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[ErikMB]

How are these pins used?

Are two mated, face to face? So the width of the knife would be 2x the length of the pin?

Or is one side "mushroomed" and we peen the other side? Therefore, the length of the pin should be a tad longer than the knife is wide?

https://www.knifecountryusa.com/store/image/products/magnified/192721_192750.jpg

Thanks!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Those are cutlers rivets.
1) Chamfer the holes on both sets of scales to match the head angle (fat end of the rivet).
2) Slide the rivets through the handle and tang and cut the excess off the other side, leaving 1/2 the pin diameter exposed. File the end flat. For a 1/8" thick rivet, leave 1/16" exposed.
3) Peen that side over and reverse to peen the other side. This will make the peened end bulge and fill the chamfer. When snug, file/sand the excess flush with the scales.

 

[ErikMB]

Ah, so one side comes mushroomed and the other gets mushroomed into the chamfered volume.

Thanks heaps, Stacy.