Bladed Knuckle Duster

These have been in a drawer since my steel spiked knuckle dusters.
Here's most of the process.
Finally finished them.

Nice, it looks pretty vicious, but since the points aren't inline with the base i imagine it would be a bit awkward to use.

also is that a Pyscho mask like from the game Borderlands? nice job on that, it looks pretty cool.

Yeah, it's a bandit mask from paper. Used it on Halloween.
And I didn't even think to line up the blades... though it'll probably be the only one I make, so nothing to worry about I suppose.

It reminds me of the Predator's wrist blades. And my god, I love that mask.
How are the blades held in place?
Best regards,
-Lupenstein.

I got lazy and used JB Kwik. Works fine.

An unconventional yet innovative method, kudos, good sir. =]
-Lupenstein

Nice little duster(ripper ), but there are a few issues in it's practicality, at least the ones I'd try to avoid in future designs.

For one...the length of the blades will put a lot of leverage on your fingers...you can imagine the pain if you were to strike a hard object/surface...ie.*bone*(upon penetration) causing the blades to stray and ultimately twist your fingers something wicked. I can imagine that even if the opponent simply deflects the blades even by putting his arm in the way...you might be breaking *your* fingers while causing only a few scratches minor punctures to the blocking arm.

Basically you want more leverage in your hand than on the blade end...or at least close to balancing them, like you did in the spike version.

Also it's just asking for the third blade(in fact I would go as far as even replacing the two side blades with just one in the middle)...this extra point of contact will help maintain the direction of the penetration(I'm guessing), but what I know for sure is the middle blade when just alone will have the most direct force behind it and won't be as susceptible to stray off course under various angles of impact.

It is really sweet looking though and does look like a nice slashing weapon, but certainly not a stabbing one(unless of course you add a gauntlet with a solid piece resting on the back of the hand to compensate for the blade leverage ).

Thumbs up! and keep up the killer projects!

Ivo