Handle Repair to Chef Grandpa's Paring Knife Part 1

A customer asked me if I could fix the handle of a knife that belonged to her father. He was a Chef and came to the USA from Columbia. (Timeline and links for items used are below the description of the video.) His Granddaughter just became a Chef in a Michelin Rated Restaurant in Nevada and wanted to have his knives. This was the only one that was broken but she did not want a new handle replacement but wanted to keep as much or the original handle as possible.
2:42 Foredom Tool Clean Off Old Glue
5:56 First Resin Pour and color match
7:00 making a mold with painters tape
8:57 Results of pour 1
11:00 Silicone Mold Pour #2
12:00 Shaping on 1x30 with split belts
12:53 More Shaping on Foredom
15:52 Results so far and plans for making better
PARTS & TOOLS I USED FOR THIS JOB & Related Work
Blade Bonding
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Resin pigments multiple colors
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Resin pigment black (I use this the most for plastic kitchen knives)
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UV Resins I use for handle repairs Faster setting around 7 min under UV Light
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LET'S RESIN UV Resin with Light,Upgraded 200g Crystal Clear&Low Odor UV Resin Kit,UV Light,Silicone Mat,Ultraviolet Epoxy Resin Hard,UV Resin Starter Kit for Jewelry,Craft Decor amzn.to/3Ulhlod
My Favorite UV Resin Light
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Silicon Sleeves for resin molds
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Foredom Tools
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Running list of the items in my shop with links
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[@braincraven]

I would love to have seen a complete handle replacement on those molded handles. The knob at the end of the tang makes it more difficult to slip on a new handle.

[@karenshakh9619]

Number 1. Latvia👌

[@deerosenbaum8109]

Love it, how you freely share "the process"". Some pretty valuable information learned through your willlingness to walk us through your step by step decisions/workings using and sharing your knowledge and experience.

[@ALXSHARPEN]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jab0321]

This is great stuff and it is really helpful to see how you go about working this problem. Much appreciated!

[@ALXSHARPEN]

Glad it was helpful!

[@braincraven]

great video, I really like the silicon wrap working as a mold. One bit of advice on mixing colors, you can add the compliment to your base to darken the mix. I thought you did a great job on your color match, but adding a very small touch of yellow (compliment) to the purple base would have darken the mix.

[@ALXSHARPEN]

I am definitely no expert on mixing colors thanks for the tip 95% of the time my handle repairs are just black plastic so that doesn't take much color matching.