mora hook knife

[mr dazzler]

I have been using one of the hook knive's and I like its steel I had to modify it so it was more like a convex bevell and removed about 3/4 of an inch off the tip (just got in the way) It takes a fair edg with emory and diamond paste etc BUT the handle is near useless, its way too short and too thin. I intend to rehandle with a thicker ash one about 14 inches long and an inch diametre or so with a ferrule (to get easier leverage and steerage seeing as my hand's are shot) What I wanted to ask was how are the mora handles attached to the blades on the hook knife's? Are they a simple tang friction fit or glued in or what (just so as I get a better idae of how to dismantle it. Are they pinned under the ferrule? )
Cheers Jonathan

 

[Steve R]

I would be interested in the answer to this too, anyone know?

 

[fishfish]

just yake it apart slowly and carefully!

 

[mr dazzler]

Yes I did just that, used a smal chisle gouge to remove wood bit by bit not knowing where the tang was, no rivets or anything. Ground the collar thing off the end of the tang. All was going well until I was fitting the blade to its new handle and managed to smash the blade in half It seems very brittle steel. I needeth something more sturdier methink's