When attaching the handle, I always wipe off any excess epoxy. Also, I always tape the blade before gluing the handle but, invariably, you always get a little bead of squeeze out. This sometimes leaves a little bead of epoxy on the blade that looks icky. How do you guys get rid of that? It can be pretty solid but I dont' want to use any metal tools on the blade to scrape it off. Also, extremely difficult to sand that close to the handle once it's attached. It's been kind of a lingering problem for me. Sometimes i can avoid it, sometimes not. What do you guys do?
I read somewhere that Dan posted, thy he uses a brass rod that is ground to a chisel point and it scrapes the glue off with out wrecking the steel. I tried it and it works great. 3/8" rod is what I used. I will also very carefully use a scalpe blade and lightly run it along the handle where the glue is so it's separated. This might not be nessassary though
Brass rod eh? Hmmm... sounds like a great idea. It doesn't leave marks on the steel at all? That's really cool. I will try it.
Get a can of contact cement remover and a box of Q tips . Once you have you scales clamped on dip a Q tip it the remover and wipe it off the glue then dry it with the other end . One pass should do it. If not wet a second one and repeat you don't need a lot of remover on your Q tip .
