help, install and dome pins knife blade

SVanderkolff

SVanderkolff

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Can anyone direct me to a tutorial on installing pins and doming them into a knife blade. I would like to try this instead of the nail nick and see how it looks and works.
Thanks
Steve
 
if you look up Nick Wheelers youtube vids on domed pinns, you'll be able to figure out how to adjust them to your application.
I like the looks of domed pinns instead of a nail nick btw
 
Rick Genovese touched on inlay dots in a couple of his build-alongs on Facebook. A snug hole, and hit them with a hammer. The soft gold or silver pin will expand and stay in.
I'd imagine that could be transfered to domed pins, only cleanup and polishing could be a challenge. Might be worth asking him for advice.
 
Hey Bill, how much of the pin do you leave exposed?
 
That was the first time I used my video glasses. I didn't know the focal point was so far off!
 
I started with the 1/2 diameter recommendation.
I found that you get a feel for how much you want to flatten and widen the head or leave it taller and narrower. I suggest taking a piece of scrap micarta and doing a couple test runs.
 
I asked because I've tried it a few time in the past an have split everything I have tried it on... probably too much hammer and too much length. I've never tried it that short before.
Thanks Bill!
 
Thanks for all the replies. I looked through Ricks WIP shots and watched both Nick and Bill's videos. I can dome a pin in the handle material but I'm having real trouble with trying to dome it on a hollow ground blade and then clean it up without screwing up the finish on the knife blade. Drill and peen I got down, dome and clean are not working yet.
Thanks
Steve
 
Make some of those cup punches that I showed. Have the blade finished before starting the pins.
 
SVanderkolff said:
Thanks for all the replies. I looked through Ricks WIP shots and watched both Nick and Bill's videos. I can dome a pin in the handle material but I'm having real trouble with trying to dome it on a hollow ground blade and then clean it up
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Buy one sheet each of a clear acetate or similar in different thicknesses. Punch the size hole of your pin or slightly larger. Place over peined pin and sand to your hearts’ content. Your pin will be perfectly domed , smooth, and if you go to a high enough grit, polished. Your blade will not be touched.
 
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