Butterfly Knife/ Balisong

cults3d

Iv been working on this butterfly knife/ balisong for a while and I feel its time for me to stop messing around with it and share it with others. Iv triedto make it easy to print with no supports. Just print the two parts of the blade and glue them together, the spacers (I liked the look of the blade and spacers in the same color but you do you). Then print the handles and pins, hammer the pins into the two holes on the blade and there you go! Just add some bolts and lock nuts and you got your knife. As i am in EU iv used metric M4 bolts and nuts but i might make an imperial version if there is any problem. I also added what i call a 'table saver' sense my girlfriend didn't like me ruining the table while hammering the pins to the blade so just put the table saver under the knife while hammering and you should be safe. If you really want a satisfying feel of your knife id recommend sanding it. The finer the sand paper the more satisfying feel you get. The best spots to focus on is the top parts of the handles and the bottom part of the blade (the tang if you want to google it) where the blade and handles touch, but you can also sand the entire blade and handles and you can get an amazing smooth surface. I also added a bit of grease (I used white grease+ PTFE) to the parts where the blade and handle meet. But if you dont have the sandpaper or dont want to put down the time iv added the 'Blade Spacers' so can put them between the blade and handle tho it probably wont work as well and it can get a little bit more 'flimsy'. Now take the 'Handle left 1', 'Handle left 2' and one of the spacers that fits you best and lock the spacer with the bolt at the bottom of the handle and repeat with the other handle. Put the glued together blade parts and hold it on the Table Saver (if you use it) and hammer in the pins so they stand out a little bit on both sides. And just screw in the bolt in the top of the handle together with the blade and you're done. I also added a hex shape on one side and that is where you should put the lock nut.