Peening Pins

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colu41

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I dont quite think I understand peening. Now I have a knife curing now, with maybe 1/8" of excess pin. Now, do I grind them down when I'm shaping the handle, and then peen? But that doesn't make sense because when I shape the handle the pins will be flush with the handle material.
And peening before handle shaping, won't that grind off the actual peened part of the pin? I really just dont understand how it works, I may switch to corbys.
 
I use corbys on all my fixed blade full tang knives. Peining problem solved.
 
Ahh but with corbys you know your handle will stay put, and at a buck apiece for 3/16 ain't bad.
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If you're gonna pien, get a 2* reamer and ream the hole deep,put your epoxy,clamp and then pien gently till you fill the hole. That way you have spread pin almost all the way to the bottom of the handle.
 
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SBuzek said:
Ahh but with corbys you know your handle will stay put, and at a buck apiece for 3/16 ain't bad.
If you're gonna pien, get a 2* reamer and ream the hole deep,put your epoxy,clamp and then pien gently till you fill the hole. That way you have spread pin almost all the way to the bottom of the handle.
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I'm going to order some corbys....where do you suggest I order from? USAKnife are sold out of most sizes and cheapest are $1.60 each.
 
I did buy a 2 degree reamer. I was unsure about peening pins before and now it's one of my favorite parts of making the knife.
 
Corbys! You'll love them, hence why they're sold out on most sites. Don't forget to get a counterbore bit that matches the corby size.
 
Give the guys at TRU-Grit in rancho cucamonga a call... they have a ton of them in right now and they're at around a buck a piece. i was just in there two weeks ago and if i had more money i would have bought a lot more. I peen on occasion, and use great epoxy but the satisfaction of having that mechanical lip fastening it all together makes all the difference in the world.
 
rustyrazor said:
Give the guys at TRU-Grit in rancho cucamonga a call... they have a ton of them in right now and they're at around a buck a piece. i was just in there two weeks ago and if i had more money i would have bought a lot more. I peen on occasion, and use great epoxy but the satisfaction of having that mechanical lip fastening it all together makes all the difference in the world.
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I like their epoxy too. I still epoxy everything together even with the corbys. That lip makes it so I don't even have to clamp during glue up.
 
Thanks guys. So I looked around and as many others have a little better prices, I figured with all the stuff I'm ordering from USA knife the shipping and everything will be a little cheaper all together so.

Now for the reaming bit... The corbys I'm getting have a .140" shaft and a .187" shoulder.... I figured getting a 3/16" and a #27 bit would be fine, but I don't know much about crazy reaming or counter bore bits and what not so what bit should I be buying?
 
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I usually use Corbys, but I occasionally pin handles. I don't pien handle pins. The epoxy holds the handle material on, and the pins prevent the handle from shearing off. Just set the pins in place, clamp the handle and let dry, then shape the handle.
 
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