Rehandling a SAK

[bushwacker bob]

bushwacker bob how do you fix the new scales on - is there a slickway or do you just epoxy them straight on. also do you profile them first or shape them on the knife. Ive seen some with mosaic pins are they just set in or what.
Lots of questions i know - i fancy dressing mine up a bit but not really sure where to start.

Cheers
Nick

They way I do them is fairly similar to Cosco's tutorial via the above link.I usually reduce the height of the protruding rivets by about 50% as it doesn't affect their strenth and means I can make thinner replacement scales.I like to have the scales not much thicker than the originals.Mosaic pins on SAKs are usually 'false' pins and are set into the scale as opposed to going right through the knife.
I dont have electricity in my shed,so I make the scales oversized and then sand it all down.If you want a mosaic pin to go right through the knife and act as a pivot, then you have to re-drill the hole in the blade as SAK pivot pins are less than 1.5mm diameter

 

[nickg]

Fred Bob
just what I needed to know
bigthumps all round

Cheers
Nick