For fun I put some Micarta scales on my Bryd Meadowlark 2. The most appealing part about the knife is that it is quite light and very thin - so arguably I ruined it by adding thicker and heavier scales. 
I never really liked my Byrd Meadowlark. It's a cheap knife, to be fair, but you can get a Civivi or QSP in the same price range that will blow the Byrd out of the water.
My Byrd had leftover flashing on the plastic scales, a burr on one side of the lockbar, a very stiff backspring, sharp edges on the comet-hole, lousy alignment between the scales and backspacer, a hump at the end of the finger choil...
But since it was a cheap knife with lots of flaws, I didn't feel bad messing with it.
I got rid of the burr and sharp edges at the same time and slicked-up the action. The micarta I used was nearly the same thickness as the OE scales, but It's definitely thicker now overall because the liners aren't inset (I considered doing that too, but it's a LOT more work).
I like the slightly chunkier feel, but I could always revert back if I change my mind.
I never really liked my Byrd Meadowlark. It's a cheap knife, to be fair, but you can get a Civivi or QSP in the same price range that will blow the Byrd out of the water.
My Byrd had leftover flashing on the plastic scales, a burr on one side of the lockbar, a very stiff backspring, sharp edges on the comet-hole, lousy alignment between the scales and backspacer, a hump at the end of the finger choil...
But since it was a cheap knife with lots of flaws, I didn't feel bad messing with it.
I got rid of the burr and sharp edges at the same time and slicked-up the action. The micarta I used was nearly the same thickness as the OE scales, but It's definitely thicker now overall because the liners aren't inset (I considered doing that too, but it's a LOT more work).
I like the slightly chunkier feel, but I could always revert back if I change my mind.
