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Sithus1966

Sithus1966

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I ordered a Vantage Avid last Friday, it arrived Monday so it's my EDC for this week. Great knife, sharp as a razor out of the box and handles really well. I like the way they designed the clip to switch it from side to side.

Is it just me or does this line seem setup real well for custom scales?
Not that there is anything wrong with what it came with, I'm just thinking making different ones would be really easy.
 
I've looked over my Vantage Pros when I got them and saw something similar. It is an ingenious design, deceptively simple and well suited to mass production. It has few parts and those parts can be mass produced. And as you said they appear to be interchangeable, allowing for repair/replacements and perhaps custom scales.

That was my thought.

I used one as an EDC for a few days and found it to be a very practical design, blade shape, etc. Looks like a winner.
 
Eric,
That would be my clue to NOT take one apart. You have skill in that area. I on the other hand have the mechanical ability of the average drunk garden rat, so I won't be trying it:D

Thanks for the warning though as I can see that I may have tried it and then would have to be sending an embarrasing note and a box of peices back to Buck.:foot:
 
arksknives said:
Not exactly easy to rehandle. Take one apart.:)

Eric
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Ah your just trying to scare us Eric-I can take anything apart with ease



Its the gettin back together part I cant handle:p:D

Thanks for the heads up cause it looks like they would come right off and on
with a few screws. That one you did looks great and I figgered the fashioning of the replacement scale was the only difficult part-shows how much I know:foot:


BTW Sithus-congrats and glad you like it. I have the Pro but love the Avid cause of the Dymondwood scales. I'll get one eventually:thumbup:
 
So where is the issue? I have taken it apart and back together with no issues. If I have some of my 100+ year old Birdseye maple big enough it's getting some custom scales.

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Sithus1966 said:
So where is the issue? I have taken it apart and back together with no issues. If I have some of my 100+ year old Birdseye maple big enough it's getting some custom scales.

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Grooving out the backs of the handles is where you could run into problems. Maybe you have all the right tools to accomplish this with no problems. Try it. It's fun.:)

Eric
 
Well I have the scales cut anyway. Wood comes from my now torn down old high school build in 1925. I count 38 growth rings just on these pieces, so assuming that the tree was at least 50 years old when it was cut down, then it is at least 135 years old.

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That's gonna look fantastic. I'm pretty handy with mechanical stuff, and to be honest, doesn't look to bad to me. Just mark the screw heads and that blade stop channel and get out the router/drill. I think you'll be seeing a lot of people doing replacement scales for these, carbon fiber, exotic woods, ect. In my opinion these knives are the American answer to the Tenacious and Vex, but with better steel, better clips, innovative design, better looks, and a flipper!
 
Chances are they wouldn't have lumbered a 50 year old maple in 1925. They usually went for the old growth hardwoods for lumber back then. That tree must have been at least 100 years old when they cut it, possibly much older.

It's always nice when something old is made into something new again. Are you going to stabilize the wood?
 
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