[F. de Luzon]

Below are photos of a first class balisong from the Southern Tagalog province of Batangas in the Philippines. The blade is made of stainless steel, the handle of brass and the scales of carabao (water buffalo) horn. It is twenty nine centimeters long (extended length) and thus known as the "veinte nueve" (with "v" pronounced as "b" and "e" as in "echo") or 29 in Spanish. While it remains a utility knife and self defense weapon in the provinces, it is generally illegal (with some exceptions) on the streets of the Metro Manila. This example is of recent manufacture.