How To Make A Wooden Pocket Knife With Hand Tools

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Build article with more detail and the free template to make your own:

There is also a very limited quantity kit available that includes the wood with the templates attached and the holes drilled:

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[JohnHeisz]

Build article with more detail and the free template to make your own:

[NOLAMarathon]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with making things merely as an act of craftsmanship...regardless of whatever utility they may have, or lack.

[peterbrownwastaken]

That spring and lock came together nicely! It was also nice to see the concrete knife make a cameo!

[Retroweld]

I collect pocket knives so I love this project. Excellent editing! Douglas

[aatto]

i dont even know why im watching this i have never done something with wood but i love it o.o

[PaulHathawayRetired]

This would be a GREAT tool for teaching Cubscouts about their first pocket

[Jimstar]

probably the best tutorial I've seen in a while, was wondering if I could make a metal blade to use instead of a wooden one, would it work? maybe you could make a video on making a folder with a metal blade.

[ScrapwoodCity]

Awesome project for practising with hand tools! Wood springs are really interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[nguy]

I made your old version for my boys, and they loved it. Although they summarily broke the locking mechanism by repeatedly stabbing a cardboard box. I think I'll make another one, but out of soft metals, and not get it sharp or too pointed. Thanks for the templates and build videos!

[CatSkinCap]

This is perfect for when you walk late nights, and vampires attack you

[LitoGeorge]

Excellent! Also a wonderful training tool to teach children how to use a knife safely. With little danger of damage you can school them how to handle, deploy, retract, blade safety etc.

[fwanknmt]

Would make a slick letter opener though

[anikinliu]

All your tools are in order. For some reason it comforted me. :)

[markgreen]

Woodcraft is very relaxing even to watch nice video;)

[Photographer]

Well John, it was great that you used tools every guy should be able to get their hands on ~ well done!

[nickhadfield]

Would this model be able to be a 'reverse knife'? I'm thinking of doing steel (or aluminium) handles and a wooden blade, just because.

[MarkH]

John, I appreciate you, Izzy, Mathias, and so many other creators. The only thing I don't see that I would absolutely love is a time declaration. A statement that while making the video, it took this long, without a video, you estimate a truer time, and with certain steps cut, it could be faster. I have yet to recall anyone saying it only took x hours.

[gauravcheema]

i just realized that we can tweak it to add a steal blade to get a knife with wooden handles. so cool

[caskwith]

While not functional it is beautiful and certainly a great talking point. That's the sort of thing I would have to play with while watching TV or something. Great design, especially the locking mechanism.

[theunluckyfisherman]

Can't wait til im older and have collected all these tools so i can make my grandkids cool shit