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Pulled these old hammer heads out of the skip.....as you can never have too many hammers.:hmm:

Put a couple of quick handles on two of them.....may get to the others sometime.

Old Estwing has GRP resin soaked denim wrapped round it then cling wrap to hold it in shape until it sets. Once set shaped it up using the edge of the bandsaw blade like a rasp.

The other  head i welded a spring steel shaft in and sandwiched it in oak stuck on with isopone and pinned with copper rivets. Rubbed oak with wire wool soaked in vinegar to blacken it up a bit and a coat of wax.

 

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12 hours ago, Rabid said:

Spot on that griff, I can never be bothered to put handles in my old heads, but that resin soaked denim has made me think again.

Easy to do....2 inch strips of denim dipped in resin and wrapped round and round like tape, clig wrapped it while wet and squeeze into shape, final shape up on the bandsaw. Unbelievably tough stuff with the denim in it and the bandsaw seemed the only thing that would shape it with any speed.

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I was gonna try the same thing for knife scales griff, did you use epoxy or polyester resin? I've some polyester left from making a dinghy last week and some epoxy from work. I've seen a good one somebody did with 2 different colours of tshirt cut and soaked in resin and then clamped till cured, it looked really smart as a knife handle! Home made Micarta I suppose lol nice job anyway mate ;)

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On 11/22/2017 at 18:37, air gun ant said:

I was gonna try the same thing for knife scales griff, did you use epoxy or polyester resin? I've some polyester left from making a dinghy last week and some epoxy from work. I've seen a good one somebody did with 2 different colours of tshirt cut and soaked in resin and then clamped till cured, it looked really smart as a knife handle! Home made Micarta I suppose lol nice job anyway mate ;)

Hi ant, sorry missed your post.....not got the hang of this new web site yet!:hmm:Yes just polyester resin for fiberglass i got from a roofing guy. I have layered up denim for knife handles and cast it direct onto the knife, it works a treat. Wear Nitrile gloves and dip each  strip of material in resin and squeegee the excess off through your fingers. Put a srip of polythene between the resin and the clamping blocks and clamp it up. Heres one i did.

25134448548_dcd5247408_b.jpgP1060475_zpslbsy3j7u by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

39004252041_bd42fd58b3_b.jpgP1060476_zpslro7dxhv by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

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38969703622_9f60bdecdd_b.jpgP1060532_zpsqhqtof1g by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

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Following the hammer post above, i got a request to do a custom antler handle from a member...............heres a few pics of the results.

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39821644501_9bec0899a5_k.jpgP1070997 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

24951962717_6ed9689e93_k.jpgP1080018 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

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38922771915_59a112e306_k.jpgP1080007 by Terry Griffiths, on Flickr

 

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