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Commonly referred to as a "Cutlery Rivet", these 2-part press-rivets are excellent when used for knife handle fasteners. To use them, drill a through-hole through your handle material for the shaft to pass through, then create a larger stepped hole for the head to recess in.
Choose from brass, nickel silver, or stainless steel metals in head diameter and length pairings of : 5/16” x 1/2" 3/16” x 3/8" 5/16” x 5/8". Available in packs of 25 or 1,000 rivets. Order online or call 800-351-8900 Monday - Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm CST
Also known as alligator squeezers, these tools offer up to 6, 000 lbs. of force to set solid rivets. Choose from our selection of brass rivets, including domed head blind rivets, solid rivets, and more. In stock and ready to ship.
Rivets and fasteners are essential to knifemaking. Moreover, they keep your blade secured to its handle while adding some shine to your design. There are ready-made rivets and fasteners, or metal stock and tubing to craft your own connectors. In the old French, “rivet” means nail.
Cutlers Rivets in Brass .60” to .95” Long . These are traditional cutlers rivets. To use them, pound the male solid shank side into the female tube side and they will hold tight. Really tight. This style handle fastener is still widely used today after a hundred or more years because it works so well. It’s quick, easy and holds fast.
We offer a selection of rivets known as "compression rivets" or "cutler's rivets". These rivets consist of a set [one male rivet and one female rivet] and are very simple to use. Simply drill 5/32" holes in the tang of the knife where you plan to fasten the handle onto with the rivets.
This Cutlers rivet will fit a knife handle stack (2 scales and tang) that is .48” thick up to .75” thick when countersunk. This is going to cover smaller, thinner knife handles in your kitchen and thinner handle knives like bushcraft, fillet, neck knives, etc.
