Squid Industries Mako Bottle Opener V5 Sapphire

The Mako Bottle Opener is our best-selling metal butterfly knife trainer. First introduced in June of 2019, the Mako has been highly acclaimed for its unique aesthetic, refined balance point, and excellent value. With community feedback over the past 5 years, we’ve continued to optimize and improve the Mako so that it can continue to redefine the standards of modern balisong flipping. 

The Mako Bottle Opener V5 is the perfect balance between flipping performance, durability, and utility. It features channel design handles machined from 6061 T6511 aircraft-grade aluminum and a trainer blade cut from hardened 410 stainless steel. The hardware at the bottom of the handles serves as removable weights. The dorsal fin on the back of the blade is a training aid to provide tactile feedback for when the user is holding the handles too low. The “edge” side of the trainer blade is represented by the protruding tooth which also provides tactile feedback when the user ricochets against the wrong side of the trainer blade.

If you’re looking for the ultimate bang-for-your-buck balisong trainer and EDC tool, then the Mako Bottle Opener is for you.

Mako Version History:

V1: Sandwich handle design, 304 stainless unheated treated blade, press fit zen pins

V2: Changed from zen pin to tang pins

V3: Revised from tang pins to hidden zen pins

V4: Upgraded from sandwich to channel handle design

V4.5: Moved gills higher up the handle and improved handle tolerances

V5: Added handle jimping and face slots, hardened 410 stainless steel trainer blade, and significantly improved handle tolerances.

The Mako Bottle Opener V5 is designed, manufactured, and assembled in the USA.

Made and Assembled in the US

• Channel 6061 T6511 AL Handles
• Hardened 410 Stainless Trainer Blade
• Sapphire PVD Coated Blade
• Handle Jimping
• Bottler Opener Shark Mouth
• Removable Weights

Each and every Squid Industries balisong is hand-assembled and tested to ensure that each unit is an exceptional flipper. All Squid Industries Balisongs arrive with a box, microfiber pouch, and sticker. Balisongs come thread locked.

Shop Soet and or Squid Industries is not responsible for lost, stolen, or seized packages.

NOTE: The following product is a balisong (butterfly) trainer and not a real knife. The "blade" shown in the following pictures is merely a dull slab of metal used to mimic the weight and feel of a real blade. Balisong trainers are not weapons and are strictly made for recreational and educational purposes only.