CBM's - Customized Benchmade's

These were recent additions to some other custom acquisitions with Putnam scales. Red aluminum and Blue G10









Now the problem is: What will I do with the rest of the grips / mini grips that still need work?

 
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I don't know if any of you guys have already seen this, but it looks pretty cool. It makes a fabric/resin composite like micarta, but it comes out looking like mokume, or damascus. I think that making some of this the way this guy does and puting it on a benchmade would probably be pretty awesome. Its from instructables.com Here's the link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Mokume-Kireji-DIY-Woodgrain-Composites/

IF posting this link isn't kosher just let me know, or take it down. Not looking to step on any toes.
 
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^ Love the new handle profile you've got going there, KM. I also love the worn coating edges on the M2 blade and hardware matched with the black oxide clip. Looks like one meant to be used without kid gloves.
 
Professor said:
^ Love the new handle profile you've got going there, KM. I also love the worn coating edges on the M2 blade and hardware matched with the black oxide clip. Looks like one meant to be used without kid gloves.
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Thanks Professor.
This is my replacement Grail.
It takes the place of the one that I had for years......before losing it last year :(
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and you are spot on.....it is meant to be used.
 
^ I think you and I may be cut from similar cloth when it comes to a certain worn aesthetic, and no fear of using as intended. I've been known to keep a few spares of knives I really like - I bet you may have an extra as well. :)

D2 and corrosion? Rust schmust. And black oxide clips are like wine with age.
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Made this for a gentlemen who needed a glow in the dark cog shaped back spacer to go with some scales he was buying from me. This is one of the first back spacers I've done. Came out pretty cool, they glow pretty dang bright in pitch black.







 
So, I'm gonna ask this question here. Let's just say I trust the people that post in this thread regularly.

I bought some G-10 to make scales for my 585, maybe my 300-1. The advertised thickness was 3/16". It's way thicker than I expected. What thickness materials are other people using to make scales for their Benchmades? Is G-10 gonna be difficult to slim down?
 
Modnar24 said:
What thickness materials are other people using to make scales for their Benchmades?
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Generally speaking; I try to keep the thickness of my scales in the same ball park as the original factory scales.
The hardware (pivot assembly and axis lock assembly) are all made for this particular thickness.
So, that is where they are going to work best.
For a 585, I believe 3/16" is it.
Some factory scales are at an odd thickness, like .140" (BM806).
So, I get slabs a little thicker like .187" (3/16") and then mill them down using my dremel.


Modnar24 said:
Is G-10 gonna be difficult to slim down?
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If it's super thick, like .250" (1/4"), and I'm looking for a thickness of .100" or .090", for a 710 per say.
I will run the slabs through the table saw first to get the bulk of the material off, taking them down to .130" or .125".
Then I run them under my dremel to bring them down to .110" - .105".
Then I lay them flat on my belt sander to take off all the nubs left from the dremel and to take off smaller amounts like .010" or .005".

Many times a vendor will claim the material is 3/16".
But, when I get the material "in hand" it's actually more like .200".
 
Keyman said:
Many times a vendor will claim the material is 3/16".
But, when I get the material "in hand" it's actually more like .200".
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Setting what I got next to a ruler, I'm pretty sure it's between .220" and .250". I'm pretty limited right now to hand tools and a dremel. There's nothing like taking on a new project though.

Thank you again Keyman for answering my (and everyone else's) questions. I'll try to share a finished product whenever I finally finish.
 
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