![]() On the pin height- any where from 1/2 diameter to full diameter and rounded. My GUESS is the pins were installed and some sort of tilt hammer or heavy drop hammer was used to expand the pin ends- and with enough force to slightly bend the scales. ![]() The pins looked peen hammered but how this was done- I've spent a lot of time on this and never got an answer. Sometimes a brass screw was used in the middle, this was screwed all the way through and the ends cut off- looks like a brass pin.īecause the tangs were half the scales on the originals actually had a very slight bent. You can also do 3 straight pins or 4 pins in a sideways "T"- 2 in front and one in the middle and one in back. 5 pins was common- 2 in front, one in the middle, two in back, often called an "H" pattern. On the 2 piece handles you can do it several ways. On the one piece, sawn cut type handle a 3/32 pin is about right and 3 in a straight line. Some scalpers were one piece with a sawn cut in front into which the half tang was driven. Originally the tangs were full from top to bottom but tapered towards the rear and only extended back about 1/2 to 2/3 of the scale's length. scalpers, and butchers were mass produced in Sheffield, England. Well.big subject with no really good answers. I'm using 3 3/32 pins, which might be a little small but that's the size of welding and brazing rod I happened to have. Also how much should the pin stick out of the scales before peening? I think most of my problem was I had the pin way to long and was trying to peen a head of sorts on the pin instead of simply expanding it in the hole. Some of the things I would like to know are the hole fit in relation to the pin size and if there is any sort of chamfer or counter bore on the scales. I'm not sure if I will glue this handle in addition to the pins but eventually I would like to get to were I can do solely pinned handles that are nice and tight and secure. Wondering if I could get some tips and pointers on doing peened handle pins. I got the handle scales basically shaped and was almost done with the darn thing then when I tried to put the pins in I broke one scale and now have to start over. Was working on an skinner type knife that I forged out of 1084 several years ago the other day.
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