Source for Puma rivets?

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Hello everyone,

I'm about to put some new stag on an old Puma Trapper's companion (the original stag cracked). Does anyone know where I can find the two-part rivets used on these knives? Any guidance would be appreciated!

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They are simply brass washers and mild steel.
If you have lathe, you can turn/drill the washers from brass stock.
Proper sized (you may have to turn to exact size) nails for the pins.
 
Thanks for that Bill. I do not have a lathe; hoping someone makes these ready to go. The brass washers appear to be cupped.
 
The rivets on my older Puma fixed blades are made from nickel silver, while the washers are cupped brass.
BTW: in the picture i only see some edge chipping around the lanyard hole, not actual cracks ?
 
They may be nickel silver. I haven't done a Puma handle in a few years.
 
I think they might be nickel silver as well. They seem immune to tarnish. The Trapper's Companion I pictured is a different one than the one I am re-handling, which is in much worse shape.
 
you can form the cupped washers by using a Dapping Block and punches. An inexpensive version can be had on one of the many shopping sites.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
You have to have the washers first!
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- Source some brass plate at a hardware or hobby store.
- drill the appropriate size holes in brass plate.
- use snips to cut out around holes in rough washer shape then clean up with files, stones, sandpaper, whatever.

- I'm betting you can find the pin material at hardware store or on line too. (Hint: Nickel alloy brazing rods) That is of coarse if they are in fact that nickle alloy and not soft steel in the original knife and your Hardware store stocks the appropriate larger diameters.
 
Great ideas, but the washers on these knives are too thick to cut that way.
 
I contacted Puma. Someone replied very quickly and pointed me toward a couple of people who refurbish and repair old Pumas. So I'll see if they have any ready-made rivets they can sell me. Thanks for the suggestions!
 
Interesting.
Unfortunately, the hole saw would need to cut the exact outer diameter.
A lathe is the way to go with this particular project.
 
I see by the words under your avatar you are a knife maker.... Are you really going to go to all the trouble to chuck up a piece of round stock to screech out a small washer? Seriously, grab some flat sheet stock of the right thickness, drill a hole in it and saw out a rough washer. A little file work and a bit of abrasive paper later you have what you need. I guarantee you I could do it in under 20 minutes the first time.

If you needed to do a batch, I can see going through all the trouble with a lathe but for 3 or 4?

Even easier? Stroll through the McMaster Carr catalog and order something that can be made to work with minimal modification.
 
Not only am I a knife maker, I professionally restore knives.
These washers are too thick to cut out of sheet stock.
I can do all of them on the lathe before you could do one.
I make many of the parts I use for restoration. You can't buy and stock parts that you don't know you will need.
 
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