Tree resin as glue

[Tim Simmons]

Hello all, has anyone used and had good results using tree resin as glue in restoration.I have some resin and two knives where the old resin glue? could do with a reapplication.Thank you Tim.

[tom hyle]

You're supposed to cook it down, I know that, and the fumes aren't good for you, although they may give you a Hel of a buzz depending on type of tree. Someone (Battara?) had a source of already cooked-down pitch? I tend to use modern adhesives.

[Federico]

Ive used pitch black, a type of pitch used for chase/repousse for silver smithing, for restoration. I guess it is derived from pine resin. It has held up fairly well (no blades flying off yet) though I dont use any of the blades for hard use, so I dont know how well it would work for a user blade. I hear traditional cutler's pitch is usually a mix of stuff to make it harder, but I havent tried any of the recipes for it. There was a long discussion about culter's pitch and different recipes for it on the Himalayan Imports forum on Bladeforums.com a while back. You could trying searching for the old thread there.