Dogsoldat Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Pretty certain but, not positive that there was a youtube video posted of a guy drilling out an antler. Fitting the tang in a dowel and epoxying the works together. My google is weak tonight and I was sure I had saved the link to my computer... but have had to format and reinstall since. Have a coworker that is being brought over to the darkside. Gave him a small blade to put a handle on. He's tying to figure out how. Figure that with how skinny the tang was on this blade it's his best bet in the chunk on antler he was telling me about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibrariaNPC Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Not sure on the video either (there's tons of them), but isn't there a way to attach the knife without drilling by soaking/boiling the antler? Haven't tried it yet but I did read about it (and not sure if it's valid or not). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Boiling and shoving it in while hot. I prefer to drill and use a hook tool to make a rectangular hole and epoxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud in PA Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I've used antler as a handle on a couple of blades I used in reenacting. I ground the tangs to fit inside of the antler, then heated the tang with a propane torch and slowly burned it into the handle. When finished burning it in I used Epoxy and pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 It has an amusing smell when you do it that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibrariaNPC Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Thanks for that input, Thomas and Bud! Dogsoldat, do you remember anything else about the video? Any random details to help narrow it down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsoldat Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Been thinking of it all day at work. Nothing that really stands out. Guess I'll keep plugging in variations into the search engine and see if it gets me somewhere. Be sure to post it if and when I find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsoldat Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Was a short video. Maybe 5 min tops. It could have even been a bone handle now that I think about it more. Anyways not what I was after but same idea. http://www.hewn.ie/blog-content/2015/2/23/making-an-antler-knife-handle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foundryman Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 This isn't antler but I came across this video of a guy fitting a handle with the same method, drilling a large hole in the handle, then mounting a slotted dowel inside to accept the tang of the knife. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqrnss969E Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsoldat Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Not it, but thanks for something interesting to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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