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Everyone,
I have decided to embark on the path that I originally had in mind when I started getting into knifemaking: folder making. I am planning on making my first a liner less slipjoint in either titanium or G10. By questions begin there, and extend to other aspects of knifemaking. Here are a lit of tools I have access to:
Easily available: TIME
Forge soon
Angle grinder
Bench grinder
Files/sandpaper/ect
Available to a certain extent:
Mill
Metal lathe
2x72
Here are the questions:
1: what would be the optimal thickness for the scales in both materials (Ti and G10)? Thinner is better in this case, and so I am interested less in durability and more in slimness. However, it has to be able to do stuff like cutting tape and other things like this without significant damage to the knife.
2. Will titanium have enough of a spring to work as the backspring?
3. What are some general tips for folder making that would be helpful throughout the entire process?
Thanks much.
Steven
I have decided to embark on the path that I originally had in mind when I started getting into knifemaking: folder making. I am planning on making my first a liner less slipjoint in either titanium or G10. By questions begin there, and extend to other aspects of knifemaking. Here are a lit of tools I have access to:
Easily available: TIME
Forge soon
Angle grinder
Bench grinder
Files/sandpaper/ect
Available to a certain extent:
Mill
Metal lathe
2x72
Here are the questions:
1: what would be the optimal thickness for the scales in both materials (Ti and G10)? Thinner is better in this case, and so I am interested less in durability and more in slimness. However, it has to be able to do stuff like cutting tape and other things like this without significant damage to the knife.
2. Will titanium have enough of a spring to work as the backspring?
3. What are some general tips for folder making that would be helpful throughout the entire process?
Thanks much.
Steven