Butterfly Knives For Sale

The Jaguar butterfly knife or balisong knife are uniquely designed so that when the fixed knife blade is closed, the knife handles completely cover the steel blade. To open, you unlock the steel blade and use a wrist flipping motion to "unsheathe" the knife blade. Butterfly knives, originally from the Philippines, were brought back by American soldiers during WWII and have been popular ever since. If you are looking for a butterfly knife that feels heavy and sturdy then you've come to the right knife store. Our butterfly knives or balisongs are constructed using the highest quality standards.

These 5 inch (closed) butterfly knives have 440 stainless steel blades and cast metal handles. Very durable. All butterfly knives measure: Open 9" -- Closed 5.25" -- Knife Blade 4.5".

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The butterfly knife or balisong knife is one of the most ancient tools known to man. In its earliest form, it consisted of a piece of wood, stone or bone with a jagged edge. Human creativity soon led to chipping, rubbing or flaking the material to produce a crude cutting implement. This was the first product of human ingenuity dating back millions of years, and an act that led to man's dominance over animals.

The balisong knife, or Filipino butterfly knife, is one of the ancient weapons of Kali, the ancestral art of all the Malaya-Polynesian fighting systems. This mystic art is considered to be the deadliest fighting system in the world. In some parts of the Orient, as well as Africa, the Pacific Islands, Central and South America, Kali was and still is considered the art of arts.

The butterfly knifes ancestry dates back to 800 AD. An ancient Filipino legend recalls the story of one warrior trained in the Filipino martial arts who dispatched 29 enemies with a folding knife. The knife, to forerunner of today's balisong, is referred to by native Filipinos as the "Veintinuevea", which means 29 in memory of that feat.

The original butterfly knife took its name from a small barrio called Bali sung, in the Batangas region of the Philippines. The people of that town are noted solely for producing this knife. According to the elders of that area, their forefathers have handed down the art of making this particular knife for centuries.

Literally translated, "balia" means to break, and "sunga" means horn. The early handles were carved out of animal horns. This was the "brokena horn knifea".

The early butterfly knives were made from available materials, and were rather crude when compared to Japanese blades. But unlike Japanese blades, the balisongs or butterfly knives were not meant to pierce through feudal amour. In the heat of the tropics, the target of a balisong or butterfly knife was usually a nearly nude human body. For that purpose, they were more than adequate.

The first butterfly knives were introduced to the States by early Filipino immigrant farm laborers, and by returning "GIas" who brought them back as war souvenirs. The soldiers referred to them as "aclick-clicka" knives because of their fancy but noisy action. For the same reason, the Filipino-American kids of that era called them balisongsa - balia meaning to break and songa for the song of the blade. In the Filipino communities like Stockton, California, the balisong or butterfly knife was a common as baseball to American kids. Every 5 year old knew how to open one, even though they might not know how to use it.

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