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How to make a pirate knife

10/13/2012 8:53:21 AM
By: papersculpture
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This guide will show you a simple way to make a pirate knife from cardboard - to add to your pirate costume

Difficulty level: Advanced

Instructions:

Materials:
Cardboard
2 toilet paper rolls
Round object such as a coffee cup
Aluminum foil for baking
Scissors
Craft knife
Pen or pencil
Black paint
2 clothes pins
White glue

Cut a slit lengthwise in 1 of the toilet paper rolls

Trace the outline of the coffee cup or similar sized round object on cardboard and cut it out

Take a large piece of cardboard. – Here a large shoe box for boots was used.

Makes 3 marks:
About 1/3 of the way to the right at the top
1/3 of the way from the left of the bottom
about ¼ of the way from the top left – ¼ of the way down

Use the marks as guides to help you draw the blade as shown in picture

Cut out the blade

Hold the straight bottom edge of the blade over the center of the circle and make a line around it.

Cut out inside the lines

Insert the edge of the blade through the cut in the circle

Take the second toilet paper roll and squash it flat so it is folded in half.

On the right side, cut off the top and bottom corners to round them off and make an arc

On the left side, cut out the shape shown in the picture.
It should be about the same width all around

On a piece of cardboard, trace the outline of the cut toilet paper roll and add 1 ½ inches to the straight ends as shown in picture.

Cut it out.

Coat the knife handle, on both sides with glue ( up to the circle)

Wrap the slit toilet paper roll around over the glue.
Flatten it and put glue under the flap.