Is this fixable?

[colu41]

So a guy at my work brought this in today. Its a very cheap steak knife but he loves it. Handle obviously snapped off and he asked if I could fix it somehow. I was just thinking of throwing a cheap block of wood on there for him but, to me I don't think there is enough tang there to have a sturdy handle.
Any ideas?

 

[AndreLinoge]

Antler tine and a pin. Put a collar bolster over the antler maybe to reinforce that end. Like a stick tang knife with a hard set ferrule for a bolster.

Good luck!

 

[Rhinoknives1]

Router the insides of a set of scales and then mark and drill a hole that matches by clamping on one scale, then drill another further back to hold the rear of the scales. You could use Mosaic pin if you want to get fancy?
Its probably more work than that thing is worth? If its a friend you may want to help him out anyway.

 

[DevinT]

Yep, after a couple hundred dollars work, that knife will be worth about $5.00

I apologize, this kind of stuff happens all the time.

You can weld some more tang on there, just run a torch over it a couple of times at dull red to eliminate stress.

Hoss

 

[colu41]

Router the insides of a set of scales and then mark and drill a hole that matches by clamping on one scale, then drill another further back to hold the rear of the scales. You could use Mosaic pin if you want to get fancy?
Its probably more work than that thing is worth? If its a friend you may want to help him out anyway.

It Will be more work than the entire knife set is worth lol. But, if figured I'd be nice and help him out.
In was thinking of making a hidden tang style with scales but, wasn't sure if that would be durable enough but, I'll give it a try. I got a lot of scrap scale pieces that will be plenty to finish this.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

You can make a simple frame handle. Cut a piece of steel to fit the tang. Place two thin sheets ( .030" would do fine) on each side. Drill a 1/4" hole to match the tang hole. Drill a bunch of 1/8" holes around the sandwich, chamfer the holes on both sides, and rivet with nickel rod. Sand flush then f it a set of scales and use three 1/4" shank Corby bolts. Use good grade structural epoxy, like west system or system three T-88.