Camillus and Kabar Cocobolo Grips

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MArathonman

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Gents,

I saw in the FAQ that the Kabar micarta will fit both Camillus and Kabar full size (there was a comment about a slight variation). Can anyone explain the slight variation in the handle fit?

I've been making cocobolo grips for the Kabar Beckers and now a customer wants one for a Camillus BK7.

Thanks,
Marathonman

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Hi Marathon,

By "slight variation" , we mean several things; 1) variation due to laser cutting tolerance. (+/- 0.005") 2) when we drew up the handle in our CAD, we rounded everything to the nearest fractional decimal when ever possible. ie; a radius of 0.3095" gets moved to 0.3125".
It is slight but you will be able to see/feel it on some parts of the handle if you swap blades and handles.
Hope this helps.

By the way...nice handles


Best Regards,


Paul Tsujimoto
Sr Eng
Prod Dev and Qual
KA-BAR Knives
 
Toooj said:
Hi Marathon,

By "slight variation" , we mean several things; 1) variation due to laser cutting tolerance. (+/- 0.005") 2) when we drew up the handle in our CAD, we rounded everything to the nearest fractional decimal when ever possible. ie; a radius of 0.3095" gets moved to 0.3125".
It is slight but you will be able to see/feel it on some parts of the handle if you swap blades and handles.
Hope this helps.

By the way...nice handles


Best Regards,


Paul Tsujimoto
Sr Eng
Prod Dev and Qual
KA-BAR Knives
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Thanks Paul!

Here's another photo just for fun with one of my other favorites.

Marathonman

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those are sweet! id be afraid to use the knife and bang the grips up LOL
 
Beautiful wood scales! I'm with Woody, I'd be afraid to use that knife and ruin that nice looking wood!

Al
 
ive got a Smith and Wesson .38 snubby that has cocobolo grips, and as soon as i switched that little revolvers grips i found myself hesitating to take it out of the safe. nice looking wood is exactly that, nice looking and it would bother the heck outta me to ding it up. especially when i got plenty of ugly Glocks around here. LOL
 
Nice work on those!! I rehandled one, but married them to the tang and that removed the coating. Came out pretty good. I used cocobolo also. I finished an old camillus blank that only had the primary grind on it. I stayed with the primary grind, but convexed it to a zero degree. I attached the scales with corby bolts, and epoxy. Not coming off! My friend was pretty happy! I can't find any pics after the final polish, but you get the idea :D
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Bolted and epoxied!
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Had to throw up a pic of this custom I have in CPM3v. It's a Ranger custom I designed, but Justin made. It's fun and I love it. Not a Becker, but I know you fellas can appriciate it.
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Hope this is not a hijack, not the intent.
 
Toooj said:
Hi Marathon,

By "slight variation" , we mean several things; 1) variation due to laser cutting tolerance. (+/- 0.005") 2) when we drew up the handle in our CAD, we rounded everything to the nearest fractional decimal when ever possible. ie; a radius of 0.3095" gets moved to 0.3125".
It is slight but you will be able to see/feel it on some parts of the handle if you swap blades and handles.
Hope this helps.

By the way...nice handles


Best Regards,


Paul Tsujimoto
Sr Eng
Prod Dev and Qual
KA-BAR Knives
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Okay, I completed the cocobolo on the Camilus. Thought you might want to see it next to the Kabar.

Note that the scales are from the same piece of cocobolo! The dark one was made 3 months ago. Notice how it darkens with age.

Marathonman

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wow, those are all gorjus :)

i'm thinking if one could get stainless hardware, and anodize it, that would rock.


Bladite
 
never too sharp said:
Is there any issue with the nuts spinning in the holes when the handles are tightened?
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I was expecting to put in Loctite but I haven't had a need to. Maybe the natural material compresses enough that to create a lock washer effect. In any case, on my working knives, they have not loosened yet.

Marathonman
 
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