Insane questions but humor me; Para 2

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1. Does any vendor offer Blurple scales after market for the Para 2?

2. If one were to put a S30V blade from a new, recent, Para 2 into a blurple S110V Para 2 Spyderco knife (blade swap) would it go right in and work like new or how much of a chance is there that it just could not be made to work right even with some modding by a capable person ?

Thanks
 
Don't know the answer to question one but number two just swap the scales keep the locking components with the original blade.
 
rycen said:
Don't know the answer to question one but number two just swap the scales keep the locking components with the original blade.
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Doh (forehead slap).
Good one.
They'll interchange for sure?

Hahahahah from all that I have read about heating and farting around to relax the super silly (over kill to daMax) RED locktite I guess I subconsciously figured on just working with the pivot bolt. I have never opened a Para2 yet (I only own one so far). It's so perfect in function I have no reason, yet, to disassemble it and it is kind of a safe queen so probably never will need to take it apart.

thanks
 
They should interchange but Spyderco is constantly tweaking things. For the absolute best results try to find knives that are close in production dates.

As for the red Loctite try soaking it in hot water for a few minutes.
 
rycen said:
They should interchange but Spyderco is constantly tweaking things. For the absolute best results try to find knives that are close in production dates.

As for the red Loctite try soaking it in hot water for a few minutes.
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Thank you.
Constantly tweaking; that was why I mentioned "new" and "recent" but sounds like I need to be even more on top of that. That could be where one of the real on line knife stores will be a big asset. Maybe they can hook me up with two from the same time frame.

About the hot water. That's good; faster than doing one at a time with a soldering iron. Gosh I was thinking it was going to have to be hotter than boiling water would be (got to keep those engine parts from vibrating loose) but you make it sound like perhaps not even boiling is good enough.

Things are looking up.
 
My imagined "problem" may be solved (non existent).
I bought the Para2 blurple S110V from Knife Works.
First few days of EDC were not promising even though the edge started out pretty clean and sharp from the factory. In a couple of days of light use it dulled and I got a chipped edge near the tip.
I am a fan of the pointier Para tip compared to the Manix tip so I'm no way blaming that on the blade shape.
OK
I reprofiled the edge from =or> 0.030" behind the edge, back down to =< 0.025".
In the process the chip disappeared.
I sharpened using only diamond plates, five of them, progressing down to 8000 no strop.

I have carried it a week using it everyday but fairly lightly but on my standard abrasive rubber products.

Today I did some precision cutting with the edge that I figured it was not up to and I expected it to do poorly, still I figured I would get the facts. This was cutting very soft thick wall rubber tubing and needing a very square and smooth end result. Usually I use a super thin and super shallow beveled SAK sharpened to hair whittling. I put oil on the rubber to keep it from grabbing on the blade.

This Para did way, way better than I expected and it took less finishing / cleaning up of the tubing end than I expected.

The blade edge is smooth gliding when drawn in a cutting motion on my finger nail; indicating there exists no rolling, flattening or chipping.
The edge easily bites into my finger nail when taken in a carving motion on my nail indicating good geometry and edge sharpness.

Basically the edge did not break down with use. No surprise to most reading this but I have had mixed results in the past with other blades made from S110V.

Verdict : I think this knife and I can be pals and I won't need to swap out the blade for an S30V or put blurple scales on a S30V knife (the whole point of this thread).

The blurple is funny stuff color wise. Depending on the lighting and the back ground it may be lying on. I go from "Oh what was I thinking this thing is ugly" to "Wow this knife looks so cool and is just what I imagined and wanted". Thankfully more of the latter than the former.

I'm happy.
 
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Looks like you got it figured out, but to answer the op questions.
1)i believe the blurple is a g10 color that was exclusively made for Spyderco. I read that somewhere, i believe here on bf, but i would just take that for what it's worth. So i doubt anyone else would have that color available.
2)i did a blade swap and also a scale swap on a s30v and s110, and everything fits fine. I bought them around a year from each other, but i would think any pm2 as of right now would work with one another.0509172047-1.jpg 0509172044-1-1.jpg
 
I used to have a couple xhp ones, should have kept one though. Just because of what they go for, i cant pay that much for it.
That one looks familiar bigolegator ;)
 
palonej said:
Those blurple scales look excellent on the coated blade Sig!!
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Sigsog,
I have, late at night when know one is around, considered maybe starting to think about how the DLC would look in the blurple with the black hardware . . . but you just went ahead and did it like laws and regulations just don't apply to you. Your're such and outlaw. I'm not so sure it's for me but I'm glad someone did it and got away with it.

Thanks for the info about the Spyderco custom blurple color. That explains a lot. I bounce back and forth; some days I just want the blue scales that came with the M390 and some days I really enjoy the blurple. Anyone know if I can get the blue scales some where ?
 
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