| There are now a number of knives makers in the U.S | | | | or Baling sungay means broken horn, and because the |
| that make balisongs or butterfly knives. One of them is | | | | first knives where made of animal horns many think |
| Benchmade. Another well known knife make is | | | | that is where the name comes from. Others think that |
| Emerson. Emersons very first knives where balisongs | | | | they are called balisong for the reason the they are |
| that he made while studding Filipino martial arts in | | | | thought to first be invented in a town called balisong. |
| California. | | | | These pocket knives origins are from the Philippines |
| All those now no one is really sure where the name | | | | and though discouraged now for hundreds of years |
| balisong comes form that are a few thoughts as to | | | | where once used to fight in duels. |
| what it is referring to. In the Tagalog language balisong | | | | |