Restore knife handle

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Restore knife handle Maker 10/28/15 (Wed) 11:18:33 No.183

I've got a nice old knife which has worked well for me but I would like to restore it a bit. The handle was coming apart and starting to collect nasty debris behind it.

I was going to rust convert and prime the handle part of the blade. The wood I would sand a couple of times then glue and hammer the handle back on, and another layer of varnish. Any comments on this plan? Does anyone know view old it is? I was thinking maybe about WW1…

Maker 10/28/15 (Wed) 11:25:28 No.184

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Also ITT, nice old knives which you still use.

Maker 10/29/15 (Thu) 06:38:08 No.186

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This is now a guide.

I sanded back the tang, and applied phosphoric acid based rust converter. Waited 30 minutes, then masked up the blade, and applied 4 coats of primer paint each 5 minutes apart.

I sanded the handle with 80-180 grit paper and scratched away the rot from behind it. I bogged it up with filler and let it dry for four hours. Then sanded handle with 120 - 600 grit paper. Cleaned dust off with dry rag and painted with satin jarrah stain +varnish. 1 coat so far.

Maker 10/29/15 (Thu) 16:25:54 No.187

>>186

Very nice start, fellow maker. Haven't done any work on knives, but nice to see it getting a new lease on life.

Maker 11/11/15 (Wed) 07:00:26 No.192

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So I left the handle for one week to fully dry after the third coat of varnish. Then I sanded the rough patches from the back and redrilled the pin holes.

Maker 11/11/15 (Wed) 07:05:42 No.193

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I painted the handles with two part glue, and squeezed then back together into the tang. Unfortunately they now seem to be the wrong shape. Maybe they've lost some timber after all this time of being bare. I know I was taking some off each time I cleaned it before. Any advice?

Maker 11/11/15 (Wed) 15:12:14 No.196

>>193

Unfortunately here I feel that your only choice is to file/sand down the indentations on the tang (you will lose muh ergonomics, but gain a flush tang), and possibly will have to re varnish the edge of the handle. Best of luck.

Maker 11/12/15 (Thu) 08:18:09 No.197

>>196

Yeah, I see what your saying, but i really dont want to modify the tang. I'd prefer to carve an entirely new handle to doing that.

I think i might first just have a go at sealing the existing handle and seeing how it goes as is.

Maker 11/15/15 (Sun) 22:42:56 No.198

Hey buddy,

Looking interesting.

Maker 11/17/15 (Tue) 10:05:45 No.202

>>193

I hate to be that guy, but you're wearing some kind of latex or neoprene gloves when you handle that two part epoxy, right?

tl;dr, seriously, read the MSDS on every chemical you use.

Maker 01/10/16 (Sun) 06:11:49 No.220

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Ok, so my phone camera hasn't been working and finally replaced it. After a bunch of more coats of paint and sanding, I'm OK with the current state of it.

What have I learnt? Well, it would have been a much better option to use the tang a a pattern and cut a new handle out of some heavy hardwood.

Maker 01/10/16 (Sun) 06:14:42 No.221

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Overall, I am happy with the result and managed to keep the original hundred year old wood with my knife.