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Russ:
I could put the wood on the handle, shape it, then soak it, if that what you ment.
TimothyR:
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--- Quote from: Deerhunter21 on October 07, 2019, 08:00:12 pm ---Dont really have scales, i was just gonna wing it with some spaltered wood or something.
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Get you some minwax wood hardener and seal the spalted wood in a Mason jar with the wood hardener.
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A while back on bladeforums, a bunch of knife makers who are much more talented than I came to a conclusion that soaking in wood hardner doesn't penetrate very far in to wood unless you pull a certain amount of vacuum. I send mine off to K&G in Arizona to have them professionally stabilized, but it's not economical for for just a set of scales.
He could still gain a benefit though, if he were to preshape his handles before soaking.
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Would heating the jar to seal it pull enough vacuum in it?
Mesophilic:
--- Quote from: Deerhunter21 on October 08, 2019, 08:57:13 am ---I could put the wood on the handle, shape it, then soak it, if that what you ment.
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You could use temporary pins to hold it all together while you shape it, then take the scales off for soaking. The hardner will leave a residue on the steel if you were to soak it while they're attached. I've read of guys trying to paint it on, but it hardens up the bristles of the brush and makes a mess in most cases...like trying to paint with super glue.
I played with it a bit back in the day. I have a foodsaver with the jar attachments and found I could pull enough vacuum on a mason jar to see bubbles coming out of the wood while it soaked. Not even sure what happened to those knives so I can't give you a comment on how they held up over time.
Mesophilic:
--- Quote from: TimothyR on October 08, 2019, 09:48:23 am ---
--- Quote from: dieselcheese on October 08, 2019, 08:55:09 am ---
--- Quote from: TimothyR on October 07, 2019, 10:38:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: Deerhunter21 on October 07, 2019, 08:00:12 pm ---Dont really have scales, i was just gonna wing it with some spaltered wood or something.
--- End quote ---
Get you some minwax wood hardener and seal the spalted wood in a Mason jar with the wood hardener.
--- End quote ---
A while back on bladeforums, a bunch of knife makers who are much more talented than I came to a conclusion that soaking in wood hardner doesn't penetrate very far in to wood unless you pull a certain amount of vacuum. I send mine off to K&G in Arizona to have them professionally stabilized, but it's not economical for for just a set of scales.
He could still gain a benefit though, if he were to preshape his handles before soaking.
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Would heating the jar to seal it pull enough vacuum in it?
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I'm sure it would pull some vacuum. Not enough to penetrate deeply to the core. If I remember correctly, to stabilize wood all the way through it takes something like -26 atmospheres of vacuum. Don't quote me on that, though even if I'm not recalling it exactly right, it's still alot of vacuum.
With a preshaped handle scale it might just be enough to get it a little deeper in to those soft spalted layers.
Just be careful, you're playing with flammable solvents, so the kitchen stove might not be a good option.
Woodely:
--- Quote from: DC on October 07, 2019, 10:33:59 am ---When I went to school if we finished our Industrial Arts project we could work on our own stuff. I made knives. I made a Bowie knife with a 10" blade at school! Times have changed. Now a days if a student picks up a sharp stick he gets sent home for a week and is lucky if he escapes therapy.
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I remember years ago myself and another guy fixing the broken spring on my side folder switch blade. Teacher did not mind it had a 3 1/2" blade. ..:)
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