James
.I know I've said it before, but you have one heck of a beautiful collection of Buck stag and ivory knives!! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
Thanks for sharing them with us.
I got a new toy recently that has made pinning my stag and ivory handles extremely easy.
I am still learning, but have pinned six knives so far and have at least that many left to pin for now.
I worried about the epoxy I was using because I accidentally dropped a knife in the shop and one scale came loose.
I had been using Devcon 2 ton epoxy.
I've since found some knife makers that use Loctite E-120HP and they say it is much better.
I still didn't trust the epoxies to hold up under heavy use, so I started researching ways to pin the folders and came up with a small anvil called a stiddy.
I pinned one knife before I got the stiddy and have now done six with it
and love it!
I wasn't sure I would like the looks of pins in the stag, but I realize that I do like it for the looks and the extra piece of mind.
Here is a knife I pinned this morning. It took me maybe 25 minutes from start to finish.
First picture is me getting ready to add the pin after drilling the holes.
Using 1/16th NS rod for the small slipjoint knives.
This picture shows the newly peened pins that are still rough.
This picture show the stag covers with newly added pins buffed and finished.