Replace the handle on your broken kitchen knife
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- A guide video for repairing the handle of your favorite kitchen knife using wood.
Minimum tool requirements are a saw and a Dremel type tool with wood shaping attachment to shape the handle.
Thank you for your presence and may God reward you I am following you from Egypt A plastic handle would be better because wood has a short lifespan
Wood can have a short lifespan if it isn't looked after properly, however the wood used in this handle was Belian which is one of the most durable timbers in the world and is extremely rot resistant.
Just what I needed, perfect explanation video. Thanks!!!!
I'm happy you found it helpful.
Exactly what I need! The chef at my restaurant asked me to restore his first chefs knife as it will be his Xmas gift to his son, this video saved me alot of headache thank you
Glad it was a helpful video
We have a set of Sabatier knives that have all started cracking. We have never put them in the dishwasher so we were very disappointed at these so-called quality knives doing this. But now I can use your method and put some real quality handles on, so thank you for such a good method. I might even practice with dowels instead of metal because the contrasting wood might look quite good. Thanks for showing me how it can be done. The only problem is that I don't have such an expensive sanding wheel as yours, only a handheld sander. But we will overcome!!
I'm always happy when people use the methods I show them to get some diy done, even better when it saves them from throwing out something that should still have years of life left.
The sander just makes the job quicker and a bit easier with the platform, you can use a belt sander turned upside-down if you have access to one for the same sort of effectiveness just remember to position the sander so the belt runs away from you so if you make a mistake the knife goes away rather than towards you.
I recommend shaping the front contour of your handle before attaching it to the blade to avoid scratching the blade.
I agree but if you forget.... a small file with one blank edge or just some sandpaper glued to a popcycle stick.... Don't ask...
I do the pins during glue up. They grind off really easy with a belt grinder/sander.
Wow man, you have some hammer skills!
Amazing job
Brass welding rod!
Thank You!
Right let's do this!
Cheers!
Simple, cheap and easy to get your hands on.
Much better than expecting people to find specialised pieces.
@@MakeinSarawak It worked a treat!!
Got some really nice hardwood from an offcut of engineered floor - super dense I don't know what wood it is but it's heavy, dark and sanded it to near mirror with 1500 grade (no it's not plastic wood by accident!) and sealed it.
Cheers for this!
@@RedwolfDogrocket awesome to hear everything worked out for you!
Well done! Beautiful!
Thank you!
It was probably only the third or fourth time I had done something similar to this. I previously made some marking knives for my woodworking as I was unable to find quality ones over here.
Boiled linseed oil has toxic metallic drying agents in it. You should use polymerized linseed oil, which is food safe.
great work, i wonder if i ve should use a piece of a broken cutting board made from bamboo
You can use pretty much anything you can shape with sandpaper using this method, bamboo should be quite good as I believe it has good inherent water resistance.
@@MakeinSarawak i really appreciated your words thanks
That's a pretty nice knife to have a full tang
Handle looked like a couple of mine after wife ran them through dishwasher. I didn’t tell her they were expensive and should only be hand washed. I purchase her a set of of Victorinox to use.
I'm not sure what happened to this one as it belonged to my Uncle but I know I have the same sort of rules with my good set, hand wash, no scourers etc.
Wondering what sort of wood I could use/source in the USA? Teak? Ipe?
Teak is naturally more waterproof than most other woods but as long as you treat the wood with something like tung oil, the wood should be water resistant enough for daily use and cleaning.
Mate what do you do if your knifes handle is hollow
If you mean that it is a single piece handle with the tang (the other long end of the knife) going into the handle typically I would drill a hole the length of the tang through a block of wood then turn the handle on the lathe then epoxy the tang in place but I know not everyone would have access to those tools so probably the most reduced equipment option would be to get a block of wood and drill the tang hole through it and then shape the handle to suit you using something like a Shinto rasp (very useful tool to have and worth getting if you want to shape wood but dont have space/cash for machines).
Hope thats helpful.
Alternatively if you want something that is a bit different and the tang is suitable you can look into something like stacked leather handles which I personally think are pretty neat.
Can you help making the top of a Chinese knife smoother so when I use it it does not give me blisters?
I certainly can, we are in lock down again at the moment so I can't travel to my MIL to get hers for the day so I will have to look around for one within allowable travel distance that I can get my hands on.
where do you find the replacement pins that were pushed through?
The pins that I used are copper braising/welding rod and should be found in most hardware stores that sell welding equipment.
They will come in about 3 ft/1 meter lengths and you cut them down to size.
Other metals can be used as well but these are softer and easier to work with.
@@MakeinSarawak thank you
very helpful! I dont think linseed oil is food safe. I might try using mineral oil or beeswax on my rehandle jobs but thank you for the the demonstration!
Original boiled linseed would be fine but even then once the dryers have evaporated off it doesn't leave nasty stuff behind anyway.
To be extra careful you could use tung oil which is both food safe and waterproof.
My knife handle is broken and the knife tang is very short. I dont know how to describe more. Can you help?
It is possible to weld an extension on but depending on the cost and value of the knife it may not be worth doing that option for you.
Another option is to make a middle layer that is the same thickness as the metal of the knife and use that as a spacer for the areas of the handle that the knife tang doesn't reach.
The last option, which usually gives the nicest result but takes the most work is to carve the wood out of the surface that will be glued to the tang so that it fits together without any gap.
This depends on how long the tang that you have available is, if it's just a short broken stub then welding it first is the only option.
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what kind of wood ?
This is a wood known as belian, it is a locally grown wood and the state tree of Sarawak.
@@MakeinSarawak Thansk MIS!!!
Matey for a How to video you Completely missed the area Of how to get the Rivets out or is this men's shed Secret Stuff ...Geeze alI wanted was some method to get the Rivets and Handle Off an Eight inch Scanpan Cooks Kniff...🦕
Around the 2 minute mark I split the top of the rivet with the dremel tool and a metal cutting bit.
The easiest method of getting the rivets off depends on the type of rivet they used. If they are the blind press type like in this video then just splitting them at the end will cause them to weaken enough to be pulled of with some pliers.
If it's a pin like the type I replaced it with then cutting the top few mm off or drilling it in a few mm should allow it to drop back through the hole.
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Onto to it Now 👍⚜️...Would a Rope Handle Set with Resin work ?have you ever tried Such ,?
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@@jeremylivingstone4110 rope like a para-cord wrap?
Not sure what you are asking about with the rope and resin part.
If you are talking about setting some rope in resin and then making scales from it, it should work fine if you can get enough penetration into the rope through either a vacuum or pressure pot.
Use masking tape on the blade!