Blade Blank Knife Kit 18

Just made up two kits of the Chinese rip of of a classic French knife. Realy good value fot under eight quid. If you have no real hand tools start with this one and build it as it is, but use shim when putting in the blade. Forget the scales, they are some sort of balsa wood. I used some fake shell and horn ofcuts I had around and put in proper pins instead of the screws to hold them on after the epoxy.i Do that and you finish up with something you would pay £70 for if you buy it online made up. Seriously, a friend of mine has bought the same basic metalwork on a production knife from France with a decent handle on it for 84? Seriously good value if you put in a bit of work and invest about 4 hours of your time. Get some more things like this in and I will buy them.

Great kit and on the whole good easy to follow instructions. So why my title? The instructions don't tell you that you need to use a shim when peening the pivot pin. IMHO it's essential.

I think a kit like this would sell very well if it had a sub 3" blade to make it legal EDC in the U.K. I know that I'd buy one or two to experiment on, different scales etc. That goes for any sub 3" slip joint folder, any blade shape at this price point or slightly higher.