Cord-wrapping.

[Daniel Moore]

If I was cordwrapping a knife and wanted to prevent rust from forming under the cord-wrap, how would I go about doing this? Would I coat the tang with epoxy before wrapping it and then epoxy the paracord as well?

 

[rebeltf]

You would want to seal the clean bare metal as good as possible , I imagine epoxy would work. Personally I feel that putting epoxy/superglue/etc on a cord wrapping negates the point of the cord wrapping (added grip) and makes it possible for slippage IMO.

 

[Lil Timmy]

I don't know what kind of epoxy you would use, but a coating like Armor Tuff, or Gun Kote would probably work very well.

http://www.wilsoncombat.com/info_armor_tuff.htm

http://www.kgcoatings.com/gunkote.html


How do I protect the steel underneath the cord-wrapped handle on my Strider (ATS-34) from the elements; moisture, sweat, smog ....., blood?

Before we wrap the handles, we will apply an excellent corrosion inhibitor. As a result, the handles rarely develop corrosion under the wrapping - even under the most extreme conditions.
At home, I've had one out on the balcony for over a year, (I live right on the pacific) and no corrosion is evident under the wrap. The blade looks like crap, but the handle is fine.

http://www.striderknives.com/html/faqs.html

 

[Chiro75]

For Japanese style cordwraps I clean well, put epoxy down, put my rayskin or an underwrap (usually hemp cord), then wrap my diamond wrap over that. If you expoxy a diamond wrap properly it won't look like it was dipped. You will barely tell that it's epoxied.

I've wrapped a few handles as beaters in my shop and around the house and I've never found rust under the wraps (and they weren't coated, epoxied, anything), but they don't generally get wet, either.