Brass Starter

Brass Handled Trainers:

Blued Blade:

Mini Trainer:

Brass Angled:
Popsicle Handle Adornments:

Skinny:
Now with updated pictures...

Blade:
Plain soft steel, hey, it's a starter.
No edge, I'm a newbie and don't like cuts.
It is pointy though...

Blade length from top of handles to point is 4 inches.

When the handles are closed the blade is totally covered and captive by the side pieces.

I'd like to replace the blade with tool steel, maybe later.
Or just do another one and keep this one for a trainer.

Handles:
0.093" x 1/2" brass (hobby for now).

Spacers:
Soft aluminum, 1/8" thick.
Lower ones (near where the lock would go) riveted with 1/8" diameter brass rod.
Upper ones riveted with 1/16" diameter brass rod.

Pivots:
Yup, you guessed it - Brass Chicago Screws, modified.
Blue Loctite'd to keep from unscrewing, etc.

Also, there's two each Phosphor-Bronze 0.005" washers between the handles and the blade, one each side.
Created by punching out some sheet shim stock, once for the diameter and again for the hole. Cheap.
Seen in 4th photo below...

Tang Pin:
Stainless Steel 1/8", diameter.

Lock:
None.

Modified Tanto blade shape:

File Work:
First attempt.

You can just barely see one of the phosphor-bronze washers peeking out under the blade.

The pin is captive.

There was going to be a second tang pin to center and captivate the closed blade.
So far, it's not installed.

The side spacers were needed as the brass flexed too much and pinched the blade.
Those side spacers holds the handles apart for flipping.
Those handles are heavy.

Blued Blade:

Mini Trainer:
Same Brass for the handles, only much shorter.
Guitar string spacers.
Blade capture spacers uses nails for rivets (silvery color).
Tail spacers riveted with 1/16" brass.
Chicago Screws for pivots, again. (Hey, they're cheap!)
No Lock.

Handle Length: 2 7/8"
Blade Length: 2 3/8" (from top of handle to tip of blade).
Overall Length: 5 1/4"

Scratches show the softness of mild steel.
Only because it's a "trainer", no edge.

Still need to adjust the handles closer, a bit...

How the Tang hits:

Those Guitar string spacers:

This here's number three in this series.
0.064" x 1/2 wide brass handles with aluminum spacers and brass rivets.
Mild steel edgeless blade with brass tang pin. Length is about 4 1/16" long (handle top to blade tip).
4 each Phosphor-Bronze pivot washers. (just like the others)
Chicago-Screws; with stainless-steel 8-32 screws replacing the brass C.S. screws.
Back Edge of Blade with file work

File Work:
File work showing through closed handle

Latchless; but only temporarily:

Closeup of the file work:
This is my first attempt at this stuff...

Padauk "Popsicle" Handle Adornments:
Wood: 1/10" thick, musical grade.
Screws: 4-40 and shortened from 1/4" length.
Rivets filed flat under the popsicle covers.

Other Blade Edge View:
The tang pin is now partially covered.

Inside View of popsicle screws:
Those Chicago-Screws have reduced head diameter to match the 8-32 screws diameter.

Closed View:

About this big:

How much of the backside of the blade is covered
when one handle is closed:

Skinny:
#4 in this series
I tried to get the knife into a pen box but it is still a bit wide at the right end.
Shows Balisong in an wooden hinged ink pen box

Blade: Mild Steel, not heat treated.
Handles: Brass, 3/8" x 1/8". with handle stock for spacers.
Pivots: Chicago-Screws with the heads turned down to 0.310" to match the 8-32 button-head screw diameter.
Tang pins: stainless-steel, 1/8" diameter.
Handle: 4-40 screws hold the handles together.
Lock: none for now. - Added: 9/5/2007.
Washers: 0.010" Phosphor-Bronze shim stock, 0.310" dia (OD) and 0.199" hole (ID). Guess How.
Long and Thin, with inch ruler