I love the way your knife looks !! I have a question : what is the brand of the blueing chemical you use for your brass ? that bronze color looks amazing
That's a very nice knife. Before final glue-up, do you take any steps to remove the wax left behind in the handle from the bedding step? I have concerns about that left behind wax inhibiting the bond between the epoxy and tang in the final glue-up. Nobody seems to be concerned with that, so maybe I'm just too pessimistic.
Beautiful knife!..I’ve watched you and other guys use that method to bed tangs before. I have yet to build a hidden tang knife but I always wondered if wax transfer is an issue afterwards? Do you wind up with wax in the tang bed after you pull the blade?
I’ve never had any trouble, I don’t use a whole lot of wax to begin with just enough to lightly coat the tang. I also go back in with some small files and clean up the edges because I found that the tang slot leaves an extremely tight fit which makes it difficult to slide the handle on and off while I’m working & checking it.
Nifty trick with the file guide! Your knives are improving so quickly. This is lovely!!
Thanks! Much better than a handful of elastics that’s for sure
Absolutely gorgeous as usual. Thanks for the informative videos!
been missing your knife work. another excellent blade
Cheers
Long time no see, nice to see you back :)
Good to be back!
Stay after it lad
glad to see another vidoe! great stuff!!!
Really nice video and a wonderful knife, congratulations! Can you make a video about fitting a guard/bolster on a hidden tang knife?
Thanks! I may add that in to one of my next videos
nice work
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I love the way your knife looks !! I have a question : what is the brand of the blueing chemical you use for your brass ? that bronze color looks amazing
Thanks! I use Birchwood Casey super blue
That's a very nice knife. Before final glue-up, do you take any steps to remove the wax left behind in the handle from the bedding step? I have concerns about that left behind wax inhibiting the bond between the epoxy and tang in the final glue-up. Nobody seems to be concerned with that, so maybe I'm just too pessimistic.
I usually go back in there with files to rough up the side, but honestly I don’t think there’s enough wax in there to mess with the final glue up
Beautiful knife!..I’ve watched you and other guys use that method to bed tangs before. I have yet to build a hidden tang knife but I always wondered if wax transfer is an issue afterwards? Do you wind up with wax in the tang bed after you pull the blade?
I’ve never had any trouble, I don’t use a whole lot of wax to begin with just enough to lightly coat the tang. I also go back in with some small files and clean up the edges because I found that the tang slot leaves an extremely tight fit which makes it difficult to slide the handle on and off while I’m working & checking it.
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