[TheForge] More on knife gluing

[James Binnion]

Shellac has a long history in fixing blades in tableware type cutlery.  
It is easily reworked but it is brittle, it is known to fail when run  
through the dishwasher repeatably.

Jim

On Aug 23, 2010, at 7:57 PM, Christopher Warnock wrote:

> 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.
>

James Binnion
jbin at well.com