10mm Mike
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I am finishing up a project modifying a Remington F.A.S.T. fixed blade knife. I changed the profile of the blade and shortened the handle. It's coming along pretty well. All thats left is to finish sharpening, then painting, then sharpening again for good measure.
Once I finish this, I want to take the plunge into amateur/hobbyist knife making but I'm having alot of trouble finding 1 really important element: screws to attach the grips to the knife.
The Remington FAST knife, as well as several others that I have, use what I've heard called "chicago screws", "mating screws", "sex bolts", or "binding post screws" to secure the grips to the knife. A quick google image search on "chicago screws" should show you what I'm talking about incase you're not sure.
I really like these instead of using pins, rivets, or those screws that are meant to look like pins when finished. I want to be able to take the knife apart for cleaning/refinishing/whatever and these seem like the most convenient way to go about it.
I'm having an incredibly hard time finding some of these screws that are suitable for a knife handle. Most of the screws that I can find do not have a driver head on the female screw, in addition to being too large. All of the female chicago screws on my cheap commercial knives have some sort of driver head, usually torx or hex/allen and are fairly small compared to what I can find online.
I've looked at my local hardware stores, several online stores, and a few specialty fastener stores (as well as some online knife maker stores) and so far no luck. Hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction for what I'm looking for.
I dont know why its so difficult to find since most knife manufacturers use them. Even high end ones like Benchmade use chicago screws on some of their knives.
Anyhow, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Once I finish this, I want to take the plunge into amateur/hobbyist knife making but I'm having alot of trouble finding 1 really important element: screws to attach the grips to the knife.
The Remington FAST knife, as well as several others that I have, use what I've heard called "chicago screws", "mating screws", "sex bolts", or "binding post screws" to secure the grips to the knife. A quick google image search on "chicago screws" should show you what I'm talking about incase you're not sure.
I really like these instead of using pins, rivets, or those screws that are meant to look like pins when finished. I want to be able to take the knife apart for cleaning/refinishing/whatever and these seem like the most convenient way to go about it.
I'm having an incredibly hard time finding some of these screws that are suitable for a knife handle. Most of the screws that I can find do not have a driver head on the female screw, in addition to being too large. All of the female chicago screws on my cheap commercial knives have some sort of driver head, usually torx or hex/allen and are fairly small compared to what I can find online.
I've looked at my local hardware stores, several online stores, and a few specialty fastener stores (as well as some online knife maker stores) and so far no luck. Hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction for what I'm looking for.
I dont know why its so difficult to find since most knife manufacturers use them. Even high end ones like Benchmade use chicago screws on some of their knives.
Anyhow, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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