I've been working on a frame lock design!

trkJr said:
Back to the topic at hand......... Fairly Frame Lock Folder (Triple F?) By Christmas! Group buy in to help fund the tools purchase? How can we help..... drool...... help?
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Don't tempt me! :) I have seriously considered offering a pre-buy or some sort of investment in my knives but every maker I know says don't do it. lol I still consider it!

I have a lot of my folder making gear accumulated now but still need a mill and probably a tapmatic. Tomorrow I will hear on my excavation bill for the shop's electric line that still needs to be buried. I think I can pull it all off if I get enough hours in the shop.

I'll let everyone know though... I want to have time to learn the mill well and get everything right.

Lycosa said:
I will smash my son's piggy bank!
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Exactly! :D
 
So, should I put a group buy together on diapers and wipes to help you get more tooling?! You're coming up on the 1 year mark, be prepared bro. Be prepared.


-X
 
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fast14riot said:
So, should I put a group buy together on diapers and wipes to help you get more tooling?! You're coming up on the 1 year mark, be prepared bro. Be prepared.


-X
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:D It's funny, after keeping up on my own business for years I hardly notice the expense. ( :) I am constantly broke) My buddy told me he had to buy a $40 router bit and how much that sucked (so he could go make $1000 in a weekend as a contractor) and I just laughed. The first folder is going to cost me $4000 to make. ...but I don't think of it that way, I think I'm making 400 folders with $10 worth of equipment. Lol and $100 of materials.


I have it easy, look at the numbers on this jewelry store my wife used to run for someone else.

Buy $4000 worth of jewelry out of pocket. Sell it for $10,000... all in a month! (gold is usually doubled and silver tripled in price)
rent - $4200
employees - a paltry $500 a week for 2 employees, one full time one part time - $2000
Bills - heck lets say none and no expenses
That adds up to losing $200 a month even with a $1000 per week investment and decent sales. Wow! :eek: That is a true story by the way.
 
Current Design - 8.3" total

Ignore the holes, they can change... I will do different blade shapes eventually too. I'm also planning on a fastener in the middle of the spine that is not drawn in yet.

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jsrice said:
Sweet design... Looks interesting
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Thanks!

The big hole in the back is for a possible massive chainring... if I can find them in high tolerances I may use them. I also plan on a huge pivot, probably a solid .25" one which is just massive.

I can also play around with the blade length, I can use more hardware on the spine of the knife and lengthen the blade. Right now I like the 3.3" blade and the triangular configuration/complete overkill on the fasteners.

How many great looking overbuilt folders have a slim profile like this...
 
Daniel- Thanks for the above post, re: expenses. I know one has to spend money to make money but WOW! Keep yer head. I Salute you!
About the folder... you will offer a Tanto, yes?
 
Lycosa said:
Daniel- Thanks for the above post, re: expenses. I know one has to spend money to make money but WOW! Keep yer head. I Salute you!
About the folder... you will offer a Tanto, yes?
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We even worked for free to help out the owner, he was retired and started the store to pay for his wife's medical bills.

My wife ran the place and I worked there anytime we could set up a booth. I wound up building up a good following with the local Native American Silversmiths and sold them a lot of good turquoise that was local to our region... sought after material these days. We ran the store and had a small setup of our own to make our income.

I was the first real importer of Larimar ( a stone) in this region. During the weekdays I collected material from my friends local claims in bulk and traded most of it to rock shops for a more diversified inventory. We collected rare ores and cuttable stone. One day I collected over a ton of rough rhodonite!



Tanto folder - for sure! I want to do the spearpoint/drop point I have drawn up first then eventually a harpoon tip, tanto and wharncliffe if the frame will allow it. I know the harpoon and tanto will work with this frame as I already roughed out the design on an earlier version.
 
fast14riot said:
Sweet design! Flipper? Or at least a thumb stud option, flat disc on the spine?


-Xander
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...that's why I'm spending so much time to gather everything to get the tolerances dead on, it will flip open without all of that. Check J Horton's videos to see what I mean, he uses a similar opening system and it just flicks open with ease. No ball bearings either. I hope to at least!

I will probably work out a disc or thumb stud eventually anyways, they are popular. I like them on a lot of knives.

Zen folder making... I take away to improve. lmao




By the way, thanks again for the mic! It will be my most important measuring device.

I have my pivot lap in too, I'm slowly getting there! I also bought a hand tapper and a few other folder tools, I'm slowly getting there on all the tools.
 
That folder looks sweet! :thumbup:
Just about the right size!

Can I have one? Stonewashed of course!:D
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
Thanks!

The big hole in the back is for a possible massive chainring... if I can find them in high tolerances I may use them. I also plan on a huge pivot, probably a solid .25" one which is just massive.

I can also play around with the blade length, I can use more hardware on the spine of the knife and lengthen the blade. Right now I like the 3.3" blade and the triangular configuration/complete overkill on the fasteners.

How many great looking overbuilt folders have a slim profile like this...
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I trust your judgement on this.. The design looks amazing and your right it's pretty rare to see a slim but overbuilt folder.... This is going to be popular...
 
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