First attempt at a Full tang.
It was to be a nice little blade to celebrate my first daughter, (Nearly nine weeks
now)
so it was not going to be a 10 plus mammoth man sized blade.
I drew out and settled on a 2 blade and the overall size is 6 then cut this
After a few more sheets of paper I had in my mind that the scales should have a nice contrast of light and dark so sourced Hawthorn branch from the garden and some buffalo horn off the internet, along with some brick red liner.
It took a while to sand the compound angles by hand but I got a fairly tight fit so bonded the scale sections together then after more sanding flat the liners were added.
Now the knife is taking shape but before I bond the scales to the blade I need some advice.
I (like a fool) messed up one of the hole in the scale and over sized it at one end (when the pin is in you can see a gap) should I fill it with glue or countersink the hole and rivet the ends of the pins over?
Also the file work on the top of the tang (another first and a bit asymmetrical) looks fine as it is but I have seen knives with a resinous filling that fills the voids what is it?, and if I dont use it is there a way of keeping the adhesive from spewing into the voids and looking unsightly?
If you can offer help then thanks
I will post more on this as and when I finish, There is still a small foot print and hand print silver plaque to inlay to the handle and a sheath to make with the same embossed onto the closure.
The sheath will hold a nicely proportioned whetstone from that QDan T on the leg side by the blade.
Thanks again for any advice you can give
Jim
It was to be a nice little blade to celebrate my first daughter, (Nearly nine weeks
now)
so it was not going to be a 10 plus mammoth man sized blade.
I drew out and settled on a 2 blade and the overall size is 6 then cut this
After a few more sheets of paper I had in my mind that the scales should have a nice contrast of light and dark so sourced Hawthorn branch from the garden and some buffalo horn off the internet, along with some brick red liner.
It took a while to sand the compound angles by hand but I got a fairly tight fit so bonded the scale sections together then after more sanding flat the liners were added.
Now the knife is taking shape but before I bond the scales to the blade I need some advice.
I (like a fool) messed up one of the hole in the scale and over sized it at one end (when the pin is in you can see a gap) should I fill it with glue or countersink the hole and rivet the ends of the pins over?
Also the file work on the top of the tang (another first and a bit asymmetrical) looks fine as it is but I have seen knives with a resinous filling that fills the voids what is it?, and if I dont use it is there a way of keeping the adhesive from spewing into the voids and looking unsightly?
If you can offer help then thanks
I will post more on this as and when I finish, There is still a small foot print and hand print silver plaque to inlay to the handle and a sheath to make with the same embossed onto the closure.
The sheath will hold a nicely proportioned whetstone from that QDan T on the leg side by the blade.
Thanks again for any advice you can give
Jim
