1911a1forlife Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 hello everyone, this is my first try at making a folding knife which I finished this past winter. The blade is forged steel the liners are brass and the handle is made of maple. I made a ballbearing detent to lock the blade in the open and closed positions. The blade length is almost 4 inches long with an overall length with handle at alittle over 8 inches. I appoligize in advance if the pics don't come up right, this is my first try at posting pictures on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 that is a great knife, and i would abosolutley love to know how you made the handle. way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911a1forlife Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Thanks alot new guy! I took 2 slabs of maple and lightly glued them together. I then traced one of the brass liners with a pencil and cut out the shape on a bandsaw. I then contoured both sides of the wood to equal shape. I had to figure a way to attach the wood to the liners since the only thing holding them on would be the pivoting pin, so I found some brass tack nails laying around so I drilled a series of holes down the back portiong of the liners and the handles and basically riveted the handles on. After the holes were drilled, I then took a small wood chisel and broke the two glued handles apart. The hole above the pivoting pin was supposed to be a place for me to push down on the ballbearing to unlock the blade, however the handles were too thick and the pivoting pin was too close to this hole, however it now serves as a lubrication point instead to keep the blade running smooth. If you guys have any more questions, just let me know! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 how long have you been playing at bladsmithing? my first knife could have been made out of playdough, so i am really impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911a1forlife Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 New guy, I started about 6 years ago, a good friend of mine is a blacksmith that used to make knives and swords for medieval shows. He said if I wanted to learn blacksmithing, he would show me so I started to learn. Before I ever did blacksmithing, I always had an interest in how knives were made, which helps when I want to make one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 well i guess i am a little less impressed, but still that is a very nice knife. so just make sheets of brass as liners? that will be good to know for us newbies. heckuva job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911a1forlife Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Thanks for the kind words new guy! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 anytime. if you think someone is good, be honest and tell them (at least thats what i think). still way to go! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenchcrack Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Has anyone noticed that the cameras we have today take photos with the background in perfect focus and the subject just out of focus. Woo Hoo is that progress or what?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911a1forlife Posted May 18, 2009 Author Share Posted May 18, 2009 lol exactly! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 hey yeah i just noticed that too! but i am a young person so i guess im used to the good quallity pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Has anyone noticed that the cameras we have today take photos with the background in perfect focus and the subject just out of focus. Woo Hoo is that progress or what?! I had to take two years of photography to learn to do that. this is called progress. Nice knife. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911a1forlife Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Thanks frosty :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdee Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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