rapala(wooden handle)repair

[rhettfcr]

One of my oldest fillet knives is showing its age. The knife is a wooden handled Rapala fillet knife with a 6 1/4" blade. The fastener on the butt end is gone and the blade is moving slightly. The tang is exposed about 1/16 of an inch. The width of the tang at this point is about 2/16 of an inch. My thoughts are to cut about 2/16" off of the wooden butt end to expose a bit more tang. Then drill and pin. Any thoughts or other suggestions? This knife has served me well and still holds a good edge.

rhettfcr

 

[Mike Hull]

I'm not sure if I understand this completely, but, if your handle is loose, why not disassemble it, clean up the tang and inside of the handle, pour some epoxy in the handle, and stick the whole thing back together? Put a piece of duct tape at the butt end to keep all the epoxy from draining. When all is dry, grind the exposed piece of tang flush, and clean the rest of it up. I doubt if it will ever come loose again. You could seal it with some Watco, Danish oil. Just a thought.