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What Damon said. Who said solder won't stick to W-1? With the right heat, and the right flux, you can solder just about any metal except aluminum, and there used to be a special type for it. I don't like to solder guards. I don't like the clean up, so now I fit them close enough to not need solder, nor visible glue. 98% of knives I make now are period pieces which have no guards, and for those that do, solder was not used until the 20th c. At least not by any early makers I know of. During the 80's I soldered NS and brass guards on most I made, and used ATS-34, and 440-C for my blades.
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