Stag take-down

Karl B. Andersen

Karl B. Andersen

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I haven't made one of these for about 6 months, and sold it before it was done. Maybe I ought to make more?
Premium Sambar Stag and hand-rubbed 5160 with Stainless fittings and take-down configuration.
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I just mailed that one to its new home yesterday! Here are a few pics of one from a while ago. The assembly is the same.
(I guess it can't be seen, but the tang is threaded to accept the threaded finial that has a shoulder turned onto it, and then a stepped hole in the butt cap so the but cap doesn't get marred.) This assembly is as strong as any you can come up with. It is fully mechanical and does NOT rely on glue or epoxy. In storage, simply back off the tang and store! Let the handle MOVE in any way it wants.
Nothing ever cracks or splits. No epoxy joints to seperate.
Shrinkage and expansion are NEVER a problem. Ever.
There's a full one inch of adjustment!
Also, on my hidden tang knives, I use the same pinning method even on those that do not disassemble. My handles are ALWAYS pinned to the guard. It eliminates the need for a front pin or bolt in the handle, even in mortised handle knives. It keeps the handle from moving laterally and minimizes epoxy joint crackage!
 
Karl, I can't tell you when, but one of those beauties is in my future. Stag would be a must.
 
Awesome work as usual! Thanks for the disassembled pics, I was actually going to ask if you would post some.

I have a kind of stupid question though. When you set up the guard and buttcap pins, how do you make sure you get them spaced right? I can't come up with a good way to make 2 sets of blind holes match up.

Thanks for sharing!

-d
 
deker said:
Awesome work as usual! Thanks for the disassembled pics, I was actually going to ask if you would post some.

I have a kind of stupid question though. When you set up the guard and buttcap pins, how do you make sure you get them spaced right? I can't come up with a good way to make 2 sets of blind holes match up.

Thanks for sharing!

-d
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It depends on what I'm doing, but I have been successful at just randomly putting two holes in the metal piece, place two short pins, of the same length, with sharp points on them in the holes, and then pressing the handle material to them. Gives you two marks to drill.
You could even do just one pin first! Get it drilled in the handle material. I go .150 in the metal,
.400 in the handle. Place the full length pin, .550, in place. Put another short pin in the other hole, slide the two parts together, because they now have one full length pin to align them, and then make the second mark in the handle material.
There's no "spacing" or measuring.
Get creative, use your head.
(Then there's the "secret" way, which I can't tell even at gun point!) But the above works great.
 
I take some scraps and drill the two 1/16ths holes,then take a larger bit and drill out the area between the two holes,then heat treat them and use them as jigs to keep everything semetrical.The removing of the area between the pins allows you to place the jig where you want it more easily.Also I use a dab of super glue to hold the jig in place while I drill.
 
kbaknife said:
It depends on what I'm doing, but I have been successful at just randomly putting two holes in the metal piece, place two short pins, of the same length, with sharp points on them in the holes, and then pressing the handle material to them. Gives you two marks to drill.
You could even do just one pin first! Get it drilled in the handle material. I go .150 in the metal,
.400 in the handle. Place the full length pin, .550, in place. Put another short pin in the other hole, slide the two parts together, because they now have one full length pin to align them, and then make the second mark in the handle material.
There's no "spacing" or measuring.
Get creative, use your head.
(Then there's the "secret" way, which I can't tell even at gun point!) But the above works great.
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That's about what I thought. I've just never managed to keep things straight trying things like that. Guess I just need to try harder :)

thanks!

-d
 
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