Friction Folder 101

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Thought I would venture into folders by starting with a simple friction folder.
Spent Saturday with Mike Vagnino MS and left with this Higo style, and a ton of more knowledge

also my first hollow grind,
all of a sudden, I see endless possibilities

 

[Lycosa]

REALLY nice! Pegged it!
rolf

 

[SharpByCoop]

Fantastic! Looks like it would make a perfect 'box cutter'; a well needed item in our world!

Nice hollow grind, too. Sweet. Congrats!

Coop

 

[Mike157]

Very nice. Very clean, Harbeer. I like it! Mike

 

[Win Heger]

Well done, Harbeer!

 

[timos-]

slick execution! Endless possibilities

 

[samuraistuart]

Very cool! Been entertaining that exact thing myself. Good for you, Harbeer! Looks great!

 

[john april]

that is a really nice first try. i see a future in it for you !

 

[Kalibr906]

Very clean and elegant. Does the stop pin also then work for closing the blade on an unsharpened part?

 

[HSC ///]

Very clean and elegant. Does the stop pin also then work for closing the blade on an unsharpened part?

yes exactly,

and thank you all for the nice comments,

 

[HSC ///]

A friction folder I just finished up
Still trying to learn how to size up stag properly

3" of 1095 steel with gray parkerized finish. heat treat to 62 rc.
Purpleheart, leather and stag. Stainless steel liners.
Sharpened on 1000k japanese waterstone

This one I spent way too much time on. But still fun.

 

[gusval]

nice work

 

[vilePossum]

Well These are pretty awesome and definitely sellable!
I like your modernized take on this old design type.

 

[mnavarro]

Great work...I love hollow grinds. I do them almost exclusively. I need to start to do more flat grinds though. I admire your work.