[TheForge] More on knife gluing

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

Ahhhhhhhhhh, remembering the late GREAT Bob Engnath!!!

Mark

Blind pins - drill holes in tang, fit a side - mark the holes. Glue other side in place.  Drill rivet size holes in the wood - DO NOT go all the way thru. Make short pins, pointy on both ends, short enough so that ~ 40% of the length extends above the tang when you shove them in the holes. Drill the other side on the marks - just that 40% or so. You may need to use a slightly larger bit that the pins (say
0.125 pins, then a #30 bit). A touch deeper than needed is better than too short. Smear glue over the side and pins and press into place.  As an example of what it looks like see:
<http://www.ironflower.com/blades/images/J006.jpg>http://www.ironflower.com/blades/images/J006.jpg 


Steve