Ned C. Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) How do you make a guard for a knife and how are they fastened? I am new to blacksmithing and have been forging RR spikes some. Edited December 3, 2009 by Ned C. Meant guard instead of tang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphigh Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 You make a tang on one end of the knife (kinda a step down) the tang must be quite small so it can be riveted at the other end but for a guard you make a guard that fits the tang slide it on then put on the handle then rivet the ends you can see a good knife making vid on this link YouTube - A.S. Jordan Bladesmith - Documentary "Knives" (part 1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 On a knife the thickest part is where the blade and tang meet. As the tang is uniform or tapered you can then slide a guard up it until it lodges at the junction of blade and tang. Some knifemakers will use a low temp silver bearing solder like stay-brite to solder the two together without messing up the heat treat of the blade. All this should be explained in your knifemaking book---you do have one like "Step by Step Knifemaking" or "The Complete Bladesmith"? Or do you expect a couple of paragraphs on the net to be as good as several hundred pages in a good source book? I'd suggest you go to your local library and ILL both these books and others and decide which ones you might want to own---christmas is coming! (I usually provide a list of books to my family so they can always buy me a gift that I really want!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned C. Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Did not know about the book or video. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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