New handle possibl?

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Hello all. I'm new here and have been doing a bit of reading. I have always enjoyed knives and such. just recently i have started buys some slightly nicer stuff like kershow and crkt. I'm interested in making my own knives and thought starting with doing some handles on some of my old knives would be a good start. I have an old buck that I've had for years for fishing that could use a new handle. The problem there is its rubber and im not sure whats under it. I don't wont to rip it off to find out there is nothing to work with. Any help or tips would be great. i'm going to try and get some pics up so you can see what I'm working with.
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Again thanks for and help you can give.
 
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Welcome to bf.

Anything is possible. Maybe contact a knife maker or custom handle maker and have him offer an opinion. Im sure youd be able to have a new handle mounted.

The thing is you might have to have a pin or two through the tang as the original handle looks molded (?). That how ever shouldnt be a problem either.

Quite like the shape of that blade BTW.
 
It will be easier to buy a pre-made blade, and add a handle.
 
BladeScout said:
Welcome to bf.

Anything is possible. Maybe contact a knife maker or custom handle maker and have him offer an opinion. Im sure youd be able to have a new handle mounted.

The thing is you might have to have a pin or two through the tang as the original handle looks molded (?). That how ever shouldnt be a problem either.

Quite like the shape of that blade BTW.
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I like the blade shape my self. I'v had this for some time now. I now I'm going to need some pins. I'm just afraid theirs not not going to be much to work with underneath.
 
Why wouldn't you be proud of a nice handle that you made and put on a pre made blade?
It's the same thin g you are talking about doing with the Buck knife, but you will know beforehand what you are dealing with.
 
If you're anything like me it will nag at you until you remove the handle and find out for yourself what's underneath.

I've been modding knives for decades, and more times than I can count I've obeyed the compulsion inside me to do something to a knife that had the potential to ruin it. And far more often than not it paid off and I was happy with the result. Sometimes you just gotta take the gamble and go "all in", especially if you want to customize a particular knife to your liking.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Why wouldn't you be proud of a nice handle that you made and put on a pre made blade?
It's the same thin g you are talking about doing with the Buck knife, but you will know beforehand what you are dealing with.
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I here what your saying. This is just something iv had going on 20 years now and has some good memory. I just wont to give it something it i can be proud of. That is why I am so hesitant to just rip the rubber off. Not that I wouldn't be proud of a handle I did on a pre made blade but this one had been with me so long.
 
See that 4th from top case knife? It had a rubber/plastic handle like the one on your buck. I didn't think it worthy of the knife so I put a piece of stag from a white tail I killed on it. It only means something to me and that's all that matters.

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Do it.
 
Just a thought-
Use a needle to push through the rubber and see where the metal ends.

If I remember correctly there were a couple full tang versions of this knife.
 
I reckon the rubber handle would not have pins but is glued or maybe like vulcanised on to the the stick tang.
 
Ok guys I found time to get the handle off. Was much simpler than I thought. I just put it in a vice cut down the center and pealed it off. The tang that was in the handle was about half the size of the handle. So what I'm thinking of doing is wood in the sides and a G10 filler in the top and bottom. What do you all think? This is what it looks like .
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Sounds good, you got a lot more tang to work with than I did, and holes too!
 
Good luck drilling if the tang is hardened.
I'd take the easy way out and either get brass pins or screws sized to the existing holes, maybe liners, and adhesive of your choice - I've used everything from rubber cement to high end epoxies with good results.
 
jpm2 said:
Good luck drilling if the tang is hardened.
I'd take the easy way out and either get brass pins or screws sized to the existing holes, maybe liners, and adhesive of your choice - I've used everything from rubber cement to high end epoxies with good results.
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I have a press and some good bits should be able to get though it with some oil and some time
 
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