fishface5
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I handled a bugout and a 531 at a store and decided that for whatever reason I was able to operate the 531 more easily, BUT I hated the handle shape, it was very uncomfortable. BUT #2 - it seemed ripe for new handle scales with a different shape. So I decided to wait until a user came up for sale. Which took about . . . . 5 hours!! OK knife gods, challenge accepted. Except . . . . I'm just too lazy at the moment, b/c properly milling out scales for the axis lock on a drill press is always a PITA. So instead I decided to try modding the existing handle, which took literally 2 minutes on a belt grinder, and (1) it is WAY more comfortable (2) it looks like a shark!
Still gonna make new scales for it eventually, probably burgandy linen micarta with a more mundane shape, but for now this is pretty cool. Before and after pics - Alas my phone camera is terrible, but you get the idea.
Still gonna make new scales for it eventually, probably burgandy linen micarta with a more mundane shape, but for now this is pretty cool. Before and after pics - Alas my phone camera is terrible, but you get the idea.
