Attaching Scales to Skeletonized Tangs?

[JG Custom Metal Works]

So I'm doing my first skeletonized knife and I started thinking, should I use the same method(rouging surface area and using epoxy/pins) to affix the scales? There isn't as much surface area as I'm used to having and there a ton of voids/skeletonized area for the epoxy to squeeze into. Will that effect the strength of epoxy?

I'm thinking maybe I should use screws to affix the scales, similar to how ESEE does. The only problem is I'm not sure what I would need. It appears as though there's just two screws and a female piece inside that they screw into. Does anyone know the name of the "female piece" or that screw setup?

Should I just stick to using epoxy/pins as how I'm used to?

 

[woodwrkr221]

The female piece is called a "standoff" and it's available in quite a few different configurations from suppliers like McMaster Carr and others.

 

[JG Custom Metal Works]

The female piece is called a "standoff" and it's available in quite a few different configurations from suppliers like McMaster Carr and others.

Awesome, thanks! Do you think that would be the best way to attach the scales or should I do pins(if you have an opinion)?

 

[woodwrkr221]

I haven't tried the screws and standoffs yet so I can't say about them. As I understand them though, the screws and standoffs are used with removable scales. Pins, Corby bolts (Corby rivets?) and some other fasteners are used with permanently attached glued scales. Corbys work great and are used with glued on scales. You may want to look into Corbys. One thing I can say about the Corbys is that it's best to get the counterbore bit that matches the Corbys from the same supplier as your Corbys so that the counterbore bit matches your Corbys perfectly. If the counterbore comes from somewhere other than the Corby supplier the diameter(s) may not match up just right.