The plastic delica knife kit. Is it actually FRN?

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Does anybody own one? I would love to know if the glow-in-the-dark handles on these are actually FRN, or if they are made of a less sturdy plastic. I've been dreaming about making a linerless delica with glowing handles.
 
Advertising says "plastic", packaging says "plastic" and, based on building many a plastic model 50-60 years ago and the lack of flex in the "tree" portion of the kit, my guess would be that, like most plastic models, it's styrene. Using the scales, without liners, as replacements on an FRN Delica would be problematic. They're partly hollowed out on the inside, with ribs for rigidity and there are no receptacles for the teats on the FRN Delica's backspacer. That means the lower arm of the backspacer is free to flex under load from the spring. Action would be soft, at best, backspacer would fail fairly quickly.

What "might" work, if you're handy with plastic, is to use the liners with a "filler strip" around the perimeter. Find some styrene the same thickness as the Delica's liners, cut holes to accept the liners and cut the outside to match the plastic scales, glue them in place. That way, the original FRN backspacer will work fine and the strength of the handle comes from the liners, not the scales.
 
Pretty sure they are just toys for kids of Spyder fans. They are interesting, but not useful for parts on the real thing. I picked up the wooden dragonfly for my son. It actually kept my attention longer than my boy.



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I had seen the wood ones but didn't know there was a plastic version. Time to get my 22 month daughter a pocket knife!
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
I had seen the wood ones but didn't know there was a plastic version. Time to get my 22 month daughter a pocket knife!
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I ordered one when my wife was only 5-6 months pregnant! :D
bflying said:
Pretty sure they are just toys for kids of Spyder fans. They are interesting, but not useful for parts on the real thing. I picked up the wooden dragonfly for my son. It actually kept my attention longer than my boy.



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I figure the same, it will keep me more entertained than anyone. However I told my wife "hopefully at some point he wants to emulate me! This would be great until he is old enough!"
 
It's strictly a toy/ education tool for kids . Shows them how the delica is put together and teaches them how to close a knife safely. It's hard brittle plastic, not frn for sure . My son loves his.
 
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