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JB Weld is easy. Mix the JB weld and as soon as the mixing is finished look at your clock. You have 10 minutes exactly to get the job done.
Put a heavy line of JB Weld around the tang just in front of where the guard will sit. Slide the guard on pushing the JB in front up to the guard's final position. Wipe off the excess JB on the HANDLE side of the guard only and put the handle on and pin it in place. The handle is on temporarily just to hold the guard while the JB sets up.
In front of the guard there should now be a heavy bead of JB all the way around the guard's slot - don't touch it. Watch your clock for exactly 10 minutes from the time the mixing was finished.
After 10 minutes take a DAMP, not wet, paper towel and start cleaning up the heavy bead in front of the guard. You should be able to wipe it off so that it is even with the front face of the guard. If you wipe it too soon the towel can pull the JB out of the guard, too late and it can be hard to remove and, again, it can pull out. But, at 10 minutes its like working with a tiny bit of soft clay and cleans easily with water.
Leave the knife sit for a day until the JB sets. Then remove the handle and continue as you normally would....
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