Thread: Wooden Tang Help

I have to replace a wooden tang which is a first for me and I was wondering if I treat the wood in oil would epoxy adhere properly when I go to glue it to the shank? Any help would be appreciated.

What wood ??? would be my first question, and What oil would be second ???

Birdseye maple and was thinking of using teak oil.

I think I would test the combination first,, if the Teak oil sets up on the Maple and presents as a hard, dry, surface then you should be fine..

The other way around this would be to set the epoxy and the Maple tang cover pieces first, as the epoxy will waterproof the inside anyway, then use which ever finish you want on the outside ...
This would give the best possible adhesion since you can rough the metal tang and the inside of the Tang cover to accept the epoxy best ....
Just presenting other options for you to consider

Thanks alot for the info. I wasn't really sure if the epoxy on the inside would be enough to waterproof it incase the epoxy cracked or started to weaken way down the road. The wooden tang is one piece since there isn't a monkey tail on the razor and the wood will be the tail. Here is a couple of pictures of what I am talking about. Oh and making the wooden tang was a PITA. This is the third one that I had to make since I had a hard time cutting the slot in the wood with limited tools. The birdseye maple didn't turn out like I hoped since sanding it down seemed to take alot of the "birdseye" out of it. I am hoping once finished it will bring it back out.

really nice detailed work

I honestly think if it were mine I would go with the set first, then the finish.. if the set weakens down the road it honestly makes no difference as you would have to do a full replacment either way...

Thanks again for the advice. Will post photos when I get it done.......eventually. I have been taking things slowly lately so this one might take longer than I want it to.

I agree with Glen - epoxy first, then oil.