Removing Epoxy

[Spunjer]

Originally Posted by kai

Hello Ron,



I also agree that the first thing to do is to remove the sheet metal and textile from the grip (both modern and crappy looking IMNSHO ); I assume that you'll go for a decent grip braiding later on?



Regards,
Kai

yes, i concur with you regarding the butt ugliness of the grip, but please don't tell my wife that. it was her old dish towel (secured by a gray duct tape) that i use to wrap the handle so i can have a good grip while i worked on it
there are no pins or nails securing the asang2x. Alan did make a good point:

The second thought is this:- if those stirrups go up into the hilt and there is adhesive holding them too, it is entirely possible that the heat transfer through these much thinner pieces of metal is insufficient to heat the adhesive to the point where it will let go.

i'm exploring it from this angle at the moment; perhaps a micro butane torch aimed at the stirrups might help loosen the strips attached to it.