Knife Making Question

[Morrolan]

Hi all,

I'm interested in trying my hand at making myself a knife - whilst I am not intending to make my first 100% from scratch, I was considering something along the lines of this kit.

One question I have, is with this sort of kit, how is the handle attached to the tang? There doesn't appear to be any brass rivets or anything - is it a glue and pressure/push fit job?

Many thanks in advance,
Morrolan

 

[Retired Member southey]

Here's a good tutorial chap, if you get stuck we're here for you!

 

[Morrolan]

Thanks for the prompt reply, but the link doesn't work?

 

[Ogri the trog]

Go to Brisa.fi and look for the tutorials section.
They have a brilliant record of sevice to the UK should you need any parts.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Retired Member southey]

Thanks for the prompt reply, but the link doesn't work?

Hmm! works fine for me but here is the full addy cut and paste.

https://www.brisa.fi/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=15

 

[Siberianfury]

its a stick tang, so the handle is drilled out, and the tang centered in the hole, expoxyed and seccured in place.

if well made, in my opinion it is superiour to a full tang

 

[Pikebite]

its a stick tang, so the handle is drilled out, and the tang centered in the hole, expoxyed and seccured in place.

if well made, in my opinion it is superiour to a full tang

Why? What makes you say that?

 

[brancho]

I would recomend following the Brisa tut and THIS

I would also follow THIS for the Bolster fit. That is do not file the hole in the bolster bigger but thin the tang by a fraction of a mm up to about 5mm of its final locatoin then force it on for best fit.

Epoxy glue will hold the handle just fine I found a while ago when dismantling a knife as after boiling it for an hour (to soften the epoxy) it still took all my strength to pull the handle off the tang. Rivets are not necessary.

 

[Siberianfury]

Why? What makes you say that?

simply because ive broken full tangs, if the scales are stuck, they seem to be liable to split.

 

[Mojoracinguk]

This is similar to the Kit I was brought a year or so ago.....It was fun to build.
the knife is really good too (mine had a Karesurando make of Blade)

the tang is about 2.5mm thick and i used a 3mm drill (long series wood drill which cost £9 for a set consissting of 3,4,5,6,8,10mm i think)
I'll link to the drills later if i can find them.

the tang was laid on top of the curly birch and drawn around in the position i wanted it to be....after a lot of lining my pistol drill up i sunk 3 holes converging on each other that where removing the material from the position of the intended tang hole/slot.

after this a hack saw blade was gound and shaped to give a nice scraper to remove the rest of the material.
it took a while but i feel gave me more scope for handle shape as i did not have a big cylindrical 'core' of epoxy in the wood. so if i felt like it i could thin the hadle right down to a few mm away from the tang without breaking through to the epoxy.....not that i did...but i could. also i did not need to centre the blade as the slot dictates the position.

just one experiance i had...although if i were to do a few more....the drill a big hole approach would be less time consuming.

good luck with yours should you go ahead with it.

Mojo

 

[stinger]

iv just finished my first knife made from this exact kit. well worth it, and it turns out great. just making the sheath before i post pics. i cant really add anything to what mojo has said actually think i got the same drill set. as for epoxy i used alraldite precision and it seems to have worked a treat.

 

[GeoffWood]

simply because ive broken full tangs, if the scales are stuck, they seem to be liable to split.

You must be very rough on your knives. What were you doing to break them?
Is it the tang you are breaking, or the scales?

 

[IBrown]

I have just found the link to the knife making. Many thanks southey, I hope it will help me as well. I am about to make a start on a kit I got for Xmas its nearly the same kit a Karesuando Kniven.
I will be following your progress Morrolan and hope you will inspire me to complete mine.
Regards
Ian