Tang help (Blademakers, please)

[Raptor]

If you dont want to thread the tang, notch it with a file. That'll help make a stronger bond.

Sean, I dont know if it will help, but about the best on the market here in Aus is named "Araldite".

[MacWage]

THANKS!!!!!!

I'll take it from some of the masters here.
Epoxy it is, whatever the tang comes like.

[Warlock]

AC also sells cutlers pins. You drill through the handle, tang, and out the other side and drive the pin through. makes for a MUCH more secure handle.

[furrycelt]

"Sgian dubh" is most often pronounced "SKANE DOO", but properly it is "SKANE DOOV", because "bh" in Gaelic is sounded as a "v". (but i am no expert and i can be wrong)

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like someone else said, you want to rough up the surfaces before you glue so that the glue will have something to bite into.

i recommend "J B Weld", you can find it at Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, etc. it comes with a light grey and black tube. you mix together to get a dark grey and you apply. it works great on metal surfaces, and it has been known to repair engine blocks.

my dad's technique is to melt and pour pewter. it's melting point is low enough to not damage hard woods and bone and antler and the like.