Glue for a paracord knife handle?

[Ds J]

Hi Folks, I want to make a skeleton frame knife with paracord handle.

Can anyone recommend glue to use on a paracord knife handle?

Is it really necessary to glue the paracord?

Any other suggestions?

[Treeman]

why glue it ? Stretch it when wet and hot and when dry's it is like a rock solid.

[Ds J]

I want to glue it because I have almost no experience with paracord,  hence I don't know what to expect.   

I saw somewhere that some knife maker glues his handles and didn't know better.

[oafpatroll]

Are you anything trying to glue the cord onto the handle or to secure the end of the paracord to itself to prevent it unwrapping?

If the former, that's not necessary as it has quite a bit of stretch so holds really tight under its own tension.
If the latter melting it or using good quality CCA glue is what I've seen. I did a hatchet handle and ended it by melting the last knot and that's easily 15 years old.

[Ds J]

I don't know the entire procedure, just once saw that a guy wrapped the handle, and the epoxied (?) it with resin or some type of glue, hence I supposed that it gets done that way.
The handle design allows for glueless fixing.

[Treeman]

I don't know the entire procedure, just once saw that a guy wrapped the handle, and the epoxied (?) it with resin or some type of glue, hence I supposed that it gets done that way.
The handle design allows for glueless fixing.

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We also did this, if you touch the cord when filing, shaping, finishing it can become a fury spot.

[223]

I have a store-bought knife with a paracord-wound handle.  With use and abuse the paracord can get dirty, blood-soaked or frayed.  Since paracord is freely available, I want to keep it replaceable.  My plan is to soak it in warm water, wind it tightly and melt the ends to prevent them from fraying out.

This also allows you to remove the paracord for when you suddenly need a piece of strong cord for whatever emergency purpose.

[Treeman]

I have a store-bought knife with a paracord-wound handle.  With use and abuse the paracord can get dirty, blood-soaked or frayed.  Since paracord is freely available, I want to keep it replaceable.  My plan is to soak it in warm water, wind it tightly and melt the ends to prevent them from fraying out.

This also allows you to remove the paracord for when you suddenly need a piece of strong cord for whatever emergency purpose.

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I had such a knife and I just cleaned it, dried it. The blood that was in it after cleaning kinda just went hard black, smelt a bit  , but as a kid, it was my knife and I loved it.

[janfred]

A lot of the paracord handled knives are sold as a paracord holder. Idea being that when you really need a piece of rope you have one handy right there on your knife. Sort of like those cheap watches with the paracord bracelet. Pretty much defeats the object to glue it on.

On the other hand, if you want the paracord for an easy grip, you might want to go the slow-set epoxy route and soak it before winding. Should still have grip, but sealed against moisture ingress.

[Treeman]

I been thinking back to the barefoot days running the bush after school - we waxed the paracord (string rope, wotever we used when we had no money and long school holidays). long hours of prideful and proudly making our own everything before TV took those long hours away.
Lay the cord on a sheet of metal and heat it up some, then melt the wax onto it and the sheet. Keep your hands on a towel over a frozen bottle and quickly rub the melted wax into the hot cord kept on the hot plate. You would then wrap and tie it and polish more wax into it. I think we did this so the blade did not rust under the cord (was a big issue that, also the cord did not rot).
The things we found to do before TV.
Anything that had a plastic handle was quickly replaced with wood from a nearby tree, all carved and drilled, and of course u had to burn your name into it. The it was lightly burned and sanded and polished and polished and polished and then polished some more.