Hello, knife makers:
I'm getting ready to make my first hidden tang knife. It's all cut, ground, heat treated, and even has the guard soldered on. On a video recently (maybe it was Forged in Fire) I saw someone build the handle by cutting the shape of the tang out of a piece of wood that was the same width as the tang. He then epoxied the tang into that piece, and sandwiched that between two scales. He finished by pinning it. Does this make sense? If so, I'd love to know if any of you have experience building this kind of hidden tang, and if you know where I could find some videos on it. I'd like to learn more about the method before I try it myself.
Thanks
I'm getting ready to make my first hidden tang knife. It's all cut, ground, heat treated, and even has the guard soldered on. On a video recently (maybe it was Forged in Fire) I saw someone build the handle by cutting the shape of the tang out of a piece of wood that was the same width as the tang. He then epoxied the tang into that piece, and sandwiched that between two scales. He finished by pinning it. Does this make sense? If so, I'd love to know if any of you have experience building this kind of hidden tang, and if you know where I could find some videos on it. I'd like to learn more about the method before I try it myself.
Thanks