Do any of you sand down your scales?

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Do any of you sand down your G10 scales? The combination of the really tight Emerson clip and aggressive g10 is great, but I do find I carry my Emerson's a little less as I don't really like breaking in the G10 at the expense of my clothes. If anyone here has sanded down their scales,can you tell me does it look like you sanded it down? Do you just use really fine sand paper to do it?
 
I have custom scales on my mini-15 and will either be replacing or sanding the scales on the 13 that is en route.

I get it, it keeps the knife firmly in place, great grip even when wet or oily, whatever - the handles are more than sufficiently ergonomic and the G10 and clip have formed a team dedicated to destroying pocket fabric.
 
the G10 and clip have formed a team dedicated to destroying pocket fabric.[/QUOTE said:
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:D Isn't that the truth, where did you get your custom scales done for your mini-15?

Have you sanded G10? I am just concerned about wrecking the finish but I would imagine a really fine grit sand paper would be no different than fabric.
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No need to sand the G10 for me. While it is aggressive, I like the feel of new G10. I find over time and use, the G10 smoothes out nicely on its own. As far as sanding G10, you should be more concerned about wrecking your lungs than the finish.
 
If I buy a new Emerson production, I'm going to sand it. I'm tired of buying a new pair of jeans every time I buy a new Emerson. Jeans aren't a part of the warranty when it comes to Emersons--maybe they should sell jeans in addition to sunglasses. Line the pockets with Teflon, Kevlar, or some other abrasion resistant material. This way, the kill two birds with one stone...
 
matt f. said:
If I buy a new Emerson production, I'm going to sand it. I'm tired of buying a new pair of jeans every time I buy a new Emerson. Jeans aren't a part of the warranty when it comes to Emersons--maybe they should sell jeans in addition to sunglasses. Line the pockets with Teflon, Kevlar, or some other abrasion resistant material. This way, the kill two birds with one stone...
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That is funny about NEW JEANS, because I latterly destroy my Jean because of Bi-lateral Knee Braces I wear.

But my BAD LUCK is not totally because the Knee Injury is because of a In-service, Active Duty, Military Training Accident, and Uncle Sam ( the VA) gives me an annual clothing allowance.

So Jeans are all I wear, because of the braces. and Wal-Mart sell Wranglers CHEAP.
 
I prefer to just leave the g10 along and let it were down naturally.

I don't wave my knives that much though.
 
I have sanded down the scales and radiused the corners of all my 2013 & 2014 Emersons. All using needle files. If you are carefull to not remove too much material off the "flats" of the scale there will be a slight honeycomb pattern. Not sue adout the colored Emerson G10 scales like the tan and green editions. I do miss the grippyness or the stock layout only when waving the knife out. I would recommend sanding where the G10 makes contact with the pocketclip first to save your pocket(s) and contenpate the rest. I would recommend some form of skin safe oil (maybe olive oil) for restoring the color of the G10 after the filing and/or sanding you might attempt.
 
Thanks very much for the info. What grit sandpaper do you use? Will the oil or WD40 pretty much absorb into the G10?
 
I end up getting most of my Emersons customized, but for the ones with the grippy G10, I just smooth out the area under the radiused part of the pocket clip.
 
No sanding needed for me. The G10 on my Snake10 is cerakoted and slightly less grippy than the regular G10.
 
To clarify, I feel that the black G10 doesn't need sanding. The brown G10 on the 7V and my A136 however...that's a whole 'nother level of grippy.
 
^^That's Funny! I used a small piece of 120 grit sandpaper for reducing the grip of the G10 under the radiused portion of the pocketclip as mentioned by gooeytek. I just lift the pocketclip a little (still installed on handle) and slip the piece of sandpaper between the pocketclip and G10. Then release the pocketclip letting it clip the piece of sandpaper with it's own degree of pressure against the G10 withe the grit side facing the G10. Then grab that piece of sandpaper and pulllit through/out of between the pocketclip and G10. A pull of about 1" can remove quite a bit of material so go a little bit at a time and test the results. The other thing would be to bend the pocketclip and thus reducing it's grip without having to sandpaper at all.
 
I would try a buffing wheel first. Don't put olive oil on your scales. It can go bad and smell. I'm not sure if it would soak in or what but save your olive oil for cooking and salads.
 
No sanding -- the aggressive G10 makes for a unique and distinct personality which smoothes over time.
 
Well if sanding isn't the way then I may just take the scale off and rub it aggressively against some denim to see if I can help speed up the process, I will figure out something.
 
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