[TheForge] More on knife gluing

[Christopher Warnock]

An acquaintance of mine fashioned a knife with a rat-tail tang that he
had passed through uncut antler.  He had peened the tang at the end to
fix the blade to the handle. To eliminate the movement of the antler
around the tang he used shellac, which has the benefits of drying
solid but is removable should he ever want to remove or fix the tang.
Shellac has the additional benefit of being inexpensive. Unless you
intend to use your knife around solvents, you might give it a try.

Christopher Warnock

On Monday, August 23, 2010, Andy Gladish <gladish at cablerocket.com> wrote:
> Any idea which epoxies flex?
> So far the problem area is right where the blade goes into the handle- the
> blade is a bit flexy, and that's where it fails if it's going to
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "James Binnion" <jbin at well.com>
>>
>> If you are gluing different materials together (wood to metal or
>> copper to steel for example) you are better off with a epoxy that has
>> some flex to it to allow for the differences in thermal expansion
>> between the materials.
>>
>>  Now if I could just afford his epoxy, $1100 for 16 oz. , sheesh.
>>
>>
>> Jim
>
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