Mule handles pics

panch0 · Sep 14, 2012

Post your pics! I am going to make some scales for the ones I got coming in the mail. I was thinking of doing some G10 with scallops.

Here is one I did a couple years back.

jtoler_9 · Sep 14, 2012

Great looking handle Panch0. Is that Ironwood? I love that grain pattern.
Here's some of mine. The mule project rocks.

panch0 · Sep 15, 2012

They are cocobolo. Nice job on those!

ONE MORE SET · Sep 15, 2012

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Tinbasher · Sep 17, 2012

I had the opportunity to handle a few Mules for two customers .

Richard

phillipsted · Sep 17, 2012

Nice work, Tinbasher! What did you use for the Spyderco badges? They look sort of like the Spyderco lapel pins...

TedP

panch0 · Sep 17, 2012

Nice stuff tinbasher!

hiredgun · Sep 17, 2012

Here are a couple that I did with Box Elder Burl (top Super Blue, bottom M4):

panch0 · Sep 17, 2012

Wow you guys are good!

RevDevil · Sep 17, 2012

You guys make me sick! I still have all my mules that are naked, no pants at all. I better get off my duff and get busy slapping some scales on a few things.

Very nice work everyone. The CF and orange really pop beautifully Tinbasher.

EagleScouter · Sep 17, 2012

hiredgun said:

I love the wood on this one. The pins are really cool, too. :thumbup:

Tinbasher · Sep 18, 2012

phillipsted said:
Nice work, Tinbasher! What did you use for the Spyderco badges? They look sort of like the Spyderco lapel pins...

TedP

Thanks for the kind words guys, TedP yes they are the lapel badges with the pins filed off.
As you can see both customers wanted them in different places and orientated differently.

Richard

hiredgun · Sep 19, 2012

EagleScouter said:
I love the wood on this one. The pins are really cool, too. :thumbup:

Thank you EagleScouter from a fellow Eagle Scout.

panch0 · Sep 19, 2012

I have only had one Mule that I made scales for. Do each version have the holes in the tang in the same locations? Can you make handles for this new one and use the same scales on an earlier version?

dflores · Sep 19, 2012

I was going to have tom krein do the handles and sheath on mine but he said his work schedule was too high :/

jtoler_9 · Sep 19, 2012

panch0 said:
I have only had one Mule that I made scales for. Do each version have the holes in the tang in the same locations? Can you make handles for this new one and use the same scales on an earlier version?

All the Mule blanks come with the same hole configuration. I have found that sometimes there are very very slight size differences but nothing that can't be fixed with a little sand paper. In short, you should be fine using scales from one mule to the next, provided they are removable and not pined.

panch0 · Sep 19, 2012

Sweet Thanks!

mattmanyam · Sep 19, 2012

MT01 had different hole sizes. The rest have been the same pattern.

phillipsted · Sep 21, 2012

jtoler_9 said:
All the Mule blanks come with the same hole configuration. I have found that sometimes there are very very slight size differences but nothing that can't be fixed with a little sand paper. In short, you should be fine using scales from one mule to the next, provided they are removable and not pined.

I agree with Jtoler - the patterns are very very close between runs. I usually ream out the 3/16" holes before pinning them just to ensure that any burrs are gone - but my custom made scales seem to be completely interchangeable between my Mules (with the exception of the MT01, as Mattmanyam points out.) Also, the Woodcraft Mule is a slightly different pattern - but I've found that scales are interchangeable among my Woodcraft Mules, too.

Isn't CNC manufacturing wonderful?

TedP