[28] Making A New Handle For My Don Carlos Glazing Knife Using PolyMorph

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Hello UA-cam friends, and welcome to another wonderful video from Paddy's DIY
In this video I'm going to be making an new handle for my beloved Don Carlos glazing knife.
I have had this glazing knife for about 3 years, and it has served me exceptionally well. The existing handle, which was made of some type of hardwood. Most likely teak or oroko, split into bit after years of abuse. I could have gone down the lines of making a new hardwood handle,
but I decided to make it out of Polymorph. The first reason I chose polymorph is because I had a bag of it to use. The second reason is
that I knew that a handle made from polymorph would be seriously tough.
I watched a video on UA-cam years ago about polymorph. At that time I was in the exact same situation. That time it was the handle of my fathers glazing knife that disintegrated and I bought the bag of Polymorph to make a
new handle after being impressed what I saw in the video. That was about 10 years ago, and believe it or not, that glazing knife is still going strong.
Polymorph is an amazing product, and can be used for so many different applications. The video I watched all those years ago that sold
me on it, was someone making a custom moulded hand grip for a knife.
How the polymorph works. It's really simple. Pour the granules of polymorph into boiling water. When the colour changes from white to clear it's ready to mould and shape.
In hind sight, the best solution would have been to make a mould first. Then just shape the polymorph to the mould. But there you have it
a warts and all, stumble through method of using polymorph to make a handle for a glazing knife.
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[@PaddysDiy]

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[@voyager4328]

Nice one Paddy, seems to be a useful product .. 👍

[@PaddysDiy]

Cheers voyager

[@NE-locksmith]

How will it hold up to being bashed on the back with a hammer? I know it’s not the intended use

[@PaddysDiy]

I use this tool every working day for multiple different uses, including using it like a chisel. Eg. Hammering the bottom of it with a hammer or a mallet. I talking proper abuse. Nearly a year on from when i made it, the only difference in it is that it's discoloured. It is absolutely amazing stuff. I did the exact same to my father's glazing knife about 8 or 9 years ago, when the wooden handle broke apart. Still going strong 💪

[@NE-locksmith]

@@PaddysDiy going to get me some of that!