Epoxy work Saturday........

by Gunner , St Louis, Sunday, April 20, 2014, 10:44 (3813 days ago)

I love epoxy for knife handles, works really well but is a pain in the butt. You have to work quick before it starts to set, have to put enough on to seal completely, which of course leads to some squeeze out that drips onto the clamps and all over the blade and handles. I prepped four knives for epoxy, did a general shaping on the handles and pins, laid everything out and then worked REAL fast applying the epoxy and clamping, a little hectic but in the end worked out OK. And it allowed me to save on the amount of epoxy that I normally use, one pack per knife, in this case I only used two packs for four knives, probably had enough for 6 knives but when you are mixing the two part in a cup it doesn't look like enough to do one knife so Saturday was a experiment of sorts.

Here's one I finish this morning.....kind of another experiment. I have been fighting with different wood finishes to see what works, nothing to my liking so far. I posted a question about this subject on the knife sub forum over at 24hourcampfire and got the suggestion of using a polishing rouge instead of a chemical finish like Tru Oil. Got some pink scratchless rouge and a 6" sewn muslin wheel, fired up the home made buffer this morning and tried out the combo, worked great, puts a nice luster on the handles without making them slippery.

1095 steel with Desert Ironwood handle, gonna be hard to sell this one as I really like it.

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