I have a short blade 2 1/4" with a file tang for the handle. I am planning on either a necker or an arm guard knife. I want to use an antler tine as the handle. Question is how doe you attach these to a tapered file tang.

I was thinking of cutting it short, filing to a somewhat consistent dia, drilling a hole and epoxying it in place.

Please help.  

Tony, with my limited experience, you could just epoxy it as you planed, and file groves and or drill small holes in the tang and clamp for a firm fit.  Or drill and pin the tang with epoxy.  I would use a long setting/curing epoxy.

I'm going to epoxy and clamp, see the post frontier knife WIP.

Hope that helps!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

You can do it anyway you like, thats the beauty of doing it yourself! But if it was me I would drill a pilot hole in the antler and file the hole out to match the taper of the file tang, this will make for the strongest tang. Rough it up a bit with another file or hacksaw to get a good surface for your epoxy to stick to and glue it in. I don't clamp my handles when I glue them, if they are glued under pressure its just one more chance for somthing to "let go" at the worst possible moment. Just my two cents.