Split scale materials (?)

turbodog10

turbodog10

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Split Scale material probably isn't what this is called but I don't know how to reference it. For my next couple of knives I've bought 2 of these awesome little blanks:

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I've only ever done a single material for the handles on my knives so far and for these I am wanting something like this with Black canvas micarta bolsters:

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I bought black micarta pin material to fit the two front holes on the blank and I'll be backing that up with spaulted pecan on one knife and desert ironwood burl on the other.

Doing this seems simple enough but I would love to get a heads up on any tips or tricks that I may not be aware of. Are there any issues in just epoxying loose liner material between the two handle materials like in the picture above? I cant imagine there's any other way to secure it. I plan to do a single thin piece of white or maybe a piece of jade green g11 where the example above has the red and white. I'll also place liners along the tang like i do on all my blades but haven't totally decided on colors there yet.

Any thoughts or tips are very welcome.

Thanks!
 
The best method for a two-piece scale is to first glue the front ( bolster) piece to the back (handle) piece with the spacer material in place. Use good grade slow cure epoxy resin ( G-flex is super). Once the epoxy is cured, sand the back so it is dead flat. That is done by taping a piece of 120 grit paper to a piece of counter top or other flat surface. sand in a figure eight pattern. Then epoxy the scales on pieces of liner. This makes the whole unit solid. Once cured fully form that step, sand the back of the liner a tad and assemble as a single unit. Your black Micarta pin in the bolster is a good method to do that pin.
 
Would some form of a hidden type pin going through the different materials parallel to the tang work, or would that just be overkill in your opinion?

Juan
 
That's a question I had mulling around for a while but never asked. Thanks for the advice Stacy, and thanks for bringing up the topic Turbo.
 
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