New-Slabs Question...Experienced Hog Collectors

[FNFAN]

I have finally landed a grail knife that I have been after for a long time. It is a an original MOASH, snake skin and all. I love the blade, it is awsome. My problem is with the original slabs, they simply do not fit my hand, they are too small. I would like to send it back to Garth and have some Magnum slabs put on it so that it will fit me, but if I do that will I loose collector value due to the fact that it is no longer original as it was first released from Busse?

 

[oge14]

congrats on getting your unicorn.

collecting value is based on the buyer. there are a few knives i would pay big money for while someone else might not even give them a second thought.

if your looking for mag snake scales there were never made, all snake skin is regular thickness. now i have seen where liners are put underneath the scales to make them thicker. there are a few pics of them floating around here, try searching for them. i hope this help's.

 

[FNFAN]

I was looking at putting hand sanded G-10 Mags on it, which would completely change the original look. Good idea about the liners...that would help some, but nothing beats hand sanded Mag G-10 for my meat hooks for hands...

 

[DowntownDM]

some people (lots of them actually) are crazy about snakeskin scales. me, I couldn't care less, but for some the scales themselves are grails of a sort.

using your MOASH and swapping the handles will certainly affect the value of one of those. so I'd say it really depends on what's most important to you, use/utility or value/collectability.

you could always keep the originals, and in a pinch you could have them put back on and have the knife restored to (more or less) original condition by the CS if you needed to.

hand-shaped magnum black canvas is my favorite, and the change (to me) is worth it in terms of use - and all of mine are users.

 

[JGarrison Knives]

You could also have them put some liners on to make the handles thicker.





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[mymindisamob]

Use and mods are going to affect the value. If you are changing slabs for comfort, then I assume you will be using it. So it really comes down to whether you want a user or a safe queen. At least that's my take on it. YMMV

 

[Al-Sheikh]

In your case I would probably try to avoid any modification and just wrap some paracord around the scales. Properly done this solution is very comfortable and provides excellent grip :thumbup:

I am sure you find something nice and practical here: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=paracord+handle&aq=f

Cheers, A-S

 

[Strabs]

You could also have them put some liners on to make the handles thicker.





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I was going to recommend the same thing.:thumbup: