Jakob's "Pedersen Wood Wasp"

[Adam Savage]

Paul straight bar or pins in handles are mostly for decoration,if you are going to bolt them you use Loveless,Corby,or Acorn bolts on handle scales........ and epoxy.

Or Chicago screws, like the Lofty Wiseman survival tools .
Talking of which, if anyone is thinking of paying full price for one, think again. The sharpened edge (at the tip end of the spine) can be lethal for certain tasks. Also the beech scales are complete rubbish. They are way too thin and crack. AAAAAND ...when the scales fall off, you can see they use hardly any adhesive to bond them to the tang. It's not even a proper epoxy, it's like a soft silicone sealant gunk

[paulthefish2009]

Ok I understand all that, so if the pins are just decoration then why drill/weaken the knife by drilling holes through it? Paul

[Adam Savage]

I personally wouldn't class them at totally non functional. They do offer a lot of extra strength to the epoxy, by preventing lateral movement under heavy use.

[CanadianMike]

Pins don't need swelling. I've never done that with any of mine. The best/neatest way to ensure a good/firm hold, is to cut tiny nicks along the length of the pins (across the narrow way ). This allows the resin to "bite" and hold everything together

Agreed, very coarse sandpaper along the length works like a charm!

Ditto with the pins helping hold handles together, they also increase the surface area the epoxy can grab.

[CanadianMike]

Incoming knife porn!!! Jakob's Scout knife.....

[AL...]

You got that right Mike
That realy is something mate Well done on an amasing job

Cheers
AL

[paulthefish2009]

Good porn Mike!!

[Roadkillphil]

Noice, very noice..... Adams and Mikes creations both

[luresalive]

great craftsmanship there!

[JEEP]

Incoming knife porn!!! Jakob's Scout knife.....

Wicked awesome!