3D Printed Survival Utility Knife

Eat your heart out Bear Grills!

Features include:

• standard utility knife blades (with 3 spares stored in handle) paracord wrapping on handle
• Handle slotted to fit to a Mini-Bic lighter
• Neck sheath w/ lanyard
• Vitamin list:
  • a little sheet metal screw to secure the blade retainer
  • 4 utility blades
  • 3 feet of paracord or similar
  • mini-bic lighter
• If you want to remix this project, I suggest finding a way to integrate a whistle and/or compass into the sheath.

Step 1: What You Need

• 3d printer
• mini bic lighter
• 4 utility knife blades
• 8' of parachute cord
• a little screw

Step 2: How to Make It

Download it HERE

Print it.

Trim off the round feet: I added little rounded foot-pads to the print file, so that it would stick nicely to the print platform.

Fit a blade into the slot and press the blade retainer into place. Secure it with a little sheet metal screw, using the back of a spare blade to twist the screw into place.

Fit the lighter and spare blades into their places in the handle.

Wrap the handle with 12" of electrical or duct tape (handy stuff!)

Wrap the handle with 3 feet of parachute cord and tuck the ends in.

Test fit the neck sheath and add a parachute cord necklace. (I like to use a bit of tape to but-join a neck cord. You want it just strong enough to use, but weak enough to break away if it's really snagged on something)

Use your new knife to trim the snap-on retention tabs of the neck sheath to fine-tune the fit.

Step 3: