newbod Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Been thinking about making my first knife using one of the helle knife blanks, but i cant seem to get my head around how the blank actually fits onto the wood. I understand that with some blanks you use two pieces of wood with rods and use adhesive, what i cant understand is how the "spike" type looking blanks fit against the wood, is it just a case of drilling out the hole and using adhesive again? Tried to attach a picture of the type of blank im talking about, cheers all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drongo Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yea, that's pretty much it.... I made one once, tapered tang.... Measured tang size, drilled hole slightly smaller, glued it all up disc by disc then sanded it all down... You can do one price wood handles, but I didn't have buts long enough... Look at www.brisa.fi, some nice kits and instructions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Have a look on youtube, what you do is drill a line of hole in the wood just under the size of the tang. Then you put the blade in the vice and heat it up and keep pushing the wooden handle so what it is doing is burning the shape in the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenlander Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yep drill a hole and then glue,I use a two part glue like araldite. I also put some grooves in the tang for extra grip,but its not realy necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbod Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Have a look on youtube, what you do is drill a line of hole in the wood just under the size of the tang. Then you put the blade in the vice and heat it up and keep pushing the wooden handle so what it is doing is burning the shape in the wood. So you drill the hole the same length as the tang, but not as wide? and simply push it on with adhesive already on it, no rubber mallets i guess because theres too much chance of splitting the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenlander Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) I drill mine the same length and width 3.5 mm, even a bit wider than the width is ok as the glue fills in and it gives you a bit of scope to get the blade in straight,you cant see a gap because the bolster covers it. But the bolster that needs to be drilled so it is a tight fit or else it looks ****. Edited December 10, 2013 by Fenlander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbod Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 cheers mate, will have to post up progress pictures when i get around to giving it a crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenlander Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) I,ve made loads this way and never had a handle come loose yet, Edited December 10, 2013 by Fenlander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalefish Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Heres a good tutorial for doing a stick tang http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?89508-Fitting-a-stick-tang-blade-to-a-one-piece-handle-%28pic-heavy%29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhorn Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 You could use pieces like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBeaky Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Doing it in sections can have a nice effect: just make sure the mating faces are as near perfect as you can get, then do the shaping when it's all glued together. Use a jig if you can - this one is made of scrap bits of Unistrut and an offcut of oak! Bolster fitted and glued Handle sections fitted together, glued and clamped. The tang goes right through the handle on this one, and protrudes through the pommel - it is soft enough to rivet over, securing the whole thing together, even if the glue fails (unlikely, I know, but hey, so I'm paranoid!) All glued up, end of tang peened over in pommel, ready for shaping. Finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbaz Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Nice cutter that Cap'n John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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