front flipper

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GaryFlorida

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Trying to design my next knife but have no idea of the blade shape for a front flipper style. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

Gary
 
The blade shape can be whatever you want, it's how you incorporate the tang that makes it a font flipper. Also, having the perfect amount of a strong detent and lockbar pressure to ensure that it will flip well is also important.

Take a look at knives from André Thorburn, Andre Van Heerden, Clyde Chalenor, John Arnold, Herucus Blomerus, and many other South African knife makers for ideas/inspiration.
 
Got the stop, detent and bearing system from traditional design so I guess I just move the finger press extension to the front of the blade?

Gary
 
GaryFlorida said:
Got the stop, detent and bearing system from traditional design so I guess I just move the finger press extension to the front of the blade?

Gary
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You could very easily just extend the tang so that it sits proud of the scales, or incorporate a jimped section on the very top. However, doing such will force you to make changes to where the stop pin sits at relative to how the lockface engages the liner (or framelock).

Elongate the front of the tang and you change the stop pin, add a jimped section on the top and the lockface needs changes.
 
Very good, jimping the elongated portion which doesn't seem to extend out too far.
Like the look so will figure out the rest. Thanks!

Gary
 
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