Brisa Hiker 100 F Blade
Brisa Hiker 100 F blade (flat)
The blade of the Brisa Hiker knife is designed for the created very strong handy outdoor knife. Blank 3.5 mm thick, length 100 m every combined with Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel makes it a practical tool that is perfect for any, even the most demanding, task.
Head parameters:
- Blade length: 100 mm
- Blade width: 25 mm
- Blade thickness: 3.5 mm
- Total length: 172mm
- Steel: 12C27
- Garda: R30, R35
- Holes: 3mm
How to make a handle for a knife and set the blade with a bolt (hidden tang)?
Embedding a knife head with a bolt into a wooden handle using a block of wood, a brass guard and decorative spacers made of reindeer antler or fibers (optional) is a process that requires some skill and tools.
Tools that can be useful for this task:
- Hand saw or jigsaw
- Sandpaper of different gradations such as 100, 220, 400, 600, 800 and 1200
- Drill with drills of different diameters, for example, 3 mm and 5 mm
- Files for wood and metal
- Carpenter's squeeze (optional)
- Angle grinder with discs for sanding wood and metal or belt sander
- Polisher, polishes
Materials needed for this task:
- A block of wood of appropriate size and thickness
- Brass garda - bolster
- Reindeer antler or fibra decorative spacers (optional)
- Two-component adhesive (epoxy resin)
- Finishing materials such as wood oil, wax, etc.
Step 1: Prepare the blade head
Clean the arbor from rust, grease and other contaminants. Trim the mandrel to the appropriate size (no longer than the working length of the drill) if you intend to hide the mandrel entirely in the handle. If you want to refine the head, for example, polish it, put satin, then do it at this stage. Secure head knife before further work, for example, by wrapping it with insulating or painting tape.
Step 2: Prepare the wooden handle
Start by cutting a block of wood to the proper length and thickness to match the size of the head and the planned handle. Align the contact surface of the block with the ew. spacers (guardrails).
Step 3: Cut the holes for the pin
Use a drill to make a hole for the pin in the wood block. Adjust the hole, for example, using a smaller drill or file, so that the pin enters freely.
Step 5: Place decorative elements
Make holes in the decorative spacers corresponding to the diameter of the pin. Finish the surface of the spacers so that they adhere to each other exactly. Place the spacers and guard on the knife shank to check that everything is properly aligned.
Step 6: Glue the pieces together
Prepare two-component glue and apply to the holes of the wooden block. Then place the brass head-bolster with decorative spacers on the head mandrel, lubricate the spacers with glue, similarly the mandrel itself. Place the whole in a wooden block and press down so that the parts are well connected. Remove excess glue from the outside of the handle. You can squeeze the whole thing gently with a carpenter's squeeze and let it dry vertically.
Step 7: Handle machining
After the adhesive has cured. Using a wood file or sander, remove excess wood to make the handle relatively smooth and even. Then use a belt or angle grinder with wood sanding discs to smooth the edges of the wooden handle and brass head. You can do this by hand with sandpaper strips. Use sandpaper with gradations such as 1000, 220, 400, 600, 800 and 1200 to smooth and polish the surface of wood and brass.
Step 8: Finish the handle
Apply wood oil, wax to the wooden handle to protect it from damage and ensure durability. Wait for the surface to dry. Repeat the impregnation several times.
