Frustrating Project -- What To Do With It.

[redsquid2]

I may have come to a dead end with this one. It is my first knife project in about 20 years. I started with a 1095 blade from Two Finger Knife. I thought I would put some nice scales on it, then sell it.

I made the scales with fiberglass ribbon sandwiched in-between micarta.

Problem: discoloration on the ricasso area. This appeared after I had left masking tape on it. Nail polish remover does not seem to affect it.

Problem: scratching and marring on the blade.

Problem (maybe): exposed fiberglass in the scales.Is it OK to leave it like that? Is it possible to seal it?

Is it possible to remove the scales? They were glued on with cyanoacrylate, then the pins were set with epoxy.

Ideas on where to go with this?

Thank you.

--squiddy

 

[silver_pilate]

Pretty blade, but I don't feel the handle does it justice. I'd pop that sucker in the oven at around 250F-350F for a few minutes and then punch out the pins and knock the scales off. Sand up the blade/ricasso, tape it with painters tape, make new scales and finish it out.

--nathan

 

[12345678910]

Pretty blade, but I don't feel the handle does it justice. I'd pop that sucker in the oven at around 250F-350F for a few minutes and then punch out the pins and knock the scales off. Sand up the blade/ricasso, tape it with painters tape, make new scales and finish it out.

--nathan

I agree, I would redo them.

Heat will release epoxy 7 the temps Nathan suggested won't affect your temper.
You could also boil them too.

If the pins are Corbys, you can also drill out the centers

On your new scales, I wouldn't repeat that Fibreglass layer.

I would make them bigger and rounder out front to cover up that chisel scratch.
Also I would use epoxy instead of CA

 

[lonepine]

Have you tried Flitz, or semichrome, or other type of polish to remove the marks?

- Paul Meske

 

[Battle Creek Knives]

from the pics those look like stress fractures to me......

I say try freezing the knife or boiling a little, you could even put it in a strainer and let the steam do the work oppose to submerging it..

 

[redsquid2]

Thanks for all the replies.

I heated it up in the oven, and the pins and scales came off fairly easy. I had no idea I could remove the scales until I read ya'll's replies. That's right: I utilized the term "ya'll's" in that last sentence.

I've started sanding off the scratches, and I am up to 400 grit.

I am also skeletonizing the tang, to lighten it up a bit. It is taking forever, because the whole thing is heat treated.

I bought two kinds of scales: black ash and pear, so when they arrive, I'll decide which ones to use.

Thanks again.

squiddy

 

[redsquid2]

It has flaws, but it would have a lot more, if not for you guys' feedback.

Blade is 1095 from Two Finger Knife. I bought the blade completely ground and sharpened and just added the scales. Black ash scales, black micarta pins, black fiber spacers.

I did not have tung oil, so I put Watco danish oil on it.

The sheath is also from Two Finger Knife, and it isheavy duty!

Yes those are scratches in the next picture. I don't think I have the right tools to sand those out.
You live and you learn.

Thanks for the help. This is fun!!

 

[redsquid2]

Oh, I forgot to mention the most important design element: white marine epoxy in the little voids. Hahahaha.