I have a nice stainless steel French chefs knife which over 30 years has had the brass(?) rivets dissolved by dishwasher chemicals so that the ebonite(?) black melamine(?) sandwich handle/grips have come away completely. I would like to at least fix back the handles, maybe make new rosewood handle if get the urge, but I am unsure of the hardware needed for fixing them back.
There is a bewildering array of rivet options when I search online. Can I just use a brass rod and hammer the ends? What are the strange rose pattern rods for? Or use epoxy resin to fill the holes and glue everything together? Or is there a proper traditional way to rivet a knife handle onto a blade (would prefer that).
There are things called Corby Bolts, Cutlers Rivets and Loveless Bolts but it's difficult to see how they work, which is appropriate and they often aren't the right size, and I while I could saw file and polish brass to flush it to the handle surface I couldn't do the same with stainless parts (could I?).
Anyone attempted this ?
TW