Tonight I tried making a knife out of scrap scissors

[Clark]

I have never made a knife before.
My son was throwing a $9 pair of broken scissors in the garbage this morning.

I watched some knife making videos on youtube. They used pins and epoxy.

I drilled holes in the scissors with a carbide end mill I got from Boeing surplus 10 years ago.
i used a sink drain rod for the brass pins.
I used scrap ironwood from someone's decking project.
I used Devcon liquid steel that is too runny for my gunsmithing.

The guys in the videos used 5 minute epoxy. I am going to have to wait overnight. That was fun.

 

[Valkman]

You're doing a great job. Pins and epoxy IS how it's done - I just hope you wiped off the excess epoxy before letting it dry. Also, shape the front of the handles before glueing as there is no way to do it after without messing up the blade. All in all a good little project!

 

[Clark]

It looks more like a knife than scissors now

 

[entropy]

Not pretty, but it's a knife, and easy to make. A handy skill to have. Next assignment: A file knife.

 

[Speedo66]

I applaud your interest in recycling, but if the scissors broke, perhaps the steel is too brittle for a knife?

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

From the "before" photo it looks like the plastic handle was broken, not the blade.
Nice job on the knife. You going to leave it as a single beveled blade?

 

[Clark]

The scissors knife is, er was, getting smaller. My sander quit. I suspect a loose looking cable.

 

[Clark]

OK I fixes the sander, but I can tell it is not the right kind for knife making. The knife looks like a knife, but it does not cut paper was well as a new $100 pocket knife.

 

[GLOOB]

Then it probably doesn't cut paper as well as a $5.00 pair of scissors, either.

I suspect it's due to the profile or the sharpening, though. I can't imagine you can tell the difference in steel on a paper cut test. Unless you're cutting a lot of paper.

 

[bikerdoc]

Outstanding first effort.

 

[entropy]

Nice little Magnum shiv.

 

[Yo Mama]

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OK I fixes the sander, but I can tell it is not the right kind for knife making. The knife looks like a knife, but it does not cut paper was well as a new $100 pocket knife.

Looks like your platen either was off, or not on the sander?