Deskmade s44 balisong (butterfly knife)

thingiverse

This is a model of the benchmade 44s butterfly knife. I always liked making knock-off names so that explains the title! There is a bit of a story behind this model. I showed my friend this (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36510) and immediately he wanted to one-up me! (he loves balisongs and was jealous of my 3d printing capabilities but its all in good fun) he is in the process of making one out of metal. I was originally going to make this one out of steel and use it as my counter attack ;) but after thinking about it for a bit I decided I wanted to make a different one that I could make more easily out of metal. So i optimized this one for 3d printing and wanted to put it on thingiverse. so without further adjure, I hope you enjoy it! edit there is a comb blade version of the blade to make it more functional! Post-Printing Instructions After you have 2 handle files and one blade file printed it's as east as putting 2 m2 bolts through the holes and putting a nylon locknut on the end or you don't deserve to have a 3d printer! Kidding! But is should be that simple. depending on how you print it you might just have to widen the holes on the blade and the bolts should just thread right into the plastic.