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Old 08-29-2017, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by epicfail48 View Post
If you sharpen a piece of brass to a chisel edge it works alright for scraping out the epoxy, but theres still a rick of a few scratches. Dry-fitting all the parts, then waxing the blade and front of the scales before the glueup prevents the epoxy from sticking in the first place, just let it dry and it pops right off
Best bet, if you have to leave the bolster on.
I'd be more prone to just pry/pop it off, shape another set and redo using the suggestion above with prefit & wax. If you use the brass rod, it won't scratch the blade, but there is great potential for damaging the wood.

ps - warm up the tang with a heat gun to just a little to hot to touch and the 5 min epoxy should pretty much turn loose with a little prying.


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