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Micarta, G10 , tell me how to put it on included something about the fluted pins like the busse knives
thanks vern
 
Glue it, screw it, pin it, use corby bolts, or rivets. I prefer using screws, button heads and counter boring the boles just enough so the head is just below the surface of the handle. With screws the scales can be removed and changed or the tang and underside of the scales can be cleaned if needed. Some folks like the look of an epoxied handle, I guess it gives it a more snug finished look but if you sand your blades and scales flat, you don't need epoxy to fill any gaps.
 
L6steel said:
Glue it, screw it, pin it, use corby bolts, or rivets. I prefer using screws, button heads and counter boring the boles just enough so the head is just below the surface of the handle. With screws the scales can be removed and changed or the tang and underside of the scales can be cleaned if needed. Some folks like the look of an epoxied handle, I guess it gives it a more snug finished look but if you sand your blades and scales flat, you don't need epoxy to fill any gaps.
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vern
 
If you decide you want to change a handle that has been pinned with brass pins and epoxied. is there any easy way, besides just grinding the handle scales off?
 
Not easy, but you can try putting it in the oven at 200 degrees F. then try working a knife blade under the scale. If this doesn't break the epoxy try putting it in the freezer and then in the oven.
If the pins are piend you will have to drill them out first.
 
To remove a set of pinned and epoxied scales, just take a thin scraper that has a sharp edge on it and work it between the tang and scale. Then just tap on the end of the scraper till in hits the pin and then smack it and it'll cut the pin. Once you cut the pins, you can work the scraper around to get the scale off.
 
Even easier, put the handle in boiling water after drilling the pins out. Epoxy breaks down at 175 degrees or so.
 
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