First Fancy One

[Phil Tham]

Well, fancy for me anyhow. This folder stuff is frustrating and fun all at the same time.

OAL approx 6 1/4"
Blade, bolsters, spacer: Thunderforge Twist Damascus
Anodized titanium liners (purple)
Filework on spacer
Ivory Scales
Linerlock

Thanks for lookin. This is a new model (3rd one out) that I'm still modifying so any comments are more than welcome.

 

[Chuck Gedraitis Knives]

It looks pretty good, one suggestion is smaller screws. I use 1-72's for all my exposed screws except the pivot screw that's 4-40.

 

[Phil Tham]

Thanks striper. Your right, the knife would look better with smaller screws. The ones in the handle are 1-72s and the one in the bolster (other than the pivot) started out that way, but I had difficulty and broke a bit off and had to settle with a 2-56. That was some of the frustration part This knife actually gave me fits from start to finish.

 

[Bigjohn]

"Dude you are a folder maker"!...If thats only your third one I need more drawing board time...I like it...Is that Elephant ivory I presume???...that Thunderforged Dam. is very nice, How was it to work???

 

[Phil Tham]

Yep Bigjohn, I took the plunge a couple months ago and started makin folders. This was number 3 of that model...number 7 overall. I made a couple of these with stainless blades and liners before I was confident enough to use the more expensive materials. They are definitely different, but not as difficult as I had imagined. Go ahead and give it a shot. Heck, if I can do it...you'll have no problem. That is elephant ivory and that thunderforge is not difficult to work at all.