Blade handle ! Help !!!!!!!!!!!

[Sjt657 191]

How do I put a handle on this ?? I want a round handle to fit my fingers and I was going to put on a lathe round it of and sand it down .. But how would I secure the blade or even get it in ???? Any ides would help thanks

[ArchieHood 3,692]

Drill out the handle and resin it in.

[Sjt657 191]

Drill out the handle and resin it in.

What resin do I use ??? I have some ct 1 any good ??

[midnight 657]

small pillot hole get the tang tip red hot and force it in , it will burn the perfect hole , just dont let the blade get to hot or hot at all it will ruin the temper , i hold mine in cold tap water as a heat sink and just heat the tang . then when your happy apoxi it (araldite rapid), the tricky bit is going to get the handle to line up with blade profile , i have spent hours and hours looking at that knife and wondering how to do it , and what material will suit it . for a long time i did think antler with brass guard .

because its very old steel in it (the oldest file i have ever used) and its patina it has a brilliant antique quality to it so something along thos lines might work ?

worth taking your time over this one i recon , get all the sexy materials in and study them so you squeeze all the best from them , your well up to the chalinge of this one now tho .

good luck .

[Sjt657 191]

Cheers matt I'm going to get some different woods and see which looks best next to it and in different shapes now I know how to fix it that's half the battle

[spike25blue 55]

I have a few types of woods and some antler I think it deserves a nice bit tbh

 

I'm doing your replacement catty now buddy

 

Atb rob

[jjbull 38]

a good technique a have seen on another forum for stick tangs was to cut a slot in some dowel to fit over the tang, then al you have to do is drill your hole in the handle material and slide it all in with a little epoxy, i havent tried it yet but i am going to try it on my next knife

[midnight 657]

if your apoxi fails tho your knife will come apart . you still need a close tolerance and burning in has work for 3,000 years !

burning will work on horn/antler to !

[jjbull 38]

looks like ive got 2 ways to try if i ever get motivated to make some more knives

[Sjt657 191]

if your apoxi fails tho your knife will come apart . you still need a close tolerance and burning in has work for 3,000 years !

burning will work on horn/antler to !

What do you think ?? Something like this ?

[midnight 657]

yeah thats the job !!

[GruffaloGriff 1,859]

If the tang is long enough you can put it right through the handle and use the projecting few milimeters to rivit on an end cap. A piece of brass works well, esy to file/ sand to shape and can be cut from an old door hinge or other piece of scrap. I have made end caps with old coins, a Canadian bever, an American eagle or a silver sixpence make an intresting and unique end to a handle.