How to fill up handle gaps on kitchen knife

[Junglas]

I just got this stainless steel chef knife with rosewood handle and there’s some huge gaps. I’d like to fill them in. I’m thinking of using gorilla glue? Or should I use epoxy? Thanks

 

[catspa]

I think epoxy is your better bet, gorilla glue will foam up and cure too porous. Tape it off good, it’ll be messy.

Parker

 

[CDHumiston]

Slow cure epoxy such as G-Flex should take care of that.

 

[catspa]

And be stronger when cured, I’ll bet.

Parker

 

[Junglas]

Thank you brothers! I appreciate the advice

 

[davek14]

For small gaps in yard sale kitchen knives, which I'm going to refinish anyway, I squirt superglue into the gap and sand the handle with fine sandpaper. The wood dust mixes with the superglue and matches fairly well.

 

[Junglas]

For small gaps in yard sale kitchen knives, which I'm going to refinish anyway, I squirt superglue into the gap and sand the handle with fine sandpaper. The wood dust mixes with the superglue and matches fairly well.

Oh yes!!! There’s a hobby store near me that has rosewood and I plan to re-handle an Old Hickory Slicing knife, I’ll save the wood dust. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Since it's shallow looking.....what about cutting off the face of the handle until it meets the bottom of the gap?

Then round over and sand, as you wish

*Gut feel though the sloppy gap probably goes deeper.

 

[P_A_S_1]

Just a thought, you can apply food grade bees wax to fill the gap and keep food and such out but it does wash out with cleanings and requires reapplications. Ive used this on cutting boards to fill hairline cracks and it works ok.

 

[Stockman]

I would use 2 part epoxy and mix in some fine wood dust of similar color into the epoxy.
Use some tape on the blade, closest to the gap as hardened epoxy can be a pain to remove. Would also use tape around the handle on the sides, so when you pour the Epoxy, it doesn't exude out of the side gaps. A light sanding when the epoxy dries and you would never know the gap existed.

 

[Junglas]

Since it's shallow looking.....what about cutting off the face of the handle until it meets the bottom of the gap?

Then round over and sand, as you wish

*Gut feel though the sloppy gap probably goes deeper.

I think you’re right, it’s probably deeper. Thank you for the advice

Just a thought, you can apply food grade bees wax to fill the gap and keep food and such out but it does wash out with cleanings and requires reapplications. Ive used this on cutting boards to fill hairline cracks and it works ok.

That’s a great idea, I have some bees wax on hand. Simple and easy, no fear of messing it up. Thank you very much!

I would use 2 part epoxy and mix in some fine wood dust of similar color into the epoxy.
Use some tape on the blade, closest to the gap as hardened epoxy can be a pain to remove. Would also use tape around the handle on the sides, so when you pour the Epoxy, it doesn't exude out of the side gaps. A light sanding when the epoxy dries and you would never know the gap existed.

This is probably the best long term solution thank you very much!

 

[Khromo]

One technique that has worked well for me is to tightly pack the gap with sawdust from the same material as the handle scales. Then drip thin viscosity CA glue into the packed sawdust. The glue will wick throughout the sawdust and cement everything together. You may need to apply the CA several times to get a good watertight seal, but the CA-saturated sawdust makes an excellent gap-filler! Hard as glass and watertight.

This is pretty easy to do neatly, pretty easy to clean up.

 

[Junglas]

One technique that has worked well for me is to tightly pack the gap with sawdust from the same material as the handle scales. Then drip thin viscosity CA glue into the packed sawdust. The glue will wick throughout the sawdust and cement everything together. You may need to apply the CA several times to get a good watertight seal, but the CA-saturated sawdust makes an excellent gap-filler! Hard as glass and watertight.

This is pretty easy to do neatly, pretty easy to clean up.

Thank you so much . Great idea