10.5 inch swinguard done

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nathan
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10.5 inch swinguard done

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Re: 10.5 inch swinguard done

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nice work, I like it.
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It looks great. What is the next one going to be?
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I will make another one just like this . I am giving this one to my nephew so i will make one for me. then I have a shit load of plans drawn up so I will just keep on making switchblades until I am old and cant do it anymore.
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Very nice. Put a safety on the next one.
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Hi Nathan,
Looks great!
I regret not putting a safety on a rescale I did years ago. I may take it apart and add the safety.
It can be intimidating to cut the safety slot, but you are definitely talented and skilled to do it.
Congrats on your first build.
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Beautiful work! Definitely a treasure. It looks like a very robust knife. And it makes a beautiful sound when fired.

Is the knife going to be carried? If not, does it really need a safety? I would think the risk of loss would be too great to carry such a treasure. I've noticed a lot of high-end side-opening switchblades don't have any safeties. Brands and makers like Protech, Microtech, Vallotton, Brend, Dalton, etc. They make some with safeties, but many without.
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Benchmade patented the automatic knife safety. Notice that THEIR knives have safeties.
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WooF ! . . .solid looking sucker there.. . . . .
looks like it could spear open beer cans all day long.
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jerryk25 wrote: Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:24 am WooF ! . . .solid looking sucker there.. . . . .
looks like it could spear open beer cans all day long.


I do tend to over engineer things. I plan on it lasting a long time.
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