My Buck 124 re-handle project

Using a hand drill, you can do one at a time by using the tang hole as your guide. Use rubber bands to hold the bottom one in place and drill that one. Then mount the other in the same manner. Then flip it over and drill the second. Keep going. It's looking fine. DM
 
David is exactly right about drilling each side separately.
The only thing I would add is to drill each side as close to 90 degrees as you can get.
 
Yes, not having a drill press with a vise creates a challenge on some jobs. But remember it's only 2 holes and other gents have done this before. Your not the Lone Ranger. It can be done and look fine. DM
 
Don't force the drill through the wood. go slow let the drill bit cut so you don't damage the wood (bust out a chunk) on the other side.

jb4570
 
Thanks guys, I drilled the holes already, I'm waiting on the pins from Jantz supply to arrive.
tomorrow or wednesday.
 
TAH said:
I still say they're aluminum. They even look like twisted aluminum in this photo.

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Here's the answer...


Hello Tom,

The earliest 124/122’s had pommels and guards of stainless and the rivets used were also stainless steel. Any 124 made with aluminum guard and pommel also has pins made of aluminum. Regardless of the vintage, those rivets will be made of aluminum.

I hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Joe Houser
 
Kind of an update, It's taking quite a while for the pins and spacers to arrive to I killed some time.

The mirror finish on the guard & pommel were scratched while removing the micarta handles.
So I put my own satin finish on by hand with 400 Grit wet or dry sand paper.
still a work in progress.

The Guard is pinned like the pommel, in a way.

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Since I am still waiting on the pins and spacer material, I decided to work on my Buck 112.

I epoxy'd the same scales onto my Buck 112 Ranger.
It's curing at the moment, you can see the color pop.

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Will update you guys on the Buck 124, Wednesday as I have class tomorrow, Can't fiddle with my knives.
 
Should have taped the lockbar.

lockbar is very stiff :mad:
 
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It's loosening as I work with it, adding victorinox oil into it is helping tremendously
 
Update #5

I did a ton of work on my 124, prep sanding, making a single sided spacer, and epoxy'ng the scales together.
onto the final stretch !

I feel better knowing I put on my own handle. :redface:

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Thanks for the great photos and updates, Rappy. It's good to see customizations like this can be done without the need for a full-on work shop. :thumbup:
 
I hope you cleaned the glue off before it hardened. Much to wonder about in the photo. DM
 
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