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- Apr 14, 2001
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Ive wanted to try my hand at making a liner-locking folder, but Ive been putting it off due to the special material and tools that are needed. After reading The Tactical Folding Knife and a couple of tutorials, I decided to see what I could make with what I had sitting around. I was quite pleased with the results.
The knife is 3 1/4 inches closed, and it has a 2 1/4 inch 01 tool steel blade. I used .032 inch brass for the liners and maroon linen micarta for the scales. I had no idea how the brass liners would work, but it proved to have plenty of spring to lock the blade opened and to hold it closed. I made the spacers for the back of the knife out of 1/8 brass tube, and all pins are 3/32 brass rods. The brass rods fit perfectly inside of the brass tube so it worked out well. I also used the brass tube to make a busing for the blade and to make the thumb-bob which contains a 3/32 nickel silver rod. I made two stainless steel washers out of a double edge razor blade. (Double edge razor blades measure .0045 thick.)
All of the parts of the knife were peened together except for the nickel silver, which was soldered in the brass tube to make the thumb-bob. The thumb-bob was carefully peened to the blade. Because of the parts being peened, there is no adjusting of the knife now that its together.
This knife is not what I would consider a high performance tactical knife. I like to carry a small lightweight pocketknife with me everywhere I go, and this little knife fits the bill.
I hope this will be an encouragement to others who want to make a liner-lock but have been putting it off because of the material and tools involved.
-chris
The knife is 3 1/4 inches closed, and it has a 2 1/4 inch 01 tool steel blade. I used .032 inch brass for the liners and maroon linen micarta for the scales. I had no idea how the brass liners would work, but it proved to have plenty of spring to lock the blade opened and to hold it closed. I made the spacers for the back of the knife out of 1/8 brass tube, and all pins are 3/32 brass rods. The brass rods fit perfectly inside of the brass tube so it worked out well. I also used the brass tube to make a busing for the blade and to make the thumb-bob which contains a 3/32 nickel silver rod. I made two stainless steel washers out of a double edge razor blade. (Double edge razor blades measure .0045 thick.)
All of the parts of the knife were peened together except for the nickel silver, which was soldered in the brass tube to make the thumb-bob. The thumb-bob was carefully peened to the blade. Because of the parts being peened, there is no adjusting of the knife now that its together.
This knife is not what I would consider a high performance tactical knife. I like to carry a small lightweight pocketknife with me everywhere I go, and this little knife fits the bill.
I hope this will be an encouragement to others who want to make a liner-lock but have been putting it off because of the material and tools involved.
-chris
