I am quite fond of small friction folders, and because I haven't made any new designs recently, I decided to start working on a new folder design.
I have used an old design as a starting point. I was going to make a friction folder, but the design sort of wandered off on a tangent an became a spring-back locking folder instead! This is the first time I have made a spring-back locking knife, the spring would be a worthy addition to a bear trap I think!
It is only dry fitted together at the moment, but even so, there is no play at all anywhere.
I am going to fit a ring into the small hole on the top of the spring, fitted with a short lanyard. To open the spring and unlock the blade, you pull on the ring and fold the blade.
This is the first of this design and there are a few details to iron out, but I think this is going to be a really solid folding knife. This one has a 3" scandi grind blade, and I am also going to make a 4" blade next, with more of a drop point, another scandi grind model. I have thought before to make a folding bushi knife and I think this going to be it!
I have used an old design as a starting point. I was going to make a friction folder, but the design sort of wandered off on a tangent an became a spring-back locking folder instead! This is the first time I have made a spring-back locking knife, the spring would be a worthy addition to a bear trap I think!
It is only dry fitted together at the moment, but even so, there is no play at all anywhere.
I am going to fit a ring into the small hole on the top of the spring, fitted with a short lanyard. To open the spring and unlock the blade, you pull on the ring and fold the blade.
This is the first of this design and there are a few details to iron out, but I think this is going to be a really solid folding knife. This one has a 3" scandi grind blade, and I am also going to make a 4" blade next, with more of a drop point, another scandi grind model. I have thought before to make a folding bushi knife and I think this going to be it!
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