forged folder from 9000 miles away

[trey]

[muskrat man]

nice and simple, who made it? Is it a slipjoint or friction?

[trey]

Hey Kaleb,

It was made by Tiaan Burger, a blacksmith in Pretoria. It is a friction folder. It's very sharp
and not as heavy as I thought. I really like it. It is all forged and the pivot is a bolt for
adjustments.

Trey

[orvet]

I like it!
Very simple, like a new take on George Schrade's wire jack.
The wire jack had 3 pieces, the blade, wire frame and the pin, though later wire jacks were 4-piece with the addition of the piece of sheet metal on the side to keep the user from cutting his finger.

This design seems to have 4 pieces; blade, body, bolt and nut.
With the body design there is no need danger of cutting the finger like with the 3-piece wire jack.

Quite ingenious!

[trey]

Thanks, Dale. Tiaan said he came up with some way of making a lock but I don't know how.

[muskrat man]

it would be quite easy to make that design lock. I love the simplicity of it as is though. I may have to try something like it in the future

[trey]

I like the simplicity too. That is what drew me to it. I can't wait to see your version.

[smokepole]

Great knife from a great guy. The design is actually something we used to do as kids too - but we'd heat up a piece of plastic conduit, fold it like this and use an old hack saw blade with a simple bolt and nut to make a cheap knife you could abuse and not feel too bad when you lost it.