Adding glue to a wrapped handle?

[Daniel Rohde]

Hey fellas!
I just finished this knife with a wrapped handle and I was wondering if you guys typically add glue to the para cord to finish it off?

Here's the knife

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[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I changed "Warped" to "Wrapped" in the title for you.


I always impregnate the cord with thin epoxy resin.

I like the system three clear coat resin. Mix well in a small disposable cup, and apply with a disposable flux brush. Apply only enough to soak in and disappear. It should not look wet after applying the resin. Use a lint free cotton cloth and squeeze the entire handle repeatedly once you have applied the resin. This will soak up any excess. Set aside to dry horizontally, and rotate from side to side every five minutes until the resin in your mixing pot is gelled. Let cure for 24 hours. The cord will look exactly as it does now,, but will be hard and not move or wear/fray.

 

[Daniel Rohde]

Darn typing thanks Stacy! I appreciate the help.

 

[AVigil]

I use system 3 clear coat. You can use West Systems as well. The key is using a Marine Epoxy. It is meant for severe outdoor use and is water proof.

I apply with a tooth brush and saturate it until is is super saturated then let sit for about 10 minutes. I hang it over the cup so it drips back down into the mixing cup. After waiting I take a wash cloth and grip it around the handle and give a gently pat and squeeze of the handle removing the epoxy. I then coat it again until super saturated and let it drip into the cup once again and wait a few minutes.

Then now take the cloth and go over the handle and squeeze gently removing all the epoxy on the surface. Let it hang again, wait a few minutes and go over the cloth again. Hang it again, wait and do it again until the cord no longer is weeping the epoxy.

Come back in 30 minutes and check it again and go over it again with the cloth. Hang and check again in ten minutes for any areas that are still weeping. It will end up looking like cloth again. Let it hang and dry, check periodically for fuzzies that pop up.

At the end it will look like this.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

I use old T-shirts for the 'squeeze'.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Use a good clear bartop epoxy or the likes, I like West System epoxy with the 207 hardener which is made for fabric. Aeromarine also makes great stuff that costs much less but I have not tried the new formula.

Use an old t-shirt or the likes with a small amount of acetone on the cloth to clean up the epoxy... this also helps with a clean look vs a wet look with the epoxy.

I like to use one drop of superglue to finish my wrap, cure overnight then epoxy soak.

 

[JTknives]

Wow that's super clean. I have been tossing around the idea of epoxy coating my 2nd Amendment cord wrap handles. To prevent water from being absorbed and rusting the blade. I was real anti epoxy in the past becaus I honestly did not know about it. And all I had seen that I knew was epoxy was that globed on wet mess that looked all plasticky when dry. But my eyes where opened on a previous thread and I was instantly humbled. This is the style of wrap that I would want to coat.

I use system 3 clear coat. You can use West Systems as well. The key is using a Marine Epoxy. It is meant for severe outdoor use and is water proof.

I apply with a tooth brush and saturate it until is is super saturated then let sit for about 10 minutes. I hang it over the cup so it drips back down into the mixing cup. After waiting I take a wash cloth and grip it around the handle and give a gently pat and squeeze of the handle removing the epoxy. I then coat it again until super saturated and let it drip into the cup once again and wait a few minutes.

Then now take the cloth and go over the handle and squeeze gently removing all the epoxy on the surface. Let it hang again, wait a few minutes and go over the cloth again. Hang it again, wait and do it again until the cord no longer is weeping the epoxy.

Come back in 30 minutes and check it again and go over it again with the cloth. Hang and check again in ten minutes for any areas that are still weeping. It will end up looking like cloth again. Let it hang and dry, check periodically for fuzzies that pop up.

At the end it will look like this.

 

[AVigil]

JT,

That will look great impregnated and will be bullet proof