Did my very first re-handle today

[southernfryedyankee]

This is my Cold Steel Master Hunter in Carbon V, I think it came out pretty good for my first time. I still have to epoxy it which I will do after dinner.

 

[jdk1]

I would love to hear about the process. I have a couple CS khuks which would benefit from micarta. Thanks for posting.

 

[gooeytek]

That's pretty sweet!

 

[Mikael W]

That will come out nicer than the rubber!
Clever to drill the shallow holes for the epoxy!

Regards
Mikael

 

[southernfryedyankee]

The process was pretty str8 forward, I found a handle design I liked. I then traced the whole handeless knife and tang and basically drew the design on a piece of paper, got it where I wanted it. I then cut out the paper and used it as a stencil on the micarta, used my bandsaw to get rid of the over excess and then started on it my new 1x30 belt sander. once I got the shape right I outlined the tang by lining up the blade the way I wanted it and retraced the tang and then used my dremel for 3 houres to hollow out the cavitys for the tang. I then used my drmel to put dimples in the micarta for added epoxy adherence and to hopefully prevent splippage. I use Devcon plastic steel epoxy in the 24 hour cure time

I would love to hear about the process. I have a couple CS khuks which would benefit from micarta. Thanks for posting.