Apparatus and method of joining a handle securing screw to the tang of a knife

摘要

Apparatus and method of attaching a threaded member to the proximal end of a knife tang onto which a securing element is mounted for securing handle pieces about the tang. The head of a prior art screw is flattened and laterally expanded within a complimentary shaped notch extending from an open end into the proximal end of the tang with the threaded end of the screw extending rearwardly therefrom. Once laterally expanded within the notch, the screw is substantially permanently engaged therein.