price was: $805.26.$684.47Current price is: $684.47.
Bulk set discount: 15% off. Buying this set of 6 costs 15% less than buying the same knives one at a time.
This set is 6 of the same balisong: Bird Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino. It is the same knife sold on its own single listing, packed together for groomsmen, a wedding party or a flipping crew. Every knife in the box is the same model.
Buying the set costs 15% less than buying 6 single knives. If you want names on them, tick text engraving, type one name per line and each name goes on its own knife.
Handmade in Austin, TX. Ships Worldwide.
Every knife is built by hand in our workshop in Austin, Texas, by Filipino makers trained in the Batangas tradition. We ship to any country we are allowed to send a knife to. Free shipping inside the United States, 49 USD flat everywhere else. Shipping and delivery times
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Bulk set discount: 15% off. Buying this set of 6 costs 15% less than buying the same knives one at a time.
This set is 6 of the same balisong: Bird Handmade 440C Stainless Steel Original Filipino. It is the same knife sold on its own single listing, packed together for groomsmen, a wedding party or a flipping crew. Every knife in the box is the same model.
Buying the set costs 15% less than buying 6 single knives. If you want names on them, tick text engraving, type one name per line and each name goes on its own knife.
The BF-16 Bird pairs a brass frame with bone inserts, which is the reason to buy this one over its neighbours. 440C blade, 24cm open, 175g. If you have only handled wood-inlaid balisongs, bone is a different object in the hand, and this page is mostly about that difference rather than about flipping mechanics you can read anywhere.
Bone is not wood with a different colour
People treat handle material as decoration. It is not. It changes the temperature, the grip, and the way the knife ages, and bone differs from kamagong on all three.
| Bone | Kamagong (ironwood) | |
|---|---|---|
| Feel on contact | Cool, stays cool longer | Warms to hand temperature quickly |
| Surface | Hard, slightly slick when polished | Slightly grippier, more texture |
| Ageing | Creams and yellows, gains character | Darkens toward black |
| Pattern | Pores and density lines, irregular | Grain, directional |
The slickness matters. A polished bone panel is a touch more slippery than wood, which some flippers love because the knife rotates freely through a loose grip, and which others hate for exactly the same reason. We would rather tell you that up front than have you find it out on day two.
No two panels match, and they are not supposed to
Bone is a structure, not a material we pour. It has pores, density variation, and small dark flecks where the marrow channels ran. Cut two panels from the same piece and they will be cousins, not twins.
If your Bird arrives with one panel slightly creamier than the other, that is the correct outcome. A perfectly matched pair of “bone” panels usually means a polymer that has been moulded to look like bone, and there is quite a lot of that on the internet at prices that should worry you.
Looking after it
- Keep it out of long soaks. Bone is porous and does not enjoy being wet for hours.
- A little mineral oil once or twice a year keeps it from drying out. Not much. A drop on a cloth.
- Skin oil is good for it. Flipping the knife is maintenance.
- Do not put it near heat to dry it. Bone that dries too fast can check, the same way wood does.
Specifications for this 440C dagger butterfly knife
| Blade material | 440C stainless steel |
| Handle material | Brass with bone inserts |
| Overall length | 24cm |
| Blade length | 12cm |
| Weight | 175g |
The 440C steel underneath the pretty part
440C, hardened to about 58 HRC. Easy to sharpen, tough enough to be dropped, stainless enough to forgive a sweaty hand. It gives up some edge retention to D2 and that is a trade we make on purpose for flipping knives.
We mention it here because bone-handled knives tend to attract buyers who are shopping with their eyes, and a beautiful handle wrapped around a bad blade is the oldest trick in this business.
Weight and balance
175g in a 24cm frame is the middle of this series. Bone is lighter than the brass around it, so the mass in the Bird lives in the frame and the pivots rather than in the panels. The knife turns cleanly and does not feel panel-heavy in a roll.
Trainer version
Pick the trainer option above Add to Cart and you get this exact knife, bone panels and all, with an unsharpened edge. Same weight, same balance, same price. Some people buy a bone trainer purely because they want to carry something handsome and have no interest in an edge, which is a perfectly reasonable way to spend money.
Shipping and sheath for this bone handle balisong
Free within the United States, flat $49 everywhere else no matter the order size. The fitted leather sheath is cut for this model, which for a bone-handled knife is worth having: it keeps the panels off keys and coins.
the 440C comes out of the quench at 58-60 HRC. Harder than that and it chips; softer and you are sharpening it every fortnight.
The Bird pairs brass bolsters with a bone handle rather than horn or wood, and how the handle materials we use compare sets out how bone compares with those other materials for grip and long term wear. It is part of the stainless steel balisong knives. The BF-19 Cat carries the same bone handle over brass if you want to compare two bone builds side by side.
Matched sets for the whole wedding party are in Groomsmen Butterfly Knives. Want just one? See the single knife listing.
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.
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.
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Processing
Most orders ship in 1 to 3 business days.
USA delivery
4 to 8 business days, tracked door to door.
International
8 to 14 business days. Customs times vary by country.
Made to order
Out of stock pieces are handcrafted for you in 2 to 3 weeks.
We ship worldwide. The customer is responsible for customs, VAT and local legality.
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Blade Materials – 440c Stainless steel
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