Popsicle Stick Swiss Army Knife Prop

Swiss Army Knife made out of popsicle sticks!

This is a Swiss Army Knife prop that YOU can make using only a couple of popsicle sticks (tounge depressor type).

NOTE: I do not know how to make the blades stop when fully extended. You can turn them until they hit the other side of the stopper. I did not have a Swiss Army Knife available while making this Instructable.

Please post a solution if you can.

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You will need:

 - 6 popsicle sticks (wide type)

 - Superglue

 - Drill

 - Jigsaw (optional)

 - 1/2cm drill bit

 - Sandpaper 150 grit and 280 grit

 - Pen or marker

This is not a Step-by-step Instructable, so I'm hoping you understand the process from the image notes.

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Comments

[gUmMy_BeAr]

omg omg omg omg omg im soooo going to make one

[colorex]

Cool! I'm happy you like it!

[One.]

Haha! great : )
good to give to a little kid so he can learn to be safe with knives... or cut himself...

[colorex]

LOL Thanks for commenting!

[TheGeek1984]

So, from what I gather from looking at my knife and opening and closing it, this is how you make the blades stop when opening them.

I apologize for the crudeness and poor handwriting...

[colorex]

Hahaha Yes! This is coming up in version two. Thanks for your help!

[TheGeek1984]

Not a problem. I wasn't sure if you'd had a reply yet, and I knew from watching shows like "How It's Made", the mechanics of it. But I had to see it in action by opening and closing my knife before I felt like I could even try to articulate it. I hope it helps!

[TheGeek1984]

OK, after I drew that up, I had to try it. So since I had some popsicle sticks lying around, I grabbed one and this is what I got.

1. Just like the picture, there is a notch on the same side as side C. Sides A and C are roughly the same length, and B actually came out pretty even too.
2. I found that it was easier to leave side A rather long, then drill the hole out, and then shorten it to match C.
3. The dotted line is just where I tapered the blade, and I colored in the notch for the thumb to pull out the blade. The other notch...I'm not really sure why that's there, maybe aesthetics? I was going off of my little Swiss Army blade.

Again, this is just a rough work up of what I drew last night. I just wanted to make sure that it was possible. Good luck on version 2!

[colorex]

Great! I'll send you a patch for doing my knife!

[TheGeek1984]

Awesome! Thanks for the patch!

[Mahmoud Alaa]

here s my ver2.0

[Mahmoud Alaa]

here is mine

[Snow man]

good job! going to make one!

P.S. how the blades come out of the knife?

[colorex]

They swing over a wooden axle.

[Robot Lover]

This is pretty cool! You should put a little wood filler or bondo over it so it's smoother.

[colorex]

Comin' up in the new version!

[colorex]

Comin' up in the new version!

[nattyclem]

brilliant instructable, I love it and are probably going to make one.
well done and I really hope you win a prize. with you all the way.

[colorex]

Thanks! Im sooooo glad you like it! Thanks for your good wishes! You're just so awesome!

[agis68]

I used to do spoons and knifes from popsicles many years ago...I think this is really worthing the prize......good luck...i will try to make one....(not very sure for the result)....

[colorex]

Thanks!

[Mahmoud Alaa]

it's cool but i make a single knife 7 month ago and i try very hard to make it sharp but wood cant be sharp like knife and i don't think that this is sharp and it is very cool man and i will upload a better knife with a junk metal

[mr.mountaineer]

i have made many wood knives and they can be just as sharp as metal they just don't hold an edge very long but can be sharp enough to shave hair

[colorex]

It's just a replica... It's not meant to be sharp...

[ZoDo]

Realy cool!!! This can be a great gift for kids.

P.S: Why don't you paint it so that it has an even more realistic look

[colorex]

There you go.

[colorex]

I already did, but haven't uploaded...

[ZoDo]

Nice. Almost like my original Swiss army knife :P

[colorex]

Yeah! I had one that had a knife, a sandpaper-ish thingy, a couple of tweezers and a toothpick. I lost it lots o time ago...

This one is about double the size.

[Imadeit]

Awesome!!

[LaffyDuck187]

i carved this with my swiss army knife.lol

[colorex]

Hahaha LOL

[nutsandbolts_64]

Daaaaaannngggggg.... I was going to do this someday, except, again, someone else beat me to it :/ Oh well :D

[colorex]

You can still do it :)

[tobyscool]

So Cool!!!
Going to make one right now :P

[colorex]

I mean when... :S

[colorex]

Cool! Post a picture of it ejem youre done!

[Kiteman]

This sort of project really needs to be in the proper step-by-step style.

[colorex]

I agree. But I had little time...

[colorex]

I have found a solution to the problem posted above. Please expect it in the Popsicle Stick Swiss Knife 2.0! Coming soon!