Wood glue for Jute knife handle wrap?

[Sieddy]

i was just reading some posts about wrapping stick tang knife handles from Jute. The people had used fibreglass resin to harden the wrap and the results looked fantastic. I'm definitely going to give this a try but i'm wondering whether i'd get good results with wood glue (titebond II to be precise) I'd be interested to hear the views of forum members?

Thanks in advance Si

 

[Dave Budd]

superglue works well Just wrap the handle and pour it on!

 

[Sieddy]

superglue works well Just wrap the handle and pour it on!

Cheers Dave super glue would be convenient. Shame it always comes in such wee bottles!

 

[Robson Valley]

I haft a lot of the Pacific Northwest native style crooked knife blades for wood carving. To hide my unsightly workmanship,
I cover the area with some sort of a #18 surveyor's cord whipping. I rub ordinary carpenter's wood glue into the nylon fiber.
It sets up nice and solid, dries transparent, bonds the cord to the wooden handle and there's never been any movement.
I think it would be ideal and economical for jute.
The only thing is that it's a glossy finish in the thick spots.

 

[Mesquite]

Cheers Dave super glue would be convenient. Shame it always comes in such wee bottles!

Go down your local pound shop. Quite often they have superglue of 12 or so bottles on a card. 2 or 3 of those cards ought to be enough for a knife handle

 

[Sieddy]

Thanks lads that's useful input alright! 🙂

 

[Sieddy]

Just to be clear I'm talking about making the entire handle out of jute. Blade, bolster, jute wrapped round the tang and some bonding agent coated on the layers of jute.

 

[Janne]

Would it not be stronger to infuse and set the glue, layer by layer?
It is a very good idea.

I like the resin idea best though.

 

[Robson Valley]

If you take a 1m x 2m piece of cotton blanket, dunk it in a bucket of carpenter's glue and wring it out,
you will have enough open working time to shape it around a glue-proof form.
It sets up almost as stiff as thin plywood. Useful stagecraft theatrical process.

Plan A: Cut the jute into many panels, paint with glue and stack them, put a brick on it and wait a week.
Plan B: Cut the jute into long strips like you're going to make a plaster set bandage.
Paint with glue and roll tightly. Expect a couple weeks to set up.

In any case you should be able to cut, saw and sand the hardened result. Jute is woody textured stuff, anyway.

 

[Janne]

Sounds like a 'promitive' version of Micarta!

 

[Robson Valley]

Yeah, I think so too. Vegetable Micarta.
So be it.
I'll suppose it could look really quite nice.

 

[Janne]

Vegan micarta?

Vegans like hemp ?

 

[Robson Valley]

Yeah and they carve Tofudebeests with their knives.

 

[Sieddy]

Wow I'm loving all the ideas for vegan micarta! But hold on- isn't normal micarta vegan!?!
Janne- that's right- the idea is to bond each layer of wrap and resin probably is best I just don't want to buy some if I can use something I've already got (being tight!)
Here is the page where I got the idea from.
http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/jute-wrapped-puukko.115537/

 

[Trencakey]

You could use this stuff.
http://www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/1kg-pack-General-Purpose-Resin-RGP10_001.html

 

[Sieddy]

You could use this stuff.
http://www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/1kg-pack-General-Purpose-Resin-RGP10_001.html

Cheers bud that stuff would do the job for sure- very cheap too!