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I got an order to make a leather handle for a smaller dagger, but not sure how to do it.

 

I already tried once, but was unsuccessful. I cut out leather circles 40mm (1 1/2"), made a hole in the middle and stacked them together not being shy with epoxy, and squeezed with the end nut. Later on I used dremmel and sandpaper to shape it and used fine grit sandpaper (P240 i think) and used resolene afterwards.

 

The result was so poor, I didn't even took the picture, before I cut it off. Anyone got any better ideas on how to do leather handle as such?

Pics for attention. And to show what I got.

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I've never made one myself. Might check this vid out myself. Hope it helps . 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCxUzW0PKfk

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i think  your choice of glue was the biggest problem. Use contact cement or elmers type, then you need to compress the handle. if the handle has a bolt end that is great other wise you will need to build a jig to compress. Sand then burnish.

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First attempt was made with epoxy, which turned out pretty bad.

I'm generally using this glue as for leather to glue together, should it turn out better?

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9 minutes ago, Mocivnik said:

First attempt was made with epoxy, which turned out pretty bad.

I'm generally using this glue as for leather to glue together, should it turn out better?

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If it is a white glue, it may be similar to the Elmer's glue @chuck123wapati mentioned.  It will need to be compressed or clamped for longer than a contact cement, but should work just fine.

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11 minutes ago, Mocivnik said:

First attempt was made with epoxy, which turned out pretty bad.

I'm generally using this glue as for leather to glue together, should it turn out better?

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i have found regular contact cement is the ticket. glue up your pieces then let it dry for a day then wet and compress your handle.

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1 hour ago, PastorBob said:

If it is a white glue, it may be similar to the Elmer's glue @chuck123wapati mentioned.  It will need to be compressed or clamped for longer than a contact cement, but should work just fine.

it's not exactly white, it's more like yellow-transparent. Gets very tacky quick and I use it for most of my leather projects.

@chuck123wapati

I appriciate this info, but to be honest, I don't even know what exactly a contact cement is. In Europe, we dont use this term.

 

The blue "MOVI Multikol" glue, I attached earlier, is super simmilar to this glue. If anything helps, tho..

https://www.kemostik.com/neostik-en/products-adhesives/universal-glues/neostik-universal-en/

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5 minutes ago, Mocivnik said:

it's not exactly white, it's more like yellow-transparent. Gets very tacky quick and I use it for most of my leather projects.

@chuck123wapati

I appriciate this info, but to be honest, I don't even know what exactly a contact cement is. In Europe, we dont use this term.

 

The blue "MOVI Multikol" glue, I attached earlier, is super simmilar to this glue. If anything helps, tho..

https://www.kemostik.com/neostik-en/products-adhesives/universal-glues/neostik-universal-en/

That is contact cement, just like what @chuck123wapati described. Will work perfectly.

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13 minutes ago, Mocivnik said:

it's not exactly white, it's more like yellow-transparent. Gets very tacky quick and I use it for most of my leather projects.

@chuck123wapati

I appriciate this info, but to be honest, I don't even know what exactly a contact cement is. In Europe, we dont use this term.

 

The blue "MOVI Multikol" glue, I attached earlier, is super simmilar to this glue. If anything helps, tho..

https://www.kemostik.com/neostik-en/products-adhesives/universal-glues/neostik-universal-en/

I'm sorry i should have looked closer at your location and your product yes what you have is contact cement it will work perfectly!

6 minutes ago, PastorBob said:

That is contact cement, just like what @chuck123wapati described. Will work perfectly.

Thanks Pastor 

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@PastorBob and @chuck123wapati: thank you, both of you!

 

And just a question about finishing touch: what to use to finish the leather? I assume, when I glue it together, I sand it with some 240 grit sandpaper (dremmel), and then use...what? Usually I finish my edges with water + burnished, after it's dried, I just apply Fiebing's pro dye/edge kote and that's it.

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