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Hi guys! I'm working on a new knife and need some help. The knife I'm making is a balisong knife. I've made a couple of them before but this one is for something special and i would like it to come out great. The last one I made had a bowie blade (Blade didn't come out to well
i tried to do it to fast but it didnt come out horrible) and pinned channel style handles. The handles came out better than the blade did, especially for a first attempt at pinned channels. Right now I'm working on getting milled handles for this blade from a guy i blacksmith with. He owns a machine shop with 3 mills and said we could use them anytime i wanted. Now this is all irrelevant to my questions, what my question really is, where are the best places to get pivot pins? I have found them on sites online but they are somewhat expensive. I'm also thinking of buying pivots with bushings for this one but, I think i made the blade slightly to small for bushings. If i don't get milled handles for this knife i will be making sandwich handles. Have any of you made a balisong and or what do you use for your knives if it uses a pivot? Thanks guys, Eric
Pivot size is 3/16th but can be adjusted
Here is a picture of the blade
Here's the blade grind
And for comparison of beginning to now heres one of my first balisongs and blades i ever made
This one was done solely on a bench grinder and a mini drill press stand.
I now have two different sized belt sanders. One to grind blade shape and the other to grind the edge. An actual work room, not just my drive way. And an actual drill press. So my equipment has also upgraded.
If anything else is needed please let me know. Eric
i tried to do it to fast but it didnt come out horrible) and pinned channel style handles. The handles came out better than the blade did, especially for a first attempt at pinned channels. Right now I'm working on getting milled handles for this blade from a guy i blacksmith with. He owns a machine shop with 3 mills and said we could use them anytime i wanted. Now this is all irrelevant to my questions, what my question really is, where are the best places to get pivot pins? I have found them on sites online but they are somewhat expensive. I'm also thinking of buying pivots with bushings for this one but, I think i made the blade slightly to small for bushings. If i don't get milled handles for this knife i will be making sandwich handles. Have any of you made a balisong and or what do you use for your knives if it uses a pivot? Thanks guys, EricPivot size is 3/16th but can be adjusted
Here is a picture of the blade
Here's the blade grind
And for comparison of beginning to now heres one of my first balisongs and blades i ever made
This one was done solely on a bench grinder and a mini drill press stand.
I now have two different sized belt sanders. One to grind blade shape and the other to grind the edge. An actual work room, not just my drive way. And an actual drill press. So my equipment has also upgraded.
If anything else is needed please let me know. Eric