How to remove handles from a blade?

[Ultravisitor]

Can somebody give me some tips how to remove the handle/scales of a blade with the least amount of damage?
Thank you

 

[lodro]

Can somebody give me some tips how to remove the handle/scales of a blade with the least amount of damage?
Thank you

they are glued on with white wood glue.
I use heat gun to heat them up then carefully with a spatula enter the end that is on the blade side. Once i got the spatula under the handle a tiny bit I apply a little water and let it soak in. then heat again- wriggle the spatula slowly deeper towards the end of the handle .

The more careful and more patient you are the cleaner the handle will come off.

 

[riemsesy]

the least amount of damage to the blade
use a belt sander 🤣
the least amount to blade and handles .. see Lodro's answer

 

[lodro]

the least amount of damage to the blade
use a belt sander 🤣
the least amount to blade and handles .. see Lodro's answer

the least amount of damage to the blade
use a belt sander 🤣

love it, I could actually think of even more nasty radical tool/machines. Indeed we were never told to which part damage is to be avoided the blade or the handle parts.

This might sound a bit far- fetched but i remember buying a couple of cheap Hueison blades just for the handles and still use the blade parts as coasters on my coffee table
😁

 

[chrizzy]

why would you remove the handle though?

 

[kase]

I use a chisel + hammer, with the chisel flat against the face of the blade (not across the face if i can help it, but angling to the side to make the least scratches). I tap the chisel to get under the handle. Once it is completely under the handle and if it isn't snapped off yet, I carefully twist the chisel (the pivot point furthest away from the face of the blade) and the handle pops off. Sometimes it comes off easily (Pro Pro Tigress) and sometimes difficult and it doesn't even remove the entire handle (yinhe t10 / xvt carbon balsa) in which case it needs to be files flat, smooth and even.

If I was concerned with damage from the handle being removed (it has happened once to me), I would use something like a Shinto rasp to file it down flat, but this will require more time and a lot of skill to get it flat / event and stop at the correct time.

 

[Ultravisitor]

why would you remove the handle though?

I want to change the weight/weight distribution of a Sanwei Fextra.

I want to change the headshape a bit and add my own nicer handles.

 

[riemsesy]

Buy a set tungsten darts. Remove the point. Measure de length and weight of the barrel.
Calculate grams per mm or cm
Use a diamond saw and cut a piece of the barrel for the weight you want to add.
Drill a hole in the back of the handle where the barrel fits in. Use some epoxy.
Make a golden Sanwei logo
Now you have your own golden Sanwei Fextra

 

[Dominikk85]

Using steam might also work

 

[doppelganger_LT]

Buy a set tungsten darts. Remove the point. Measure de length and weight of the barrel.
Calculate grams per mm or cm
Use a diamond saw and cut a piece of the barrel for the weight you want to add.
Drill a hole in the back of the handle where the barrel fits in. Use some epoxy.
Make a golden Sanwei logo
Now you have your own golden Sanwei Fextra

I use lead pellets and epoxy:

 

[Ultravisitor]

The Fextra is already really heavy. I was hoping to shed some weight, by making it a bit smaller and glueing on a lighter/ hollow handle.
But those are some great suggestions!

 

[riemsesy]

ah.. you want to lower the weight

what is the weight of your blade?