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Anatomy of a balisong
1- blade (in Tagalog: punyal)
2- edge (in Tagalog: talim)
3- back (reverse) (in Tagalog: gulugod)
4- point (in Tagalog: tulis)
5- side of the blade
NB : the ground is the progressive shape going from the back to the
edge of the blade.
7- ricasso
8- guard or hilt or quillion
9- tang (in Tagalog: talasok)
10- tang pin
11- handle pin (or pivot pin)
12- handle (in Tagalog: puluhan)
13- latch (in Tagalog: tarangka)
NB : when the latch is attached to the handle which is fixed on the
edge part of the blade, the style of the balisong is called Batangas
(this is the case of our example). Else, it is called Manila
style.
14- base of the handle or pommel (in Tagalog: punyo)
Measures & calculations
In the following tables,
L is the total length of the opened balisong,
B is the total length of the blade (including the tang)
E is the length of the edge of the blade
G is the length between the punyo and G, the inerty centre. |
Balisong |
L (cm) |
B (cm) |
E (cm) |
G (cm) |
Herbertz (old small model) |
18,5 |
10,2 |
7,2 |
6,6 |
Herbertz (recent model) |
23,1 |
12,1 |
8 |
8 |
Jaguar (blue model) |
22,8 |
12,1 |
8,9 |
7,5 |
Jaguar (recent model) |
23,1 |
12,1 |
8 |
7,9 |
Tanto ("rostfrei") |
22,6 |
12,1 |
8,6 |
7,7 |
BM239S (weehawk) |
23,5 |
12,5 |
8,2 |
8,7 |
BM44S (tanto) |
24,5 |
12,9 |
8,9 |
8,4 |
BM42AS |
24 |
12,9 |
8,5 |
9 |
PK136 |
15,5 |
8,1 |
5,9 |
5,4 |
PK320 |
22,6 |
12 |
8,4 |
7,9 |
PK701 |
23 |
12,6 |
8,8 |
7,9 |
MIN |
15,5 |
8,1 |
5,9 |
5,4 |
MAX |
24,5 |
12,9 |
8,9 |
9 |
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Balisong |
B/T |
E/L |
G/L |
Herbertz (old small model) |
0,551 |
0,389 |
0,357 |
Herbertz (recent model) |
0,524 |
0,346 |
0,346 |
Jaguar (blue model) |
0,531 |
0,390 |
0,329 |
Jaguar (recent model) |
0,524 |
0,346 |
0,342 |
Tanto ("rostfrei") |
0,535 |
0,381 |
0,341 |
BM239S (weehawk) |
0,532 |
0,349 |
0,370 |
BM44S (tanto) |
0,527 |
0,363 |
0,343 |
BM42AS |
0,538 |
0,354 |
0,375 |
PK136 |
0,523 |
0,381 |
0,348 |
PK320 |
0,531 |
0,372 |
0,350 |
PK701 |
0,548 |
0,383 |
0,343 |
MIN |
0,523 |
0,346 |
0,316 |
MAX |
0,551 |
0,390 |
0,375 |
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