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Thanks for the kind words Justin......trying hard to do my part to give back. Feel free to contact me anytime if you need anything! Best Regards, Andy Dear Axis Outdoor Products www.bladebond.com

Metal to metal contact is very good with lap shear numbers in the 2600 psi range for Ultra and 2800 psi range for Edge 15.....G-Flex lap shear on steel is 2480 psi....not a monumental difference but it is there. Edge is virtually completely clear when cured and Ultra is ever so slightly opaque...

West makes a good product no doubt. What I am trying to do is get the guys away from the likes of Devcon and Loctite. I did quite a bit of market research on this subject before entering back in to the adhesives industry. The number show that the majority of hobbyists are using Devcon or...

I hesitate to say "yes", because I'm a big believer that a lot of people fall prey to the fallacy of extremes, myself included. But suffice it to say whether your using G Flex, BladeBond or Acraglas or any other quality resin, if you prep the surfaces correctly, mix and measure appropriately...

Hi Daniel, Not sure why Acraglas wouldn't do well in that application....have you heard the reason why? I'm still a newbie at knife making so I'd like to hear more from the experts. For gap filling, normally you want a higher viscosity resin...known in the industry as...

As promised I have some updated info. for the folk(s) who had some questions about my resins. Here is some some BladeBond data for your review: Regarding long term retention of physical and chemical characteristics of the cured product, once Bladebond is cured it becomes (like all epoxies)...

Ed were dancing in circles here....the questions has not gone unanswered....I said specifically several posts back I would talk to my engineer on Tuesday and get you a firm answer.

Ed, You just got me to thinking...if it makes you feel any better, I went through almost the EXACT same experience in the rod business. A bunch of the first rods I built in '95/'96 ended up having guides pull out of the wraps about a year after they were built. It was due to the poor...

Ed, I suppose it depends on what market the engineers were serving. Let me ask you this; Can you imagine if a company sold an epoxy to someone building a boat/yacht...or even worse an aircraft or some sort of military application, and was told they'd need to rebuild it 5 years because the...

Ed, Just out of curiosity, I'm looking at the Brownells website and it's showing the 28oz. of Acraglas resin for $51.00 and 7oz. of Hardener for $25.00....is this the pricing structure you're referring to? retail on our quart kit will probably be somewhere in the $50.00 range, and that will...

I'm assuming were talking about a a PERFECT measure and mix (which is physically and realistically unobtainable), and the product basically remaining unused in a "vacuum" where its exposed to no environmental and physical stresses....in other words a "perfect world" scenario? You're wanting to...

Hi Ed, can you elaborate on "hold life" ? In 15 years in the resin business I've never heard anyone use this term. In fact I did a google search for it, and the only result that came up was related to your name in an older post on a forum. If your referring to its usable life in a bonded...

Hi Ed, It actually is VERY pourable...about like honey. But if you need it to be thinner, all you have to do is warm the unmixed parts in the microwave for about 8 seconds. Don't get them HOT...just warm. If the bottles are so hot you cant hold them in your hand, that's much too hot...

Hi Laurence, You're very welcome! G Flex is a great formula, and all of the West products are certainly of a high quality. My feelings wouldn't be a bit hurt if you chose to stay with West G Flex. My immediate goal is to get the guys away from the big box store adhesives...

Hi Ken, My pleasure! The chemical bond wont break down assuming normal working conditions. You put it in an oven at 250 degrees, yes it'll break down. You subject it to excessive stress it wasn't designed to withstand yes it'll break down. You allow it to come into contact with chemicals or...

Evening gents, Thanks so much for the questions! Regarding MIXED viscosity, for the ULTRA formulation your looking at around 9,500 centipoise, which is ever so slightly thinner than Honey which is normally about 10,000cps. The Edge 15 formula is slightly thicker and...

Hey folks, My name is Andy Dear, owner of Axis Outdoors...were a new sponsor on this board specializing in high performance epoxies and coatings for the knifemaker. Just wanted to let all of you guys know that all of my distributors now have the BladeBond product in stock and ready to ship. We...