bake lite for knife handles?

[fitzo]

Well, I guess I have to delete mine, too, then!

 

[bartblade]

hey fitzo sorry on the no reply on this subject. i havent had much time in the shop for awhile i did however let my 2 daughters age 2 and 1 play with a couple of the test pieces and forgot about it i have found them in their toy box and they are still intact and the 2 handles i have droppet and there is no chipping. 1 test i have yet to try is the dish water and the dreaded dish washing machine.

but some more advice is to make sure there are no holes in the clay while its in the oven and you need smooth surfaces and futher more if you are making an exact fit handle i would put a wire in the tang end and hang it rather than put it on a pan cus it will make that side flat.

 

[fitzo]

Thank you for the info! I have to make a couple blades to try this with. A black and white "damascus" clay handle would look cool with a polished blade.

 

[bartblade]

hey if you make a hidden tang i would drill the side and put a pin in it for good measure.

 

[fitzo]

Most definitely! I'm old and remember when rearview mirrors fell off windshields regularly because they weren't screwed on!

 

[bartblade]

lol hmm whats that in doggy years

 

[fitzo]

Dogs were still wolves then.

Actually, I think they started gluing interior mirrors on windshields in the mid- ot late- 60's. They had a bad habit of falling off when left in the sun. I can picture one of the bastids in my mind's eye now, laying broken on the floor....

 

[bartblade]

since we're off topic i was splitting some fire wood 2 days ago and a piece flew up on the steps and bounced onto my big toe. then the next day at work i rand the same big toe over with a heavy cart. man the words on the walmart doc. but then i thought at least it wasn't with a forklift. ouch

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

jdm61 - this is a different stuff.

Since we are a bit off topic....
As some of you know ,my grandfather was the inventor of the dial phone.In the late 30's and early 40's there was a problem with the phones breaking when knocked off tables. Grandpa took it upon himself to redesign the phone to be tougher. He would have ten built to his changes, and climb up on a 10 foot stepladder and drop them. Then he would take them apart and see what broke.After six months of changes he came up with the desk phone that Fitzo and I remember as young boys. A squat,squarish, black plastic phone,without a raised cradle for the handset. The old Bakelite was part of the problem. Too brittle.
Stacy

 

[fitzo]

.....
As some of you know ,my grandfather was the inventor of the dial phone....... .......Stacy

Now that's just plain cool, Stacy! :thumbup:

 

[jdm61]

Dogs were still wolves then.

Actually, I think they started gluing interior mirrors on windshields in the mid- ot late- 60's. They had a bad habit of falling off when left in the sun. I can picture one of the bastids in my mind's eye now, laying broken on the floor....

unfortunately, that was also when the Europeans started gluing windows to the actuator instead of using a frame....anyone who lives in a hot, humid climate knows all about that. That, along with the mirrors was a problem here in Florida until the 90's when they came up with an adhesive that would handle the heat.
:grumpy:

 

[GibsonFan]

The old Bakelite was part of the problem. Too brittle.
Stacy

I just saw a documentary on the evolution of the M16. The original forearms and stocks were Bakelite, and they had terrible problems with them breaking. There are many much better materials available nowadays.

 

[wapiti88]

James Luman, Damascus knife maker has a knife on Arizona Custom Knives with the Polymer clay handle. He also has scales and blocks on knifescales.com for sale. He really likes working with the material....

 

[oldrifleman]

Boy do I remember mirrors popping off the winshields in the summer in south Florida. I spent so much on those stinking little tubes of glue.... Steven

 

[Anthony Chaney]

Speaking of mirrors and little tubes of glue. When I was a yonker and had just gotten my first car, I reached up one day to adjust my rearview and it came off. I went looking for something to glue it back on. I found some superglue. NEVER, I repeat NEVER use that stuff to glue your mirrors back on. The next time I went to adjust my mirror, not only did the mirror come off, but also so did a chunk of my windshield. Stupid Teenagers.....ArrrGH.
Like Apollo Creed would say...Some folks got to learn the Haaard way.