![]() ![]() Thinking about it - the hot glue sets quickly as it it cools too, so could be easier to set up than with epoxy. I may try that next time I have a handle project to play with too. Little epoxy at the top for waterproofing and you'd be set. I'll bet you could make a paste with hide glue and sawdust to fill instead of carnuba wax and get a good result. I experimented with this a few times but haven't done it often enough to have a set tried and true recipe. When to use, how much, depend on the burn in process used. Adding some sawdust or even a paste of mostly sawdust with a little beeswax into the hole before the burn-in can create a glue like filler that helps fine tune the fit. One thing that can help remove some risk is sawdust. ![]() With the hours that go into some handles, think many choose to just avoid the risk. ![]() How often will a burn in on an exotic hardwood multi-component handle fail? - hard to know, but some probably will. #BURNIN KNIFE CRACK#I've done that with success (and I've also had very dense woods like African Blackwood or Ebony crack from heat - caused by friction and during burn-in test experiments)Ĭan a custom handle survive a burn in? - Sure. And that's presuming the glues hold up to the heat of a burn in too.Ī burn-in on a solid hardwood handle will have some higher risk of cracking or breaking compared to softwood but shouldn't be a problem to burn in if you are careful. The combination could result in a weak fit, or worse, damage glue joints, or even tear them apart. Either way, different handle components will react to heat differently.some might burn, some might melt, others will expand or contract at different rates. And odds are also that the remaining dowel material after a tang hole is roughed out is not thick enough to fully absorb the burn-in or dissipate the heat before it reaches the other materials. #BURNIN KNIFE PLUS#On a dowel constructed handle, odds are there will be different materials for ferrule and body plus maybe end caps and metal spacers. Kind of what Mikey is saying (I think)- the challenge is more a factor of multiple materials and the assembly techniques we use for custom handles, than an issue of hardwood versus softwood. ![]()
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