Black Phenolic Repair??

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I have a 100 series Buck knife with the standard black Phenolic handle that has major damage.

My question is; can black Phenolic be repaired?? Kind of like repairing a dent on a car body to the point you don't notice it, or is it a candidate for a re-handle??

I'm just playing with a few projects in my garage and I've had this one sitting in a bin long enough. Time to do something about it.

Thanks for any help!! :thumbup:

 
I think you should go with a nice piece of stag on that one ;) You can never have too many stag Buck's :)
 
I think that small chip can be sanded out and with a buff job it will be gone. But, that is just my opinion and I can't see the rest of the handles condition. However, if you are looking for a project knife to re-handle, then go for it! Pop the rear pin and remove the butt and crush the old phenolic material in your vice and remove it. Please do a step by step photo layout of the project. In addition, did I ever tell you that I like stag handles? I second Sit's vote for a new stag handle;).

jb4570
 
Use a little Acraglas with some black color, shape and polish.
 
Well the injury doesn't look all that bad, I have buffed out chipps in those handled up to 1/8" thick and you can hardly tell, as long as you spread the buffing area out along a greater surface area away from the damaged spot, if that makes sense...
 
Thanks for the replies!!

Matt…it has already been sanded down to where there is a noticeable swale in the Phenolic, so that won't work.

eisman...I looked up the Acraglas and that sounds kind of promising. The only problem I see on this one would be at the very ends of the Acraglas application where I would need to feather it out. I'm thinking that might show up as a patch job.

I may try a re-handle and see what kind of trouble I can get myself into. What do you think sitflyer and JB?? Stag?? :-)
 
Instead of just sanding that spot you could use a file to smooth out the entire handle. Then sand and buff. I worked on my 119 today and then bead blasted the entire handle. It has an awesome satin finish now. :)
 
I know this is an older thread but what is the best method to polish the phenolic to get the smooth glass like finish. I have a couple older Kershaw fixed blade field knives that have cracks I would like repair / stabilize. I have a couple bench buffing wheels I just never tried them on phenolic and don't want to destroy the Kershaw experimenting.
 
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