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Make a Two Bladed Pocket Knife

A Home Make Two Bladed Folding Pocket Knife Made From PVC & Hacksaw Blade

To make a Two Bladed Folding Pocket Knife you will need 1/2 " pop rivet, 2 washers, and "thin wall" Class 200 PVC . Time to make about 1/2 hour. Tools needed are hack saw, pop rivet gun, stove, sand paper, grinder (you can use a sharping stone rather than a grinder but it takes longer).

Flex hacksaw blade back and forth to brake off the ends for blades. I leave one as a saw but you could make it a knife, screwdriver or other tools. You can make 3, 4 or more blades if you want.

I used class 200 PVC 1" split into 1/3

All you need to make a Two Bladed Folding Pocket Knife

Grind the teeth off of one of the blades, sharpen and shape.

When grinding never let your blades get so hot you can not touch. Cool often by dunking in a can of water.

Heat PVC over your stove. Do not scorch. Keep it moving always. You should be able to just barly handle it by hand. When soft and flexable quickly insert your two blades and press it into shape till it cools.

Use a hot pad to press the soft and hot PVC into your handle.

Blades and handle.

Sand and round the edges of the PVC. also sand out a finger slot to grab the blades when folded.

Drill hole same diameter as the rivet. Place the hole 5/8 " from the end of your handle so that when blades are open the back of blades are supported by the handle. See the two washers on the rivet. The PVC is not stiff enough without the washers.

Wedge the mid section of your hacksaw blade between the two blades of your knife before pop riveting. This when removed provides spacing so you can open the blades after riveting other wise the blades get squeezed together by the rivet.

End of rivet protruding. Also note how back the blades when the knife is open rest on the handle

Sand of file the pop rivet so it is smooth.

Two Bladed Folding Pocket Knife folded.

Two Bladed Folding Pocket Knife finished. Sharpen knife. Try useing other materials for handles. Try more blades. Make stuff and have fun.

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