ThEoRy
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Finally took a crack at rehandling my Tojiro ITK bread knife and I'm pretty happy with the results. Dave, Stefan, Marko and Mike etc... you guys need to charge more. :laugh: Maybe it's just because it was my first one and I wanted to take special care not to ruin anything but I suspect you guys take the same precautions.
Anyway I didn't take pics all the way through but I can explain my process.
1: Drill off old scales.
2: Grind the tang clean and leave it rough.
3: Drill tang holes 1/4"
4: Trace scales on new wood then rough shape them on belt grinder.
5: Sand scales flat on diamond plate wrapped with sandpaper.
6: Rough cut liner material.
7: Prep liner material and scales by roughing up then cleaning with alcohol.
8: Prepare devcon 2 ton 30 min epoxy and spread on inside of scales then apply to liner material and clamp.
9: Wait
10: Shape, round and polish the front of the scale since this would be much harder once attached.
11: Prepare the tand and scale with roughing and cleaning with alcohol.
12: Prepare epoxy and apply to tang and scale then fit up the scale and clamp.
13: Wait.
14: Drill from the tang side through the scale completely.
15: Prepare other scale, epoxy, clamp.
16: Wait.
17: Drill back from the first scale through the second.
18: Cut mosaic bar into three appropriately sized pieces with a hack saw.
19: Rough up the pins, chamfer the edges and clean with alcohol.
20: Clean the inside of the scale/tang holes with alcohol until cotton swab comes out clean.
21: Prepare epoxy and line the holes with it and coat the pins as well then tap pins through the holes.
22: With a plier, twist pins until they are all facing straight up.
23: Wait.
24: Final rough shaping on belt sander until scales meet the tang smoothly, including grinding off excess pin material until flush.
25: Grind in rough angles all around edges on both sides.
26: Hand shaping and sanding from 100 grit up to 12,000 grit.
27: Mineral oil hand buffing.
28: Pics.......
29: Forget what wood it is..
There's some checks that appeared after sanding so I'm thinking ca glue then re sand a bit. But in any case, I'm happy with it for my first try. What do you guys think?
Anyway I didn't take pics all the way through but I can explain my process.
1: Drill off old scales.
2: Grind the tang clean and leave it rough.
3: Drill tang holes 1/4"
4: Trace scales on new wood then rough shape them on belt grinder.
5: Sand scales flat on diamond plate wrapped with sandpaper.
6: Rough cut liner material.
7: Prep liner material and scales by roughing up then cleaning with alcohol.
8: Prepare devcon 2 ton 30 min epoxy and spread on inside of scales then apply to liner material and clamp.
9: Wait
10: Shape, round and polish the front of the scale since this would be much harder once attached.
11: Prepare the tand and scale with roughing and cleaning with alcohol.
12: Prepare epoxy and apply to tang and scale then fit up the scale and clamp.
13: Wait.
14: Drill from the tang side through the scale completely.
15: Prepare other scale, epoxy, clamp.
16: Wait.
17: Drill back from the first scale through the second.
18: Cut mosaic bar into three appropriately sized pieces with a hack saw.
19: Rough up the pins, chamfer the edges and clean with alcohol.
20: Clean the inside of the scale/tang holes with alcohol until cotton swab comes out clean.
21: Prepare epoxy and line the holes with it and coat the pins as well then tap pins through the holes.
22: With a plier, twist pins until they are all facing straight up.
23: Wait.
24: Final rough shaping on belt sander until scales meet the tang smoothly, including grinding off excess pin material until flush.
25: Grind in rough angles all around edges on both sides.
26: Hand shaping and sanding from 100 grit up to 12,000 grit.
27: Mineral oil hand buffing.
28: Pics.......
29: Forget what wood it is..
There's some checks that appeared after sanding so I'm thinking ca glue then re sand a bit. But in any case, I'm happy with it for my first try. What do you guys think?