Lerch
Well-Known Member
Hi all, been gone for a while but still making plenty of knives, just been busy with the full time job
anyway my question is this, I am looking for a handle screw that has a tapered head so i can drill a recess into the handle material so it will pull the handle together from both sides. I am wanting this so that it will add some strength when i am using a colored liner or multi colored G10 handle. currently i am using loctite G20 glue to attach my G10 sheets together, it cures up in 24hrs and seems very strong but i would like to have the tapered screw head put downward pressure on the thinner exterior piece of G10 so i can be sure it wont ever break loose. currently i have been using 3/32" stainless or brass pins that i reem out the drill hole and then peen the pins in. this has worked well so far and i havent ever had one come loose whether the thinner G10 piece is on the exterior or interior of the handle but still i would like something stronger. I also like the look of the tapered screw head in the recessed hole on the handle, similar to what I have seen Coye knives use and some other guys. Ideally i would like a torx head or allen head screw, philliips doenst really match the look i am going for.
what do all of you all use when you are combining G10 or Micarta sheets for multi colored handles ??
thank ya
steve
anyway my question is this, I am looking for a handle screw that has a tapered head so i can drill a recess into the handle material so it will pull the handle together from both sides. I am wanting this so that it will add some strength when i am using a colored liner or multi colored G10 handle. currently i am using loctite G20 glue to attach my G10 sheets together, it cures up in 24hrs and seems very strong but i would like to have the tapered screw head put downward pressure on the thinner exterior piece of G10 so i can be sure it wont ever break loose. currently i have been using 3/32" stainless or brass pins that i reem out the drill hole and then peen the pins in. this has worked well so far and i havent ever had one come loose whether the thinner G10 piece is on the exterior or interior of the handle but still i would like something stronger. I also like the look of the tapered screw head in the recessed hole on the handle, similar to what I have seen Coye knives use and some other guys. Ideally i would like a torx head or allen head screw, philliips doenst really match the look i am going for.
what do all of you all use when you are combining G10 or Micarta sheets for multi colored handles ??
thank ya
steve