Hello everyone,
I'm new to this community, got a suggestion to cross-post this from !imadethis@lemmy.zip , hope you appreciate my rough looking knife :)
For making sandwiches on the job because I don't like spreading stuff with a sharp pointy knife or a box cutter.
I made the handle with a piece of L shaped aluminum profile crudely bent using clamps.
I then pierced a hole through the blade and the handle and test fitted it. I didn't like how it looked when closed so I decided to drill a new hole after flipping the handle around. (Hence the hole at the end of the handle and the second hole on the blade).
I then riveted everything together twice (one smaller rivet inside a bigger one, no idea if thats a good idea or not but it looks better). Cut the handle to shape with an angle grinder and softened the edges with a file then different grits of sandpaper.
I got the idea for the handle from the Higonokami.
Thanks for reading, let me know if you have adidas for the next version!
If you had another piece of alu, you could think of pushing the pivot point back into the handle a bit to hide the tang when folded.
Love a good useful knife!
I could but if I understand what you're saying correctly, it would also hide more of the blade.
And I'd rather keep it as long as possible to avoid food getting up in there :)
Oh yeah I like that!
I might give it a go
I use my fixed blade car knife to make peanut butter cracker sandwiches and yes, I regret having the handle wrapped in para cord right up to the tang when I bought it. Para cord plus peanut butter and crumbs. Just imagine. I shan't post a pic, because a Buck doesn't deserve to be shamed that way.