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Hey guys! Where is the best place to purchase after market scales? I'm looking for my griptilian, presidio ultra, delicas, and a resilience. Don't want to spend more than $80 a set of scales.
 
Www.Cuscadi.de, look that up on google. Price is good, so depending on what type of material you are looking for the price will be different. Maple Burl scales for my BM707 Sequel is 90$. And they make tons of scales for the Griptilian.Good shopping!
 
Sample look up for a ZT 550 scale on cuscadi.de:
Zero Tolerance ZT550 Gen.2 "rescue"
Zero Tolerance ZT0550 "rescue"
Grip of G10 rescue orange grooved
Unit price: 259,90 EUR (19,00% VAT and plus shipping costs )

So that's $356 US before shipping for a single orange G10 scale. Surely there are much better prices than this - or I need to be in this business.
 
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There are also craftsmen here on BF that make custom scales. Look here: The Knife Exchange -> KnifeMakers Market -> Gadgets & Gear or Services Offered.
 
$80 is on the low side of custom scales specially when it comes to the axis lock. There is a bunch of extra milling involved so a budget of around $100 is more reasonable. Keyman and Deathofallthings are members here and make very nice scales for benchmades specially the griptilian. For the delica you can look at Kevin Wilkins grips or cuscadi but they are more expensive. There are a ton of custom scale makers out there such as Keyman, Deathofallthings, Rival1314, Preacher, Putman, ShepardCC, Kryptoglow, Bellablades and more just to name a few. I highly recommend contacting some with the work you want done.

And check out this link it leads you to the custom services section here on the forum. You can find most of the makers works in there.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/870-The-Custom-Shop-Services-Offered
 
Keyman does awesome work with benchmade knives, iv'e got my second Ares over there as we speak and could not be happier with the first one.
 
Blade-fiend said:
$80 is on the low side of custom scales specially when it comes to the axis lock. There is a bunch of extra milling involved so a budget of around $100 is more reasonable. Keyman and Deathofallthings are members here and make very nice scales for benchmades specially the griptilian. For the delica you can look at Kevin Wilkins grips or cuscadi but they are more expensive. There are a ton of custom scale makers out there such as Keyman, Deathofallthings, Rival1314, Preacher, Putman, ShepardCC, Kryptoglow, Bellablades and more just to name a few. I highly recommend contacting some with the work you want done.

And check out this link it leads you to the custom services section here on the forum. You can find most of the makers works in there.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/870-The-Custom-Shop-Services-Offered
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the link doesnt seem to work...on my phone at least.
 
sechip said:
Keyman does awesome work with benchmade knives, iv'e got my second Ares over there as we speak and could not be happier with the first one.
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This↑↑ keyman does outstanding work at a very reasonable price.
 
my experience with cuscadi isn't going as what other feedbacks I'm hearing. So far not very responsive. This happened since ~2/3 weeks ago?
 
Flygunz said:
Sample look up for a ZT 550 scale on cuscadi.de:
Zero Tolerance ZT550 Gen.2 "rescue"
Zero Tolerance ZT0550 "rescue"
Grip of G10 rescue orange grooved
Unit price: 259,90 EUR (19,00% VAT and plus shipping costs )

So that's $356 US before shipping for a single orange G10 scale. Surely there are much better prices than this - or I need to be in this business.
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That price is for the entire knife, with the scale already installed. You'll receive a NIB ZT0550 with the custom scale installed, and all original parts. If you go to their shop, and select "Custom Scales" instead of "Custom Knives", just the scale is listed for 54,90 EUR + 10 EUR shipping. Total would be $90~ shipped, which isn't unreasonable at all. I've done business with Cuscadi multiple times, and I've only had one issue, which Luke fixed immediately once I contacted him. The only thing I dislike about Cuscadi is the WAIT... they are very busy, and shipping from Germany to Indiana takes a while.
 
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TuCrafty said:
That price is for the entire knife, with the scale already installed. You'll receive a NIB ZT0550 with the custom scale installed, and all original parts. If you go to their shop, and select "Custom Scales" instead of "Custom Knives", just the scale is listed for 54,90 EUR + 10 EUR shipping. Total would be $90~ shipped, which isn't unreasonable at all. I've done business with Cuscadi multiple times, and I've only had one issue, which Luke fixed immediately once I contacted him. The only thing I dislike about Cuscadi is the WAIT... they are very busy, and shipping from Germany to Indiana takes a while.
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Ohhh, gotcha. Thanks TuCrafty, I thought that was really high. I must not have spent enough time on the site. With the VAT and all, that isn't too bad.
 
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