What a day...

[Black cat]

Im in a hurry to get a bunch of blades finished. It was going good but slow till now.
Today was such a waste, hours and hours spent trying to pin a bolster and all I did was mess up the knife.

I clean and clean the pin holes... They work fine. As soon as I apply the epoxy they wont go through the holes and just bend. I even tried keeping the epoxy away from the holes. 1/16 pins.

Now its all ratched up and a day wasted... So depressed i'm shaking.

 

[Self Made Knives]

Are you using a fast epoxy? Like 5 or 15 minute? I use Gflex and 1/8" pins on stainless bolsters and seems to work great so far.

 

[Black cat]

Five minute epoxy yes. I have some slower epoxy I could give that a try tomorrow.

 

[John Wilson]

i tried using the 5min epoxy a few times. Each time was a horror story. there is nothing worse than having the epoxy begin to set up when you can't get a scale on. CRAP CRAP CRAP! As I tried pulling it all apart in time to save the scales.

it's just not worth it.


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[TacticallySharp]

GFlex is the best epoxy I've used to date. Well worth the little extra it cost. A lot of my fitting issued just disappeared when I started using it.

 

[J. Doyle]

Yeah, I second what these guys said. That time crunch panic just isn't worth it. I've seen some of that stuff set up in as little as 3 minutes too. And I'm skeptical of the long term durability of those cheaper quick epoxies. They have their place....it's just not on knife handles for me.

G-flex is my personal favorite too.

My old boss in construction used to tell me and the other young guys (I was young then ) "You'd better slow down or you're gonna get behind."

I think that applies perfectly here.

Hope you have a better day today.

 

[EdCaffreyMS]

Im in a hurry to get a bunch of blades finished.

There's your issue! I have a student in my shop right now, and I have to keep telling him.... "The FASTEST way to make a knife is SLOWLY!" We've all done it (and some like me still do it ... get caught up in a rush) and things just go sideways. Slow down, take your time.... it will pay off.

 

[John Wilson]

"The FASTEST way to make a knife is SLOWLY!" We've all done it (and some like me still do it ... get caught up in a rush) and things just go sideways.

Guilty.

Every time I botch something up by rushing I hear a voice in my head, "You don't have time to do it right, but you have time to do it twice."

 

[Black cat]

Well the day is going better so far. I will attempt the bolster pins again in a few moments.
I agree... About slowing down. I feel like i'm on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Unfortunately I have less than a week to hit the road. I'm expected down south for a job search and to drop off these knives I promised months ago (not getting payed for any of them though).
Just sold everything I have to pay for insurance and fuel to get me into a bigger city where I might have more luck finding work.
But i'm months behind schedule, cant sleep, very sore... I hope to get five more knives done in the next few days, pack my things, tie up loose ends and perhaps get one full night of sleep before I hit the road.

I would hold off on the knives but I like to keep my promises... Got to stop volunteering myself for these things lol.

 

[Justin Presson]

Hang in there Black cat, i echo everything said above and that sometimes as hard as it is ya have to say no in knifemaking.

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