icanhaschzbrgr
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Here's the problem that I'm trying to solve: custom handles that comes with just a pilot hole are a pain to install for users who don't have appropriate tools and experience.
Japanese traditional method of burning handles doesn't work with custom handles (well it may work for some of them, but not for all).
So my idea is to create few tang templates with different sizes. 5-10 different tangs that should represent most common tang sizes. Then we could try to create an open database of matches between those templates and real knives.
For example there would be tang template №1 which is big tang that should more or less much Shigefusa gyuto's tangs.
Template №2 could represent much thinner but still long Konosuke tangs.
And so on.
Those template tangs then should be forged so that any handle maker out there could order a set.
Now the benefit begins: with those templates and database of matching knives it would be possible to create handle that should have more or less proper fit from the beginning. So end user would just add some epoxy and he's done.
...
Benefit!
Hope you got the idea. What do you think? Any interest?
Japanese traditional method of burning handles doesn't work with custom handles (well it may work for some of them, but not for all).
So my idea is to create few tang templates with different sizes. 5-10 different tangs that should represent most common tang sizes. Then we could try to create an open database of matches between those templates and real knives.
For example there would be tang template №1 which is big tang that should more or less much Shigefusa gyuto's tangs.
Template №2 could represent much thinner but still long Konosuke tangs.
And so on.
Those template tangs then should be forged so that any handle maker out there could order a set.
Now the benefit begins: with those templates and database of matching knives it would be possible to create handle that should have more or less proper fit from the beginning. So end user would just add some epoxy and he's done.
...
Benefit!
Hope you got the idea. What do you think? Any interest?
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