Butterfly Knives and Balisongs
Butterfly Knives and Balisongs
The Basics
Butterfly knives, sometimes known as a balisong, is a Philippine folding knife that has two handles. The handles counter rotate around the tang of the knife so that when the knife is closed the blade is concealed within the handles. A expert butterflier can move the manipulate the knife quickly to bring it from a completely closed position to a fully open position quickly. The picture shows an open butterfly knife. Butterfliers manipulate the knives in a wide variety of moves (often called flipping) for fun and amusement. Looking for a Great Trainer Butterfly
Instead of cutting the heck out of the back of your hands, get this trainer butterfly knife and practice in relative safety. This knife has very similar weight to a mid-weight butterfly knife. It has extremely smooth action and is adjustable with the hex screws on the blade. This means you can tighten or loosen the action on your butterfly. A great training tool to practice your tricks before you actual do them on a sharp blade.
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Black Widow Butterfly Knife
The Black Widow Butterfly Knife is an extremely well constructed butterfly with a unique shape and style all it's own. Built with flared handles, this tactical look butterfly knife has smooth action. The knife is built with hex construction. This is great. It means you can adjust the tightness of the play on your butterfly to your exact specifications. It also means you should check these hex screws from time to time just to ensure they haven't come loose. The tang has two pins in it which prevent unnecessary banging of the handles. These pins also reduce wear and tear on your butterfly. All around, this unique look butterfly ranks right up there. Well built, smooth action, and it looks fantastic.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Closed: 5 3/4"
Open: 9 3/4"
Blade Length: 4"
Hex Construction
Weight: 4.8 Ounces
Wikipedia Description of Butterfly Knives
A balisong, otherwise known as a butterfly knife or a Batangas knife or sometimes called Bente Nueve...
Discount Black Butterfly Knife
The Discount Black Butterfly Knife has an all black tactical look. The stainless steel handles have skeletonized punch outs in a Morse Code style (dots and dashes) that make for a great look and reduce the weight of this well built balisong. Made with hex screw construction, the butterfly is easy to adjust to fit your individual tastes in blade tension.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Closed: 5 1/8"
Open: 8 5/8"
Blade Length: 3 5/8"
Torx Construction
Weight: 4.6 Ounces
How to Use a Butterfly Knife
Butterflying for Beginners
For the beginner, there is a proper place to start. First of all, you need to purchase a knife you like. Typically, this should be a light or a medium weight butterfly knife. The heavy ones should be used only after you have built up your skils. Otherwise, you are going to have very sore knuckles. You can find some really nice knives at BladeOps.com. After you have your knife, it is a good idea, for the first little while, to put some masking, duct, or electrical tape along the sharp edge(s) of the blade. This way, if you mess up, you won't have cut knuckles. I prefer electrical tape because it is less messy and easy to take off.Then you take your knife in your dominant hand and release the safety (this is normally at the bottom of the handles). Hold the knife gently in your dominant hand between your thumb and your forefinger and middle finger. Put all the digits on only one of the two handles. Slowly "flip" the other handle out. This is just to get used to the weight of the knife. After you can do this fairly well, flip out the handle and spin the handle you are still holding in your hand 180 degrees. Now flip the handle that is loose back towards your hand and catch it between your thumb and two fingers. You shold be holding an open butterfly knife. To close it, you just do all that in reverse.
After you are good at this, practice some other moves. You can find ideas online at youtube or maybe your friends can teach you some.
Have fun and be safe!
Terminator Butterfly Knife
The Terminator Butterfly Knife stands out among its peers. The uniquely shaped handle gives you a great weight and good hold spots for your fingers and hand. The Terminator Butterfly has an all stainless steel construction which gives it a clean, futuristic look. Made with hex construction for adjustable tension on the blade and handles, the Terminator is a great, solid butterfly knife.SPECIFICATIONS:
Closed: 5 1/8"
Open: 8 7/8"
Blade Length: 3 1/2"
Hex Construction
Weight: 3.9 Ounces
Books on Butterfly Knives
Balisong: The Lethal Art Of Filipino Knife Fighting
Amazon Price: $16.00 (as of 11/30/2009) 
Knife Laws of the Fifty States: A Guide for the Law-Abiding Traveler
Amazon Price: $17.96 (as of 11/30/2009)
Logic of Steel: A Fighter's View of Blade and Shank Encounters
Amazon Price: $18.00 (as of 11/30/2009)
Camo Butterfly Knife
The Camo Butterfly knife has the perfect combination of great looks and smooth action. The hex construction allows you to adjust the handle and blade tension so you can get the butterfly knife to fit you. Then there is the great looking camo print all over the stainless steel blade and handles. Combine this great look with a nicely textured handle (it has an x and o deep set print on it) and you have a butterfly that you can really work with.SPECIFICATIONS:
Closed: 5 1/8"
Open: 8 7/8"
Blade Length: 3 5/8"
Hex Construction
Weight: 4.6 Ounces
Where to find them?
Buy a Butterfly Knife
A great site to buy a butterfly is BladeOps.com. They have great service, fast and free shipping on all their knives, and if you see it they have it in stock ready for you to buy. Check them out today! Rising Sun Butterfly Knife
Sweet Two-Edged Butterfly
The Rising Sun Butterfly Knife is an amazing two-edged knife. As you can see from the picture, the coloring on the knife goes from red at the end of the handle to black in the middle of the handle and blade and then back to red. This butterfly knife has amazingly smooth action. It has double tang pegs to reduce wear and tear on the handles and it has nearly perfect weight. Here is the trick, this should only be used by a skilled butterfly user. With both edges of the blade sharp, unless you really know what you are doing, you can cut your knuckles up something fierce if you screw up.But, with that in mind, this is by far my new most favorite butterfly knife on the market. Get one and have some fun.
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- kane kane Jul 16, 2009 @ 12:23 am
- i am soz but i realy like the rising sun but i have never used a balisong before, should i still get it
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- gorgehunt gorgehunt Dec 11, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
- This is great--thanks. I especially like the Rising Sun, maybe it will be my next butterfly.
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- gorgehunt gorgehunt Nov 27, 2008 @ 10:06 am
- Go BladeOps--another great squidoo page!
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- Jeff Ross Jeff Ross Oct 16, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
- Trevor, this is very cool. I didn't know you were into knives. Do you have a big collection?
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