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Well they are still too soft in such a thin piece for scales. After installing a stubby blade, they simply were not stiff enough to ensure that the blade would always close centered in the scales. At...

First the failures.

Embedding cloth into the plastic was a complete failure. You would probably have to melt it to the point of liquid to get it into the fibers.
Trying to heat weld a wedge was...

If I get some time today, I will play with heating up some scrap HDPE sheets and pressing in some cotton fabric or fiberglass mat. Perhaps I can embed something into the plastic that adhesives will...

Well that no workie. The idea is sound and it looked as if it may have worked at first, but adhesives just don't bond to HDPE well. This stuff linked below may work for that purpose, but having a...

Aluminum liners are being laminated to the scales as we speak. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

It's not the "looseness" that has me concerned. It is the lack of any "spring" or memory that this martial has. There will not be any tension due to the spring action of the handle material being...

Great minds must think alike. I too have that arbor press, but I ended up using a large vice with steel plates. I found that preheating the steel plates not only helps with a longer working time, but...

I played with making some last night. It is kind of the damascus of plastic. I don't think that I got mine hot enough though. While it looked good and felt strong, I cut it up and then bent it to...

This is an excellent idea. Thank you. I did some research on it and that stuff is extremely strong. I don't think that you need a metal liner or cheesecloth. How did you make and attach the wedge?...