My finished my knife! I am so pleased with the way it has turned out. I had never made anything like this before with metal or wood before and so I have a new skill set to add to my portfolio.
I must admit I did start with a pack which consisted of two rectangles of beech wood, two piece of brass, an unfinished blade/spring and a piece of nickel for the rivets. From this I cut, drilled, shaped and finished the individual pieces before putting them all together with rivets and finally shaping he handle.
When making the knife, a lot of time was spent taking it apart. Once all of the pieces were roughly shaped the internal working of the knife had to be perfected, in particular the kick and the part where the blade meets the hinge when open. In order to get these exact the knife had to be put together to see where the changes were required and taken apart to make the changes gradually in small steps. Therefore, this was repeated many times until right.
I had great fun making this and will never look at a knife in the same way again.
