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hey just wondering how on earth do you go about designing a flipper? is it much different than a normal folding knife? How do you make the blade pop out nice and smooth? Lastly can it be done well without the use of a mill?
My goal is to make a liner locking knife with a flipper that opens as smoothly as possible. This will be my first time making a liner lock and first time making a flipper knife as well and i aim to make a small batch of around 10 to 20 knives.
I am thinking of having a 410 stainless liner with either a patina'd piece of copper or mokume wrapped around it to form the handle (think hignokami styled handle that goes over the liner and blade.) I am not sure if i can make that work but i really want to try. If not ill go for the more basic design where you have multiple slabs stacked on top of each other possibly with a bolster.
I do have access to a laser cutter which i use for some prototyping and i might be able to get access to a manual mill if i can sweet talk my way into it.
Any useful pointers are greatly appreciated!
My goal is to make a liner locking knife with a flipper that opens as smoothly as possible. This will be my first time making a liner lock and first time making a flipper knife as well and i aim to make a small batch of around 10 to 20 knives.
I am thinking of having a 410 stainless liner with either a patina'd piece of copper or mokume wrapped around it to form the handle (think hignokami styled handle that goes over the liner and blade.) I am not sure if i can make that work but i really want to try. If not ill go for the more basic design where you have multiple slabs stacked on top of each other possibly with a bolster.
I do have access to a laser cutter which i use for some prototyping and i might be able to get access to a manual mill if i can sweet talk my way into it.
Any useful pointers are greatly appreciated!
