On 1 Apr, 16:12, Peter Huebner wrote:

What I am curious about is: what do you use to rivet the shells onto the knife
tang? Or do you use screws? I've tried to get stock for riveting some knife
handles once, and drew a total blank.

I use thick brazing rod (brass), but anneal it first. You have to be
an insane quantity if it's just for rivetting, but if you're doing
brazing anyway the stuff is cheap and handy.

Otherwise model shops. They're expensive per-pound, but they sell
small quantities in a range of sizes.