arkie

Frosty was just taking his afternoon nap and didn't see the organic horns when he woke up.......

Very nice job on the froe.  I've been wanting to make one from a leaf spring as well...glad it worked out OK for you.  Did you heat treat it or just go with the natural hardness of the spring?

I have two very old ones where the tangs pass completely through the handles.  The tang ends are threaded and secured with a small domed washer and nut.  They appear to be original.  Those won't come off for sure.

I thought about doing that, but since I don't have any threading dies, etc. I'll use another method...heat, epoxy.  Problem with epoxy is that if you ever need to remove the blade you pretty much have to destroy the handles...not good.

I'll try the heat trick, thanks Charles. :-)

Hmmm.....my file handles are always coming loose, no matter what I do.  I would think that with a friction fit and pulling, the handles would come loose.  I've been toying with the idea of forging some draw knive blades with a curvature approximating my favorite handle shape to help shape them.

od, how are you attaching your handles?  Threading, epoxy, etc.?