Domino scale question

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trickcunningham

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I'm sure there are a fair number of Domino owners in here. I love the looks of the (most) knife, the lock side looks really cool, the FFG makes it a great slicer and easy to sharpen, I love the flipper, BUT the scale is god awfuly ugly. I was able to get one for a steal through EDCForums (130!) and I'm planning on making another scale for it, but has anyone else simply sanded down the "carbon fiber" on the factory scale?
I really wish they would've stuck with standard G10, but the rest of the knife is too good to pass up!
 
trickcunningham said:
I'm sure there are a fair number of Domino owners in here. I love the looks of the (most) knife, the lock side looks really cool, the FFG makes it a great slicer and easy to sharpen, I love the flipper, BUT the scale is god awfuly ugly. I was able to get one for a steal through EDCForums (130!) and I'm planning on making another scale for it, but has anyone else simply sanded down the "carbon fiber" on the factory scale?
I really wish they would've stuck with standard G10, but the rest of the knife is too good to pass up!
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Plenty of custom scale makers on these here forums would be happy to craft you a more suitable scale for your Domino.
Considering you saved about $70 on the Domino, you can now invest that into a custom scale :)
 
Spyderco Dude said:
Just buy the G10 version from bento box shop. $200. Blue G10 and cts-204p steel.
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This is what I was gonna suggest :p

The BBS Domino is *muah* magnifique!


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^ Exactly! One of my fresh favorites. Just put a blasted Lynch Clip on mine and it matches near perfect!


trickcunningham said:
Ok let me ask another way; has anyone sanded down the top layer of "carbon fiber" down to the bare G10?
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Which scale did you get, the basket weave style carbon, or blue carbon?
If you're going to consider abandoning that factory scale for a custom than why not just start conservatively sanding it down and find out how deep it goes?
my guess is it would require redoing the countersunk holes for the hardware to sit flush, otherwise it would stick out. Then you'd have to remove the same amount of length from each screw as you sanded off, so they don't go in too deep.
Good luck, and let us know what you find by taking some photos as you do it!
 
I can't find it now, but I think I recall a member sanding the top layer of his sage 1 scales. I believe he has a picture of Alex from a clockwork orange as his avatar. Hope that helps. (-:
 
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