New Folder.....

Chris Crawford

Chris Crawford

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I just finished this folder the other day and I wanted to post a picture up. The blade and spring are made of 01 tool steel. The scales are black linen micarta, and the pins are nickel silver.

The knife is light and thin. It's 2 3/4th inches closed, and the blade length is 2 inches.

This is the first knife of this type that I've made. I was able to crank it out from start to finish in about 6 hours. I gave it away the next day as a Christmas present, so all I'm left with now is this photo. I soon plan on making another one for me to carry.

Thanks for letting me share. -chris

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Chris, that's really nice. I'm utterly impressed with your project time, I wouldn't have done that in six days. :D Wish I were on your Christmas list!

As an aside, did you ever find a Sunfish pattern, and what's come of that? Thanks for sharing such good stuff\.

Dave
 
Dear Santa,
I've been very good this year...

Oustanding knife Chris. This is what a gent's (not saying I am one) folder is all about to me. Doesn't need any bells and whistles to say "look at me", just clean lines, a working blade, pleasing combination of materials and detail oriented craftsmanship. Simple elegance, you've got a winner here.

Happy Holidays, Greg
 
Beautiful Knife Chris. I've developed a new respect for people who make folders and that's a beaut!
 
Six hours??!!! Jeez, it would take me days to make even the simplest of folders. That looks great Chris! Nice pocket knife. :) Let's see the next one....
 
Thanks for the great comments. I plan on writing another tutorial soon featuring the construction of this knife. I plan on calling it "The Six Hour Folder". The reason I was able to complete this knife in 6 hours was because it's a pretty simple design, and I didn't use the oven for my heat treating.

The knife basically consists of a blade, a spring, two micarta sides, and a few pins to hold it together. It really saved time not having to fool with liners and bolsters.

I heat treated the blade and spring in the forge. Then I drew the spring back with a propane torch, and I did a "soft back draw" on the blade using a railroad spike. The railroad spike works like the tempering gizmo that Goddard talks about in one of his books. I heated the spike to a bright orange heat, removed it from the forge, and rocked the spine of the blade back and forth on it until I got a dark color at the spine and a straw yellow at the edge.

Dave, I never did find a sunfish pattern. I tried to draw one out several times, but for some reason I could never get it to work out. I've kind of given up on it for a while as I've been working on other projects.

-chris
 
WOW!:EEK:
I really like that!
Simple, clean, elegant!

Very(repeat this..oh...70 times before continuing) nice Chris!
 
Boy you have come a long way since I first met you CHris..
That is a Georgeous Knife!!!!!!!
Bruce
 
I agree, it looks great and that is some really good time. It looks like it would have very nice cutting and slashing power to it the way it is shaped.
 
Good looking knife Chris! I like the recess in the handle to get better access to the blade. Your pins layout nicely and the knife has nice form.

Keep up the good work!
 
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