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Well, I decided to do a proper WIP for my first friction folder. I have had an unbelievable amount of fun making this knife so far. I’ve made about 100 or so fixed blades, but this is my first true folder and it’s been a joy. I’ve made this one for me too which makes it even more special. Thank you for checking it out. I’ll post a lot of pictures and hopefully my explanations will make sense to you. If not, post up a comment and I’ll be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
So here we are, in the following pictures you can see my steps for laying out my template on the 1084 blade steel and the black G10 handle material. You can also see the materials I have chosen for this knife, 1/8th black G10 with .030” toxic green liners and a black/gray layered G10 back spacer. The last picture in this post is crucial throughout knife making and metal working in general —> debur, debur, debur!
This is the (almost) finished product
cutting to a workable length
Deburr those edges!
Pretty simple stuff so far but we all start here!
scribed a .250” radius here as a guide for my open and closed swing.
Time to head over to my mini mill to start the pivot pin and stop pin drilling.
So here we are, in the following pictures you can see my steps for laying out my template on the 1084 blade steel and the black G10 handle material. You can also see the materials I have chosen for this knife, 1/8th black G10 with .030” toxic green liners and a black/gray layered G10 back spacer. The last picture in this post is crucial throughout knife making and metal working in general —> debur, debur, debur!
This is the (almost) finished product
cutting to a workable length
Deburr those edges!
Pretty simple stuff so far but we all start here!
scribed a .250” radius here as a guide for my open and closed swing.
Time to head over to my mini mill to start the pivot pin and stop pin drilling.
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