Hey guys and welcome to another video.
Today I'll be showing you how to make a paper butterfly knife/balisong from CS:GO,
this is what I would consider an improved version look wise compared to some of my old paper butterfly knife videos,
but it's not necessarily easier or harder to make.
For this tutorials there will be tools and materials that's optional
which can be used to possibly achieve the best result,
and also tools and materials that are a must for this build,
but still can be improvised or replaced with other things that are similar,
this can also be applied to the methods of making the knife,
and some steps can be improvised accordingly to how your knife turned out.
The items you need for this build are liquid glue, crafting knife, ruler, and 110 pound (180gsm) a4 cardstock,
more informations will be in the descriptions below.
Some other optional items to have which can be useful are a wet and dry cloth, cutting mat, pencil/pen, and scissors, as well as a drill.
You may also be needing colorings
if you want to put a skin or a look on your knife,
and clear gloss spray if you want it to last longer and have a shinier look.
You also need something to help spread the glue out, in which I just used a piece of harden paper.
So if you have those, then we are ready to go.
You want to start off by folding a piece of paper in half, then put glue in it and spread it out.
After you've glued the paper, you want use your ruler and run across it so that there aren't any air bubbles,
and wipe the excess glue with a wet cloth, just make sure it's not too wet to ruin the paper,
and you would want to make 6 of these.
After you have made 6 of these, you then want to glue 2 of them together like so, and the other 4 together,
so that you have two sheets of paper where one is 4 layers thick, and another is 2 layers thick.
And once you've done that, wipe it with a wet cloth, and leave it under some heavy books for more than 24 hours to dry,
do note that you may have to leave it under for a bit longer according to the temperature and humidity of your room.
The waiting time can also depend on the type of glue you used,
as some glue dry faster than others.
Once that's dry, you want to print the template which can be downloaded from the link in the description.
If you are interested in how I made the template I'll putting the link for it in the Info card at the top right.
With the template you want to cut it in two different sections like so.
Then glue the blade section and the other section on to the 2 layers thick thinner sheet of paper,
and the handle with the rest on the 4 layers thicker sheet of paper.
Make sure you leave a big gap on the 2 layers thick thinner sheet of paper as shown (videos show the 4 layers thick sheet of paper, but its recommended to leave a gap on both, and you'll know why later)
And leave those under some heavy books for around another 12 hours to dry.
And once that's dry,
you can start cutting.
A few tips for cutting is don't try and cut through the entire sheet of harden paper in one go,
just go through the same cut multiple times, especially around curved areas,
you may also go a bit outside the line, as you can fix it up later.
This is the main part where you have to be patience and committed, so try not to rush it as it does take a while to cut.
You can choose to cut out all of the pieces in one go, or cut specific pieces before continuing,
I chose to cut specific pieces as I get bored doing the same thing.
One thing that is important is that when you are not using a piece for a while whether it's cut or uncut,
just make sure you leave it under heavy books to prevent it from bending.
So I chose to cut out the blades first, because you do need a bit of gluing for those,
so that when I'm waiting for it to dry, I can move on to cutting the handle out.
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After you've cut out the five different pieces of the blade, leave the centre blade or the biggest piece out for now,
and then glue the smaller piece with the other two pieces,
you know it’s the right two piece when the bottom section of the blade looks like this when placed together.
After you've applied the glue,
you'll need to apply pressure to the two pieces for around another 12 hours,
and to do that,
I used popsicle sticks and paper clamps/pegs to help the pieces stay together as shown.
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While that's drying, you can move on to cutting the handles out,
this sheet of harden paper is a lot thicker than before,
so my advice before of not trying to cut it in one go applies even more here.
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Once you've finished cutting the handles, and the blade is also dry,
you will now want to drill the holes labelled in the template,
the drill size will be determined by the size of the connector you are using,
for this build I'm using paper clips, but you can use toothpicks or a Q-tip stick.
If you don't have a drill, this would be a lot harder to do,
but it's still doable with a nail or pen or anything sharp to poke a hole through slowly.
After cutting out the rest of the pieces,
you can now start applying a skin to the build if you choose to do so,
the look I went with is the marble fade skin,
and I used watercolour pencil to colour in the knife, and a black marker to colour in the handle.
Once you've painted it,
you can also apply a clear gloss spray paint over it to make it more sturdy and give a shinier look.
After all of the pieces are painted and glued,
then you can take your connector ping you are using,
in my case I'm using paper clip like mentioned before,
and cut out 4 pieces that fits the 4 holes correctly, make sure the pieces is not too short once the handles go on.
Also be sure to use another two similar length ping piece at the bottom of the handles as well.
After you've gotten the correct sized pings for each hole,
you can start by gluing the two smaller pieces that doesn't require movements on the blade as shown.
Make sure you level it correctly so that the ping dry at the right length,
so in my case I place paper at the end so that its levelled,
and a paper clip under the blade as well so it doesn't push the ping all the way back in as shown.
Once you've glued both sides and are dry, you can move on to gluing the handles on to the blade using the pings.
Just like before, you want to place a few supports between the two handles so that it's levelled when drying,
and first start by gluing the ping that connects the handle to the blade as shown.
After you've done both side,
you can move on to gluing the pings at the bottom of the handle, and start to cut out your latch if you haven't already,
in this template, the latch doesn't really work and you'll see why in the finished product,
but if you made your own latch this would be the time to attach it.
Once all of that is dry, and the handle still feels flimsy,
then you want to do the next step as well.
Use one of the harden papers, whether its thinner one or the ticker one,
in my case I realised I didn't need to use the thicker sheet of paper despite leaving the massive space available.
What you want to do is take the measurement of the handle from the points shown in the video,
and cut out small strips of harden paper to be used as support that glues on the outside of the blade when it's in the closed position.
When gluing you want to start from the point where the blade can still turn,
leaving a gap at the close point between the blade and the handle as shown.
When you glue it on, you want to hold it for at least 2 minutes to let the glue dry a bit before moving on to the other handle.
Once you've done that let it dry for another 30 minutes,
after that I gave it a final coat of glossy spray paint, to keep it hardened.
From here you can see that the latch I made keeps hitting the tip of the knife,
thus the blade was unable to spin properly so I removed it.
And now you're finished! OwO
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and yeah... ty for watching, peace out! UwU
