Handmade D2 Steel Balisong Knife | Bone & Brass Bolster Handle | Premium Butterfly Knife with Leather Sheath | BMK-714

Description

Bone panels, long brass bolsters and a satin D2 blade with a swept clip point, three lightening holes drilled through the flat and a fluted fan cut into the ricasso. This is a traditional-looking flipper built on a modern tool steel, and the combination is deliberate rather than accidental.

Overall length	11 inches
Blade length	5 inches
Handle length	6 inches
Steel	D2 tool steel
Handle	Bone & Brass Bolster

What the bolsters are actually for

Bolsters are the brass blocks at each end of the handle, and on a balisong they are structural rather than ornamental. The pivot end absorbs every load the knife takes when a handle swings out and stops dead. Putting brass there and bone in between means the metal handles the stress and the panel material only has to look right and feel right in the palm. It is the older way of building these, and it is the reason bone panels survive on a knife of this length. The construction breakdown shows where the pins and pivot sit relative to those blocks.

Bone at eleven inches

Panels on a knife this long give a wide, flat gripping surface instead of the narrow strip you get on the nine-inch models. Bone is warm to hold in a way brass never manages, which matters in cold weather and matters more the longer a session runs. It is harder than most of the woods used here and will not compress under a pin, though it can chip at a corner if the knife lands on stone. The colour is not uniform, either: expect creamy white through to amber mottling, varying panel to panel, because that is what the material does.

Against the all-metal version

The all-brass build of this same frame is $278 and feels appreciably heavier for the identical measurements. Take that one if you want momentum doing the work for you. Take this one if you would rather hold something warmer for longer and accept a slightly less eager knife in exchange.

The blade profile

A clip point with a gentle recurve through the belly, ground satin rather than mirrored so it does not throw glare under a lamp. The three holes through the flat pull a little weight forward of the pivot, which shifts the balance back toward the handles and makes the knife feel quicker than its length suggests. The fluted section at the ricasso is cut by hand and is the one piece of decoration on an otherwise plain blade.

What D2 asks in return

Roughly eleven to twelve percent chromium means this steel tolerates humidity far better than plain carbon, holds a working edge for a long time, and is nobody’s idea of stainless. Leave it damp and it will spot. Bring it back with diamond or silicon carbide abrasives rather than a tired ceramic rod, because the same carbides that keep the edge alive are what make it stubborn on a soft stone.

Sheath and legality

A stitched black leather belt sheath is included, sized to this frame. Before ordering, check what your state or country permits, because balisong rules differ widely and that responsibility sits with the buyer rather than with us.

Built in Memphis

Blade profiling, heat treatment, bolster fitting, panel shaping, pivot fit and the last pass on the strop are all done at our Tennessee bench. Nothing about this knife is dropped in from a catalogue of parts, which is why the two handles close with the same weight of sound and the sharpened edge never touches the bone panels when the handles are shut. Covered for life on our workmanship.

Model: BMK-714