Jim ponders:

> I own a drawknife that have a case of loose handles.  The tang that
comes
> through the center of it is beat over to hold them on.  It rattles
around
> pretty bad.  Anyone have any experience with solving this?

Jim,

I had a similar situation, once upon a time.  After Dad passed away
several
years ago, I found an old drawknife in one of his storage sheds.  This
was
high desert in Southern California (Kern River Valley), so the
conditions
don't come much drier.  The handles were pretty much as you described,
except
there were several checks in each handle, as well.

My solution was to keep soaking the handles with linseed oil until it
stopped
soaking in.  The handles tightened up, the checks closed up, and the
handles
have remained tight.  If your problem isn't due to dryness, this might
not
work, of course.

Chuck