jclinton
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone! I made some Riddick blades out of plastic & x-acto knife handles. I originally used real blades and incorporated the handles, but they seemed pretty dangerous. So I made an alternative public safety set. The final pic is the plastic blade.
Steps For the Blades:
I Used a real swing blade for the template (Drew on plastic)
Cut the blade out of the plastic (1/4 inch I think)
Used a belt sander to smooth out the shape
Drilled 4 various size holes
Then for the blade where it is all jagged teeth, I drilled a hole at the base of each space between each tooth, then used a router bit on a dremel and worked my way out for each one.
Then I sanded everything down and gave it a beveled look to the edge, but it doesn't come to a sharp point.
Steps for the handles:
You have to gut the handles (There is a really good tutorial out there by Boba Dept (Thank you Boba!!) ) with a dremel
Once you cut out the right notches in the plastic blade, put it in place to make sure it fits
Then what I did was take the blade out, fill the handle with bondo, put the blade in, and clamp it shut overnight. (This eliminated the need to have a screw and nut holding the handle closed) It also gave it a little weight to balance it out.
Then you can sand it down and fill in any gaps with bondo, or I used Magic Sculpt
Finally I painted it black then a metallic rustolium over that. I still need to smooth the handle and weather it.
Steps For the Blades:
I Used a real swing blade for the template (Drew on plastic)
Cut the blade out of the plastic (1/4 inch I think)
Used a belt sander to smooth out the shape
Drilled 4 various size holes
Then for the blade where it is all jagged teeth, I drilled a hole at the base of each space between each tooth, then used a router bit on a dremel and worked my way out for each one.
Then I sanded everything down and gave it a beveled look to the edge, but it doesn't come to a sharp point.
Steps for the handles:
You have to gut the handles (There is a really good tutorial out there by Boba Dept (Thank you Boba!!) ) with a dremel
Once you cut out the right notches in the plastic blade, put it in place to make sure it fits
Then what I did was take the blade out, fill the handle with bondo, put the blade in, and clamp it shut overnight. (This eliminated the need to have a screw and nut holding the handle closed) It also gave it a little weight to balance it out.
Then you can sand it down and fill in any gaps with bondo, or I used Magic Sculpt
Finally I painted it black then a metallic rustolium over that. I still need to smooth the handle and weather it.
