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Just yesterday I was perusing another knife forum site in my never ending quest for knowledge, when I came across a thread on epoxy. Well to my surprise they were downing one of my favorite epoxies, Devcon 2 ton epoxy! Now that I read the thread I have begin to doubt it. Afterall one thing none of us want is to have any kind of a failure on a knife.
I have built a few knives and have been using Devcon 2 Ton epoxy to help secure the handles. I usually use pins that have been peened over to However on occasion I have not been able to peen the pins or on even rarer occasions have had to depend entirely on the epoxy to hold the handle.
I was shocked to read that one of the so called problems was that and I quote, "prolonged exposure to water would cause the epoxy to let loose"! I was origionally turned on to Devcon 2 Ton Expoxy by and old carpenter who told me it was the best stuff he had ever seen. It could be tinted and sands down easily and is water proof!
To quote the old carpenter, "why hell I fixed my dentures over three or four years ago with and their in my mouth all day, and in a water soak all night 365and I aint never had them to let loose yet"!
Not that I am recommending Devcon for that purpose but, it tells me they don't know what they are talking about. The thread went on to say exposure to heat would cause a failure. Most epoxies will fail when expsosed to extreme heat. Under normal heat conditins, including leaving a knife on the dash of a truck with the windows rolled up in the dead of summer in "Florida" , Devcon has yet to fail me.
When I first started making knives I tried some Loctite Tysol. I think there was a number behind the name, but the number escapes my memory right now. The Loctite Tysol, failed on my first knife almost immediately, even though I had bought it off of a well known knife supply site. I assumed it had to be a porblem on my part but no matter how well I sanded and cleaned before applicaton it did not take and hold like the Devcon. I finally ended up throwing the rest of the Loctite away!
I had a knife that I worked on and did not like the wooden handle when finished. I finally decided to rehandle the knife and I literally had to split the handle to pieces to get it off and then sand down the metal and treat with acetome to get a new bonding surface. So to me there therioes have all been unproven. But I thought I would throw this subject open for discussion to the other members here.
So here is the questions I have.
What is your opinion of Devcon 2 Ton Epoxy?
Tell me what are you using for epoxy and why?
Tell me of your experiences with your favorite epoxy and why you swear by it or at it!
I have built a few knives and have been using Devcon 2 Ton epoxy to help secure the handles. I usually use pins that have been peened over to However on occasion I have not been able to peen the pins or on even rarer occasions have had to depend entirely on the epoxy to hold the handle.
I was shocked to read that one of the so called problems was that and I quote, "prolonged exposure to water would cause the epoxy to let loose"! I was origionally turned on to Devcon 2 Ton Expoxy by and old carpenter who told me it was the best stuff he had ever seen. It could be tinted and sands down easily and is water proof!
To quote the old carpenter, "why hell I fixed my dentures over three or four years ago with and their in my mouth all day, and in a water soak all night 365and I aint never had them to let loose yet"!
Not that I am recommending Devcon for that purpose but, it tells me they don't know what they are talking about. The thread went on to say exposure to heat would cause a failure. Most epoxies will fail when expsosed to extreme heat. Under normal heat conditins, including leaving a knife on the dash of a truck with the windows rolled up in the dead of summer in "Florida" , Devcon has yet to fail me.
When I first started making knives I tried some Loctite Tysol. I think there was a number behind the name, but the number escapes my memory right now. The Loctite Tysol, failed on my first knife almost immediately, even though I had bought it off of a well known knife supply site. I assumed it had to be a porblem on my part but no matter how well I sanded and cleaned before applicaton it did not take and hold like the Devcon. I finally ended up throwing the rest of the Loctite away!
I had a knife that I worked on and did not like the wooden handle when finished. I finally decided to rehandle the knife and I literally had to split the handle to pieces to get it off and then sand down the metal and treat with acetome to get a new bonding surface. So to me there therioes have all been unproven. But I thought I would throw this subject open for discussion to the other members here.
So here is the questions I have.
What is your opinion of Devcon 2 Ton Epoxy?
Tell me what are you using for epoxy and why?
Tell me of your experiences with your favorite epoxy and why you swear by it or at it!
