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    Default Linerlock folding knife

    Hey guys

    i thought some on here may be interested to see a liner lock knife I recently finished. These are not easy to make but very satisfying when done.

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    looks like a pretty good piece from here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by China View Post
    looks like a pretty good piece from here.
    I agree, nice work.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    I like folders. It looks good.A nice job.

    Where do you get your material supplies from.? I am always interested to find more vendors.

    Would you consider other materials for a handle or is it a matter of being limited these days of what is readily available.

    I would guess that if you say its a liner lock, many folk don't know of what we knife hobbyists are speaking of.

    In the CASE( knife brand pun) of those people who don't let me explain.

    To stop the blade folding up when it is used, a portion of the liner moves into position under the blade and prevents it from closing .

    When the operator desires to fold the blade back into the handle a projecting part that locked the blade is pushed a side and the blade can be easily folded back into the handle.


    Liners are the internal laminated portion that enclose the blade (when folded) and usually support the non metallic handle material.-sometimes referred to by makers as a slab.


    Great knife!
    Cheers
    Grahame

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahame Collins View Post
    I like folders. It looks good.A nice job.

    Where do you get your material supplies from.? I am always interested to find more vendors.

    Would you consider other materials for a handle or is it a matter of being limited these days of what is readily available.
    Thanks very much Grahame.

    Material supplies is a mixed bag. There are quite a few knife making supplies websites based out of the US and a few in Europe as well. USA knifemaker is my go-to if I am ordering from the US but as usual the killer is shipping. If you want small screws (2-56 are my usual) and all manner of tools and consumables that suit knife making these guys are very good. Locally Artisan supplies do a great job as well. Nordic Edge have knife making gear but not so much folder specific hardware but certainly steel, grinding belts etc they do have. I use titanium for the liners or frames and with these you want to be looking for 6AL4v or grade 5 Ti - not grade 2 Ti. Ti can be obtained from Artisan supplies or various knife making outfits overseas as well as ebay although ebay makes me nervous that I will actually get the correct grade since you can't tell by looking at it.

    Screws, pivots, bushings etc of course can be turned on the lathe and whilst I have done some of this I would like to do more using 440C for stainless so it can be hardened or Ti so they can be anodised.

    For handle material and folders I like the dimensional stability of either G10 or micarta with micarta being a little bit "warmer". Of course you can use plenty of other materials like carbon fibre, wood (stabilised would be advised on a folder but not mandatory), bone antler etc. There are some nice folders made with copper clad over Ti as well so the sky really is the limit!

    To expand on the lock mechanism and name - a linerlock becomes a framelock when you don't have a handle scale on the outside - in other words, the liner becomes the frame and it still locks. Usually with a framelock it is thicker material and since it needs to act as a spring (you need to be able to force it out of the way of the folding blade) it usually requires some relieving of thickness in the locking piece

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