Removing the handle on a Gerber Freeman fixed blade

[blacknova84]

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Hello everyone recently my friend bought me the Gerber freeman, as he knows I do A LOT of wood working and needed a cheap knife for stripping bark, and the top layer of wood underneath. The freeman works great for what I use it for but, I have one issue with this knife. The handle. It seems kind of small circumference wise, and I wanted to just remove the sides and do a paracord wrap but we can't get the screws off, and I don't want to break any of my tools that I need to work on my good knives. Does anyone have any ideas on how to loosen these T-6's on here ?

 

[spydercobenchmadekai]

If it's loc-tite, try melting it with a propane torch. Otherwise, try to dremel a slot into the screws, and use a large, flat-head screw driver to remove it.

 

[blacknova84]

thanks a lot, well I started playing with it some more and it's glued together, they glued the handles on and then put the screws in, so I'm 99% these screws are locked in place, never had a brand new out of package knife come glued together but...oh well. I just hope I can get these handles off in one piece.

 

[spydercobenchmadekai]

Oh-you need to get them off in one piece? Otherwise, I would suggest using a dremel/belt sander to sand/grind them off.