eseemann Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Good Eve all, Still trying to work the kinks out of the mounting of blades in to antler. Here is one I did today. I am not happy with how much I ended up grinding off the tang. Please take a look and let me know if you guys think this is too narrow and may not be a strong enough tang. The blade is pinned in with a brass tube and the void, after the pith was drilled out, was filled with poured pewter. thanks for any suggestions or feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccustomknives Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 It will help you to make a guard of some kind. some 1/4" thick brass stock fitted to the tang will go along way to help . The other thing it to solder a peice of 1/4" threads and make a butt cap. With that set up you'll need to fit everything up good but the end product will look reall clean. In the end it seams to me easier to do it that way, that's why I use that method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share Posted June 24, 2013 JMC, I will take your suggestion, sounds like just the thing. How could I attach the brass to the tang, JB Weld? Where in Alabama are you, I am in Huntsville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Drill a small hole in the brass and use a needle file and file to fit around tang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 In the last pic, what is the material between the blade and antler? It appears to be solder but curious what was soldered to what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 It is a mix of lead free solder and lead free pewter. I melted the solder and pewter in a steel spoon and poured it in to the void in the antler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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