[TheForge] More on knife gluing

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

I have used K&G 2 part epoxy for more than 10 years and have never had a knife returned or any that I have made for myself fail. 


Andy Gladish wrote:
> I don't know nothin about nothin.
> Except perhaps that the more knives I make the less I want to trust 
> glues as much more than fillers, leaning towards using heavy mastic to 
> keep out water from between handle and steel, and depending on mostly 
> riveting for the attachment.
Inclined to agree.
..I do love the look of a rivetless scale handle, but until I
> figure out a way to make a physical attachment it doesn't seem practical.
If the butt cap/pommel and the hilt  overlap the wood fore and aft, that ought to hold scales in place.
> If you could get the end user to keep the knife oiled and never soak 
> it in water, what a world that would be.
Water soak is ok if oil/grease soaks into the dry wood every now and then.
Someone here ( was it Bill?) had a method where they would fill a pipe with urethane, submerge the wood..cap the pipe and pull a strong vacuume through a cap fitting for a few days.
When the wood came out..no more rotting.