How To Bed A Knife Tang

Here's a few little tricks that I like to use when bedding a knife tang, and then a little extra footage of me finishing out this western gyuto. Hopefully this helps or you find some of it useful!

[@aidenonfire]

Nifty trick with the file guide! Your knives are improving so quickly. This is lovely!!

[@saccoknives]

Thanks! Much better than a handful of elastics that’s for sure

[@leonbarnes1402]

been missing your knife work. another excellent blade

[@saccoknives]

Cheers

[@bb-ko2nm]

glad to see another vidoe! great stuff!!!

[@jeffhicks8428]

nice work

[@kristian.sacco.]

Stay after it lad

[@aykiicaush8363]

Really nice video and a wonderful knife, congratulations! Can you make a video about fitting a guard/bolster on a hidden tang knife?

[@saccoknives]

Thanks! I may add that in to one of my next videos

[@finnoneal432]

Absolutely gorgeous as usual. Thanks for the informative videos!

[@richardpreisler3352]

Long time no see, nice to see you back :)

[@saccoknives]

Good to be back!

[@playwithmatters7676]

I love the way your knife looks !! I have a question : what is the brand of the blueing chemical you use for your brass ? that bronze color looks amazing

[@saccoknives]

Thanks! I use Birchwood Casey super blue

[@aviweisbach7816]

That's a very nice knife. Before final glue-up, do you take any steps to remove the wax left behind in the handle from the bedding step? I have concerns about that left behind wax inhibiting the bond between the epoxy and tang in the final glue-up. Nobody seems to be concerned with that, so maybe I'm just too pessimistic.

[@saccoknives]

I usually go back in there with files to rough up the side, but honestly I don’t think there’s enough wax in there to mess with the final glue up

[@fmoneroknives544]

🔥🔥🔥

[@jasonvliet-odonataknifeworks]

Beautiful knife!..I’ve watched you and other guys use that method to bed tangs before. I have yet to build a hidden tang knife but I always wondered if wax transfer is an issue afterwards? Do you wind up with wax in the tang bed after you pull the blade?

[@saccoknives]

I’ve never had any trouble, I don’t use a whole lot of wax to begin with just enough to lightly coat the tang. I also go back in with some small files and clean up the edges because I found that the tang slot leaves an extremely tight fit which makes it difficult to slide the handle on and off while I’m working & checking it.

[@ClenioBuilder]

👏👏👏👏🤜🤛