“IF THE KNIFE IS MAINTAINED AND TIGHT THERE IS ALMOST NO CHANCE OF LOCK FAILURE.”
—MATT GRIFFEY
It’s a focus of versatility. From the style of opening to the enthusiasts who perform a variety of maneuvers with it, blade exposed, the balisong/butterfly knife is an object of curiosity and fascination.
The original term for the subject knife, balisong, is a favorite of Lucas Cao, founder and president of Squid Industries, which produces the popular Tsunami balisong. “Butterfly is a great slang name that describes the mechanism,” he remarked, “but the word balisong has a rich cultural history behind it.”*
With that observation in mind, the Tsunami is true to the Squid concepts of user accommodation.
