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Pocket Butter Knife (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by MacAnus@sh.itjust.works to c/pocketknife@lemmy.world
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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!

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is the best thing I've seen all week.

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

High praise coming from you!

[–] frankenswine@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

so it must be true then: you only own and use the shittiest knifes little money can buy

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know about that, but maybe OP could be well on their way to getting a new job at Svörd.

[–] stellar_jay@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Rough looking knife"?
Looks pretty sleek to me, a person who's never made something like this ever before in their life (: Great job!

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Haha I guess I should cut myself some slack, but I know I could give it some more love and make it look finer :)

Thanks!

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Haha I guess I should cut myself

No wait, I thought it was a butter knife

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Useful and beautiful!

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

You all know you want this.

[–] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

For the busy Hobbit who takes second breakfast on the go!

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Watch out! It’s got a mildly-serrated edge!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Op really took better pics, like we deserve only the best :).

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh hey it's you! Haha yeah, well after seeing the level set by dual_sport_dork in this community I had to at least get you a whiteish background and some more light :)

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, you certainly delivered, gg!
(And a proper, detailed description too.)

So when next knife?
A BBK (butterfly butter knife)?

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thanks!
A BBK would be awesome.

While writing this answer about how it would be so much more difficult to build and it would probably stay a dream, I remembered I have an old butterfly comb that is terrible as a comb (it's metal and the teeth just rip your hair off).
But I might just be able to use the handle parts and hopefully find an effective way to attach the blade! Don't hold your breath though... I've been thinking about this folding butter knife for more than a year before finally getting to it. And I don't know where that comb is.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

~~Just glue the pocket knife to the butterfly comb to produce a pretty fly butter butterfly pocket not-comb knife.~~

Well, you seem to like to do things proper so we await your next masterpiece Christmas 2026.

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well... You guys gave me the motivation and I found the comb. It is done :) will make a post for it later

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

It's not even Christmas 2025 & we already get a butt-butt(-flyer) knife? It's a miracle!!

Ok, daily new knives from now on fully expected.
(Butter battleaxes allowed too.)

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hahah, I love it.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you have a dedicated pouch or something to keep it in? Matching fork and spoon next? Looks good, nice job.

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I might go for a pouch that's a good idea!
Never been a fan of folding forks and spoons... But if I get a good idea for them why not :)

[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You could do the fork and spoon in the same handle, Swiss army style!

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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!

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 :)

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

maybe could keep some of that blade exposed still.

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah I like that!
I might give it a go

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] cetan@piefed.world 2 points 1 week ago

This is really great! A little ingenuity and a solution is born. Thank you for sharing.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I want a butterbuterfly knive