I recently acquired an old small Jennings drawknife (four-inch blade). One of the handles is somewhat loose and the other is very slightly loose. I’d like to tighten them up but I’m not sure just how to proceed. I suspect that the tangs are tapered and were possibly just driven into pre-drilled holes in the handles, and if so I should be able to just pull the handle off. But something seems to be holding the handle on pretty solidly, even though it rocks back and forth easily, and I’m not quite ready to just try to pry if off. Any ideas on how to proceed?
Thanks,
Tom
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Well, after a second look at the tool I can see that when the tool was manufactured the ferrules were hit with a punch to deform them and press them into what are probably notches in the tangs (actually it was probably done with a press). So all I need to do is grind a punch to match the divots in the ferrules reasonably well and give them a good shot with a heavy hammer to tighten them up. If they snug up good and tight that way I'll call it a day. Otherwise maybe I'll mix up some epoxy and try to fill the gaps by injecting it into the holes in the handles with a hypodemic nerdle.
Tom
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