Dating a Custom Shoppe 110???

More on stag scales...My friends at Talkblade.info tell me that stag "moves" according to moisture content in the atmosphere...so if a custom knifemaker in Panama made you a set of scales for your knife, and you live in Arizona, the scales will definately shift around, curl, shrink, expand, whatever... :eek:


Also, horn can be shaped to fit a knife (or pistol grip) by boiling it and then clamping to the desired shape... :cool:

Interesting...

BTW: I don't really set scales on fire... ;) I just know what they smell like when my sander "burns" through a sample... :rolleyes:

(Except for one cellulose scaled knife I had when I was a kid...I wanted to mount hardwood scales, and set fire to the cellulose scales...they went up in a flash, leaving a lattice-like ash structure behind...fascinating...) :)
 
chickentrax said:
(Except for one cellulose scaled knife I had when I was a kid...I wanted to mount hardwood scales, and set fire to the cellulose scales...they went up in a flash, leaving a lattice-like ash structure behind...fascinating...) :)
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OK, I'm sorry, but that is funny!!!

Thanks for the stag info. My eye caught the words "stag moves" as "stag movie" and I thought you were taking this knife obsession a bit too far Trax.

I look forward to getting my mits on a stag 110/2 someday. They look awesome. Thanks to all for their pics too!!!

Goose.
 
Buckaholic said:
OK, I'm sorry, but that is funny!!!
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...???...I don't know why... :confused:

It left the liner exposed, with the scale pins sticking out...I cut/sanded/drilled my scales to fit, slipped them over the pins, and epoxied them in place...no peening required... :)
 
Just imagining you standing there...and "poof". Just the flair in how you described it in writing. :)
 
[Original post by trax]
BTW: I don't really set scales on fire... ;) I just know what they smell like when my sander "burns" through a sample... :rolleyes:

Oh...now you tell me after I put the torch to a set of antlers out in the garage. My wife thinks I'm crazy; but, at first she thought i caught my hair on fire with the torch. She also wanted to know what I was doing smelling the handles of my knives!!! :eek:

(Except for one cellulose scaled knife I had when I was a kid...I wanted to mount hardwood scales, and set fire to the cellulose scales...they went up in a flash, leaving a lattice-like ash structure behind...fascinating...) :)[/QUOTE]

Did you get any Pics? :D
 
Buckaholic said:
Just imagining you standing there...and "poof"...
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When I was little, I had green plastic army men that I'd set on fire...the plastic burned & melted at the same time...I still have some of the scars... :rolleyes:

I had a lot of models...cars, planes, tanks...I'd take the plastic "trees" that the parts came on and make structures out of them; melt them together with a woodburning set/iron...like big ladders, walkways...for the army men, of course... ;)

The 50's were a fun time to be a kid... :D
 
chickentrax said:
(Except for one cellulose scaled knife I had when I was a kid...I wanted to mount hardwood scales, and set fire to the cellulose scales...they went up in a flash, leaving a lattice-like ash structure behind...fascinating...) :)
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Why do I get the feeling that your family had to "rebuild" a lot when you were a kid? :D
 
The Last Confederate said:
Why do I get the feeling that your family had to "rebuild" a lot when you were a kid? :D
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There were no problems...My dad taught me well... :thumbup:

I used to make little WWII rifles out of solder...melt the solder to rough shape; file to final form; make wood stocks out of scrap...resorcinol glue to hold the little stocks together...really neat stuff... :)
 
chickentrax said:
When I was little, I had green plastic army men that I'd set on fire...the plastic burned & melted at the same time...I still have some of the scars... :rolleyes:

I had a lot of models...cars, planes, tanks...I'd take the plastic "trees" that the parts came on and make structures out of them; melt them together with a woodburning set/iron...like big ladders, walkways...for the army men, of course... ;)

The 50's were a fun time to be a kid... :D
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And I thought I was the only one that did that kind of stuff. I guess you give a kid a wood buring kit and a bunch of plastic and you have to expect that to happen. :eek: We would melt the plastic and pretend the melted droppings were bombs as they landed on the "enemy" plastic army men.
 
Mike Kerins said:
And I thought I was the only one that did that kind of stuff...
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Do you remember the "frogmen" that came in the Kelloggs cereal boxes??? A red one, a yellow one, and a green one (I think)...one had a mine, one a knife...don't recall the third...you put a little slug of baking soda in their base/foot, and they would dive & surface...lots of fun... :D
 
chickentrax said:
Do you remember the "frogmen" that came in the Kelloggs cereal boxes??? A red one, a yellow one, and a green one (I think)...one had a mine, one a knife...don't recall the third...you put a little slug of baking soda in their base/foot, and they would dive & surface...lots of fun... :D
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Not only do I remember the frogmen, but also the submarine from around the same time. Ya just can't get quality prizes in a box of cereal anymore! :( Hey, maybe Buck can start putting knives in cheerio boxes!! :eek: :eek: Naahhh
 
:D :D ...Talk about dating Custom Shop knives and we seem to be "dating" ourselves pretty well also...All I know is that I still drink Ovaltine on Saturday mornings and it still makes me remember being a member of "Captain Midnight's Secret Squadron"...LMAO...That was LONG before the 110 got started in the Buck development department...SHEEESH...I startin' to feel "creeky"...:eek: :confused: :( :eek: :D
 
DarrylS said:
...I still drink Ovaltine on Saturday mornings and it still makes me remember being a member of "Captain Midnight's Secret Squadron"...
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Do you still have the decoder ring??? Lost mine... :grumpy:
 
:eek: :eek: ...WOW...I can't believe you remember them...I figured I was the only true "old fart" here...LOL...Mine is also long gone as are all of the classic "toys" I got in those days. They'd be worth a small fortune today I'm sure. Buck might look into that suggestion from Mike about the cereal boxes...I'd have to say we'd be eating cereal for 3 meals a day around here...LOL...Just think of all the exposure Buck would get huh?...LMAO...:D :D
 
DarrylS said:
...I can't believe you remember them...
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I can recall seeing the Batman serials at the "show" on saturday afternoon...Batman drove a 49 Ford...and the Scorpion had his hideout in the Tunnel of Love... :rolleyes:
 
:) :) ...LOL...yer making me feel not quite as old as I thought there Trax...Nice to have a few other people with those memories yet...:D
 
It was a shock to see Captain Midnight/Jet Jackson on one of the Star trek episodes...

Hey! You remember that episode of Captain Midnight where they had that mechanical turtle or robot crab [whatever it was]??? :D
 
:D :D ...LMAO...That episode musta been in that batch of brain cells I lost around 1964 give or take a year or so...LOL...all I know is that Ovaltine still stirs up the memories of Saturday mornings in the fifties...Lord I'm gettin' OLD...LOL...:eek: :eek: :p :D
 
Speaking of Saturday mornings in the 50's, do you remember thte Buster Brown show with Andy Devine and Froggy? "Pluck your magic wanger Froggy! Boinngggg"
 
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