Snufkin said:
Yes
But the tang was pretty short and thats the longest I could make the handle and still rivet the tang. I don't have huge hands so it fits OK but another cm would have been nice.
As long as the tang was around 2/3 of the blade length then normal epoxy would hold on it's own. There is no need whatsoever to rivet the tang, other than for decoration.
if you use a slow cure epoxy thn you have time to make sure that the glue goes all the way to the bottom of the hole.
you can do this by standing the block up and then use a syringe to fill as much blue as possibe. Let it stand for 10 minutes then do the same again. The glue will sink into the hole and eventually the hole will be full.
Usual working time with the slow cure is about 2 hours.
IF you reall want to rivit, then you can drill a few small holes in the tang, and epoxy as normal. The epoxy will go thorugh the holes and creat something called an epoxy pin.
riviting and epoxy on a hidden tang blade is overkill.
Nice knife BTW!