How I build a custom knife

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Blade:
The next step is to make a couple of washers out of black toughened nylon. I use a couple of different cutters to punch out the washers. Then I place the two washers on the sides of the blade and measure to determine the thickness of the stop pin center section and the backspacer or standoffs which are held between the scales by the three screws.

The last two pics show 3/16" 416 stainless in the lathe being turned for a stop pin. On this type of knife I use a shouldered or stepped stop pin because there is nothing to retain the pin.

Blade:
The next photos show the knife assembled to check where it needs adjustment, as you can see in photo 24 the blade doesn't open far enough so I took it to the grinder to remove a little material. Photo 27 shows the result, the amount of material that you remove can quickly change the position of the blade so you have to be careful not to remove too much, I am also using an 80 grit belt so I need to leave a bit for finishing.

Photos 28 and 29 show the same procedure as I adjust the knife for the closed position.

Well it is late so these will be the last photos for the night.

Thanks for all of the interest, please keep any questions coming.

Divided he ad:
Thank you for the Drawing... Suppose if I hadn't been so busy (or idle?) I could have found similar myself? :)

It is a very nice set-up you have there, as Eric pointed out... The drill/s are cool :dremel:

Very good of you to provide so many pic's, I might one day give something of this sort a try.... It'll be a one off I assure you. I'm not really into the production run kind of stuff. Makes my hobby seem more like a job! :whip:

I note you haven't got the Quote thing down yet.

Just as a bit of help, if it has you perplexed.

The way I do it is :-

Start a reply as you always do.

Scroll down to the bit I want to quote. (it's usually in the few posts listed in the topic summary below. )

I highlight the phrase I wish to use, using the left mouse button and dragging the cursor across the words.

Then I right click on the highlighted box and click on copy.

I then return to the reply box above and right click in the position I want the text and click paste

Then drag the cursor across the text to highlight it and then click the quote box (second in from the right in the lower set of boxes, looks like a speech bubble with 3 lines in it)

Once it has put the [ quote ] things either side of your selected words (this bit's important) click the left mouse button anywhere on the screen. If you touch ANY key it will erase the highlighted area! :bang:

Hope that's not too complicatedly written? Once you have done it once or twice it's quick and easy :thumbup:

Alternatively, just write [ quote ] and then everything after it is in a quote box, till you write [ /quote ] .... Just remove the spaces I've put in between the word quote and the [ thingamajigs!

Oh yer.... Always click the Preview button too, good to check what you're about to post!

Ralph.

johnbaz:
Hi Ralph

Have a look here, it the (british) home of custom knife making

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/forum.php

John :beer:

EDIT- DOH!!!!- sorry, i forgot to say, Very nice work Blade :thumbup: that's a smashing linerlock :clap:

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Rob.Wilson:
Great stuff Blade :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Enjoying the thread :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Rob

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