Thread: Show me your knives

What are you guys using to attach the handle scales?

I am using epoxy glue, mix 1:1, slow curing, apply it thin and evenly and clamp it slightly, works for me.

Thanks. Do you use pins, rivets or corby bolts as well?

I just started making knives and have so far only used brass pins but will probably try the ones you mentioned one day.

Originally Posted by stevodog

Thanks. Do you use pins, rivets or corby bolts as well?

The epoxy will hold the blade plenty well for all but the most brutal uses, especially if keyed in properly, use whichever pin/fixing method that you like the look of.

Cool, thanks for replies. Been inspired by Vipers work to have a go myself.

The healthy option. Venison fillets with a Bark River on the side.

Very cool.

Yeah mate.... my mate who loves New Zealand made it for me.... only thing I did was supply the penny,and the design,...Ulu Alaskan style,.... the rounded blade great for skinning .... taken a while but she’s a beauty ,elk horn handle with a custom made sheath...

Hunting mate wanted a exact copy of a ESSE-3. Not really my cup of tea as it has flat slab handle scales and a pointy glass breaker on the back, but its what he wanted.

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My version, made from 1084 and heat treated to 59-60RC

Mate, you can grind a fair bit more off if they kydex to shape it a tad more, then if you take a buffing wheel and run the kydex edge on it it smooths it out and slightly melts the ends to make it smooth.
Then if you add a back piece as a spacer then the tec-loc can be mounted on both sides. Don’t be afraid to use more kydex as spacers etc.
Shelley

Originally Posted by Shelley

Mate, you can grind a fair bit more off if they kydex to shape it a tad more, then if you take a buffing wheel and run the kydex edge on it it smooths it out and slightly melts the ends to make it smooth.
Then if you add a back piece as a spacer then the tec-loc can be mounted on both sides. Don’t be afraid to use more kydex as spacers etc.
Shelley

Cheers Shelly. I do need to work out a back spacer 'bracket' for the tec-loc as the engineer in me doesn't like the two screw mount, yet lots on the net are done this way. Mate was going hunting and wanted it for the weekend so I did a quick and easy.

Nice, i have a esee 3 and if i had to grab one knife.... ok it doesnt break a deer down as nice as my jack from nga but i wouldnt use the jack to cut kindling!

Latest knife finished, Mamba model, native timber stabilised handles , black G10 liners.
Full grind 14c28n sandvik.
4.5 inch blade.

Off to a forum member, thank you for the support.

Viper / Medusa knives.