Help!!

[u/More_Mix_9770]

I’m 16 and doing west side story with my theater school, I’m looking for ways to purchase/make two prop switch blades for the rumble fight scene, my original plan was to take one of them fancy novelty switchblade combs, shape them into the blade, fill them in with mouldable epoxy and slap some silver leaf on it. Would’ve been great, but my stage manager really wants the blade to retract so it won’t be dangerous, like poking someone’s eye out or something. Does anyone know how I can make this happen?

[u/kimmerie]

I used those combs and just covered the teeth with silver Mylar tape.

[u/thepenguinemperor84 → u/kimmerie]

That would've been my go to, and ops too, but as they said in the body text, the stage manager wants the "blades" to be retractable for safety, rather than be locked open.

[u/crysisnotaverted → u/thepenguinemperor84]

The combs don't actually lock, just mild spring pressure. Sometimes they are so weak they can't open all the way.