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Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin balisong

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:58 am
by cardoso5fr
What you neet

Material
steel for blade
stainless steel plate
2 pivots
4 screw(M3)
2 tang .
4 washer

Tool
To fold a vise, hammer, blade+washer thickness steel place,
To cut hack saw, band saw, angle grinder
To grind file, sandpaper, angle grinder, belt sander, backstand.
To heat treat Blow torch, torch, forge, heat treatment oven, oil or water :D

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To fold the steel, you put the plate in the vise to the folded highness you want. You put the two plier wrench , you fold to more than 90°, after you press the plate in the vise. You use the hammer (on an anvil or something strong) on the U you obtain in order to straighten it with the thickness plate in the u :)


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After the folding

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To the angle grinder i cut the place where the blade will go. more or less 2 cm deep.

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Steel plate, ink, some draw....

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After some bandsaw work.

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It's shaped.

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i clean the part i cut with the angle grinder.

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I draw the middle of the blade

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The scale are in position

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I point the futurs holes.

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3.8mm

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I reamed to 4mm the pivot, the tang place stayed to 3.8mm

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Drilled and reamed

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I point the futurs holes in the handle.

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3,8mm

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Reamed to 4mm

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I build it in order to see where i have to not grind around the pivo
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Draw of the futur handle.

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I cut with the bandwaw.

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It begin to seem to be a balisong

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Open

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I shaped a bit with a 60 grit belt.

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I did the choild with dremel rotary burr.

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Cleaned everything with 240 belt

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My grind plied, (simply O1 hardened pieces with a stainless piece and two rolled pins.)

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60grit

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120 grit

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It's thin before HT

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Lazy fileworked

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Propan torch oil hardening

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Hardened and degreased. (to not too much dirt my belt)

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The grind is white in order to see the color during the flash tempering

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Flash tempering, the point is a bit darker, but it was 4mm too long, the point had been decreased after to go in the handle :). And i temperered generally a bit more the point of the balisong.)

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240 grit

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500 grit

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My poor stencil.

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Electro etching

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I decreased a bit the diameter of the tang in 100c6 hardened.

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Everythin is on the spot, at the right size and polished.

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Tang cup with the rotary burr.

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Open

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I cut the screw and polished the cut.

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The pivot are decreased to the right size.

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Polishing.

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15 parts

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500 grit to create the edge, some buffer to complete the work.

You have a small balisong not too much "bling bling". the aim is to use the same idea of the folded handle that i use to my Cardo No Kami.
It's thin, and cool to flip even if it's a bit short and thin to offer all the possibilty of a full size balisong.

9cm closed, , 3,2 cm widht, 7mm and 1cm to the thickest, open 15,3 cm, 6 cm sharp. XC75 blade full hardened, gold flash tempered. Hardened tang pins. 74g.

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Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:12 am
by JJhamilton
Cool edc just needs a pocket clip......?????

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:57 am
by cardoso5fr
Could be an idea to it to the side of the pivot. In the other side, it could be dangerous :lol: :lol: :pirate_sail:

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:10 am
by JJhamilton
It looks like alot of your new stuff is more edc style and an edc just isnt edc if it doesnt have a clip....get to work! :pirate_whip:

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:43 pm
by cardoso5fr
I don't like clip, i put it away on most of the knife i have with one :).

I make clip when man ask me :). Even it's without in the bottom of the pocket :D, or maybe with a sheath (if man ask ))

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:45 am
by JJhamilton
I can relate, i dont like a clip on something i flip bit at work ive already have a phone,and streamlight on my side.....not much room for a sheath...so clip it is

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:51 am
by cardoso5fr
I have some pocket :) and backpact. But if somebody want pocket clip, i can make pocket clip :D, that is not problem, i have screw, i have ti and torch :D

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:10 am
by JJhamilton
You have talent no one can deny that, have you ever tried to make bali designed specifically for flipping?

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:38 pm
by cardoso5fr
The 4" i did with lum grind are more flipper than user :). And they flip very well (ball bearing).

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Those two for example are really flipper :). Even if they are real knive :D

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:38 am
by Malcolm Reynolds
do you sell them :woot: :woot: :woot:

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:24 am
by cardoso5fr
Those are sold :). And yes i sell them :D

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:45 am
by Malcolm Reynolds
how much did they sell for :)

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:59 am
by Klockwyse
ilovebalisongs wrote:how much did they sell for :)


I'd also like to know, if you don't mind us asking.

Re: Tutorial Folded stainless steel handle and tang pin bali

PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:53 pm
by Maruj
Klockwyse wrote:
ilovebalisongs wrote:how much did they sell for :)


I'd also like to know, if you don't mind us asking.



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