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House Key Balisong (Butterfly Knife)

I have turned my house key into a mini Balisong.

The handles and pivot pins are made out of layers of regular card stock and the latch is magnetic.

If you would like to see the full Instructable of this click here.

Please rate =)

59 comments

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Oct 24, 2010. 1:13 AMbeehard44 says:

haha made me lol

Aug 5, 2010. 6:31 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

Almost done the Instructable. it WILL be out before August 14.

Jul 15, 2010. 5:59 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

Alright so after a year i'm finally making an instructable for this.

Jul 30, 2010. 7:30 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

gonna be taking a few days off from working on it. got my wisdom teeth taken out

Jul 15, 2010. 10:28 PM3RR0R404 says:

Hope we will see it soon =)

Jul 17, 2010. 5:36 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

Hopefully, I'm trying to make it as in-depth as possible.

Jul 20, 2010. 7:34 PMcodongolev says:

just in case you care, you just showed your house key to the world. you might want to obscure that next time. but it's a great project!

Jul 20, 2010. 7:45 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

Thanks! but i was just wondering why is it a bad idea to show my house key?

Jul 24, 2010. 6:25 PMcodongolev says:

yeah, what he said... some guy invented a key that's also a keyring (genius!) and then posted the prototype online... then he had to change his locks, because he posted his house key on his international blog.

Jul 24, 2010. 7:00 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

its a good thing my address and everything else isn't on here then

Jul 21, 2010. 1:38 AMshadowofblood says:

Any half-decent key-maker can duplicate a key from a photo or scan. Just to let you know =)

Jul 21, 2010. 10:41 AMli.c.reated (author) says:

Thanks for the answer. I guess its ok as long as who ever doesn't know where I live. :D

Jul 21, 2010. 1:36 PMshadowofblood says:

Do you happen to live in San Diego?

Jul 21, 2010. 6:31 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

lol nope

Jul 21, 2010. 7:32 PMshadowofblood says:

Lol, k. I know another robomaster1 who lives in SD.

Jul 3, 2009. 5:19 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

Well, does anyone else want to know how to make this?

Jul 5, 2010. 4:35 PMchi chi chippy says:

ive been wonting to make one but ive never found some1 showing how to make the haddles attach to the key so if u could post a instructable that would be great

Jul 14, 2010. 2:50 PMsparktech says:

drill 2 holes in your key and put a small metal pin in it then just jb weld the pin to eaither side of your handles

Jul 17, 2010. 5:37 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

i guess i would do that but i don't have any of the tools for that. For me is was easier to work with paper

Feb 18, 2010. 1:17 AMimakeknives says:

now thats a dumb question...something this cool? .....that answer should be obvious...F@*# yeah!!! this is a sweet idea!

Jan 10, 2010. 5:44 PMsnowboots1392 says:

Yes i would like to know how to make this also

Aug 17, 2009. 2:42 PMEkzile says:

yeah that would be awesome to learn how to make it.

Aug 4, 2009. 1:28 AMhasmant says:

yeah it look like a fun project

Jul 7, 2009. 4:50 PMScythe1157 says:

Absolutely, that key is the coolest MF on the block inside that.

Jul 6, 2009. 3:01 PMkobimaru says:

Yes, I rather do.

Jul 14, 2010. 2:49 PMsparktech says:

i want one!!!! please make the instructable!!! u should make it out of metal though.....

May 8, 2010. 8:39 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

I know all you people out there like my house key balisong (Instructable is still coming), but I think you are all gonna like my next house key design even more.

May 31, 2010. 1:54 PMFrag says:

what will your next design be/when do you think it might be out?

Jul 3, 2010. 8:23 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

I can give you a hint on what my next design is.... its spring loaded, but i'm not sure if i'm going to make an instructable on how to make it.

Jul 12, 2010. 9:38 PMMadBricoleur says:

WANT! either way, +1.

Jan 11, 2010. 5:03 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

Well, I sorry I didn't get this instructable out this Christmas due to the fact that I have school to deal with. Which gives me little or no time to work on any of my projects.

I have gotten the chance to use the key for a while though so I can tell you what it is like using it.

First, it is very fun to have and show to your friends. The only bad thing about this is that you have to be careful when your turning your key in the key hole.

There will be more information about the experience with this in the instructable. Hopefully I can give it to you guys soon, but school and mid terms come first.

Apr 25, 2010. 4:54 PMBuck Futter says:

Not gonna lie, this thing is a beast. Too bad I wasn't the first to come up with this. But I got a few questions.

1) What exactly do you mean by card stock?
2) Does this work as a normal butterfly knife? Can you still do tricks?
3) Nice Job! It's a good looking mofo

Jul 3, 2010. 8:29 PMli.c.reated (author) says:

1) Card stock is a paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper. 2) It opens and close like the actual thing. I'm not sure if you can do tricks(never really made an attempted), but I think it is to do some tricks. 3)thankyou =)