Knife Handle Pins, Mosaic Pins and Liners
Brass, stainless and mosaic pins, with liners and spacers, sized to the pin holes of our blanks.
Pins
The simplest fastener: a rod passing through the tang and both scales, sanded flush during shaping. Match the diameter to the holes in your blade — a snug slip fit, tight enough not to rattle, loose enough to push through with epoxy on it. A pin you have to hammer will crack a scale.
Mosaic pins do the same job and show a pattern in the finished handle. Purely decorative, and the detail people notice first.
Liners and spacers
Thin coloured sheets that sit between the scale and the tang, showing as a fine line along the edge of the finished handle. A red liner under black micarta is a small thing that makes a build look considered.
Spacers do the same at the front or back of the handle, letting you stack colours or add thickness where you want it.
A note on epoxy
Whatever fastener you choose, the epoxy does most of the holding — the pins keep the scales from lifting. Use a slow cure two part epoxy with at least 30 minutes working time, scuff the tang, and clean both surfaces before glue-up.
Full method in how to attach knife scales. Handle material is in scales and wood blocks.
Related categories
Related reading: how to attach knife scales with pins, Corby bolts and epoxy and how to turn a blade blank into a finished knife.