Millie scale mod

J W Bensinger

J W Bensinger

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Hi all-got this lovely old Military in a trade last year, and loved it except for one thing-the way I tend to grip it, my index finger settles neatly into the notch for the linerlock and unlocks the knife... Got some black G10 from my erstwhile apprentice, (sadly not the same fine weave as the factory scales) and knocked out a full profile replacement scale:[/URL
It actually unlocks just fine, at least without gloves:[URL=http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/jwbensinger/media/97692A93-AD2C-4944-98C6-22B01652BC45_zpsrtj3za8v.jpg.html]
It's a pretty simple, reversible mod-totally changed the Millies place in my EDC.
Cheers
J
 
real good job,any problems milling out for the liners!if you don't mine me asking,how did you do it!as i was thinking of doing this with my PM2,but i don't own a mill!i do have a router though and lots of G10 and some micarta to work with.
 
Looks good JW!

Blanex, those older militarys only have a lockside liner. No milling necessary on that side.

I use a dremel to do the milling for nested liners. It's pretty tricky as there's almost no room for error on the outline or depth, but it can be done without a mill or cnc.
 
Two thoughts: the unlocking you experienced is why the Military 2 needs a compression lock; it is also why the Gayle Bradley does not have a cutout in the scale to ease unlocking.
 
Funny how different people are. I cannot make my Military unlock no matter how I change my grip or squeeze and twist.
 
blanex1 said:
real good job,any problems milling out for the liners!if you don't mine me asking,how did you do it!as i was thinking of doing this with my PM2,but i don't own a mill!i do have a router though and lots of G10 and some micarta to work with.
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I don't have a mill either-fortunately the military has a plain, unmilled scale on the relieved side-otherwise I'd be sunk.
 
Twindog said:
Funny how different people are. I cannot make my Military unlock no matter how I change my grip or squeeze and twist.
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It's true-I can't imagine the design would not have changed over the years if this were common-like you said, just the vagaries of human physiology.
 
spketch said:
Looks good JW!

Blanex, those older militarys only have a lockside liner. No milling necessary on that side.

I use a dremel to do the milling for nested liners. It's pretty tricky as there's almost no room for error on the outline or depth, but it can be done without a mill or cnc.
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I bet that's tricky. i tried milling a pocket in a micarta scale for an assist spring (attempt to replace an inexpensive knife's steel scale with lighter material) with a router bit chucked in my drill press, ising the table height for depth control-nope nope nope :p
 
That looks like it came out real nice. Despite the fact that I'm not a fan of liner locks , I do very much like the Military. The titanium frame lock version is my favorite.
 
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