Making a handle(s) for a Mora blade???

It's a contact allergy, I touch the stuff and I'm in trouble. I even found a "no sew" glue I'm allergic to simply by getting a bit on a finger! :( I won't even have the stuff around me, let alone try using it. The worst case found me at the doctor's office two days in a row, missed both days of work and had to get Benadryl and Steroids shots in the behind!! Not fun! :(

Drilling and corby bolts sound like the best plan so far. ANother friend suggested something similar with pins, so I think that's the route I'll take...

I'm surprised nobody else has tried rehandling one of these without some type of glue/epoxy!!

Thanks for all the suggestions!
 
With mora knife tangs being an odd shape if you split the wood for a handle and carve out the exact shape of the tang before gluing the wood back together you should not have too much problem if you're not abusing your knife.
 
Given that you got them at a gunshow, chances are you got them for cheap. Have you considered selling them as is to help fund the purchase of one or two new moras?

The more I look at your options, and unless you are trully skilled (in which case you wouldn't be asking these questions), the more I think you should go buy a new blade with a proper handle. No matter what you do with your knives, I don't think you will be able to achive the same strength as a molded in plastic handle (unless you use glue, which seems to be out of the question). Any solution using pins, bolts, etc, although strong, will probably leave you with some play between the handle and the blade.
 
Discussions like this should never just use trade names Use chemical names .For example just what is Gorilla glue ??. Looking back and finding ' natural ' substancies is a good idea.They've worked for a very long time . Sometimes surprizes come . When people started to use milk paint [casein based ] they found that there were NO paint rmovers that would touch it !!! Fish glue has been used for avery long time also .Mastic [ though this may be too close to modern chemicals ].Drilling a hole in the wood then peening over the tip is another choice. Stacked bark or leather info can be found in videos.
What you have is properly called multiple chemical sensitivety [MCS] because they weren't honest enough to call it allergy --what it is .You're not alone in this !!
 
Hannibal2358 said:
With mora knife tangs being an odd shape if you split the wood for a handle and carve out the exact shape of the tang before gluing the wood back together you should not have too much problem if you're not abusing your knife.
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Lol, of all threads to chime in on, a 6 year old thread. :D
 
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