(not an offer!!) D'ya know how people buy scales and they KNOW they want xxxx scales? Would you ever buy/trade entire handles? eg micarta

Hashishiin

Hashishiin

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(DISCLAIMER: THIS IS TESTING INTEREST IN A FUTURE IDEA, NOT TRYING TO SOLICIT MY HANDLE FOR SALE, LEFT NO CONTACT INFO AND AM NOT SELLING MY HANDLE, SOMETHING I MAY DO (in the appropriate channels ofc) IF I GET A SECOND CRUCARTA PM2)

So, I am in a bit of a pickle with PM2s, of which the only answer is buying more PM2s and I really don't know if I should do that as I don't even have a Millie yet (but am maybe holding out for Millie 2) I am wanting a mint Sage 5 LW badly as my first true LW. The pickle is this: I want to buy fancy wood liners, and have a wooden "gentleman" PM2, made by this Russian artist (actually, wait, I might not be able to buy from Russia now, literally like, I do not think goods are coming in now from Russia). I also think I am gonna eventually need a second Cruwear, but I wanna put it on G-10, but do not wanna buy a whole extra S45 knife.

I have three PM2s, black G10 S45VN, Cruwear Micarta, and a fairly gentlemanly PM2 Exclusive in REX 45 and original copper scales. Heavy beast, like a Buck 110, but I love it, and will love it more as I learn the steels. The REX is tougher than I thought, it isn't actually very brittle, I thought I'd get a straight CUTTER for the fancy, like S110V or Maxamet, but... I am scared of those steels 😂

Anyways, the problems that face me:
1. I LIKE all of these models by themselves. I like the super light 3.75oz G10 S45, I like the Cruwear with Micarta as a combo, and I like the REX/copper.
2. No matter what I like, each of these has different liners. In order - nested (normal) liners, full liners, and no/milled liners. So...
3. I need to sacrifice the G10 if I want a "fancy" knife with liners, as those are built for regular nested liners. I don't wanna give it up. And if I wanted, say, the REX on the fancy, I'd have to first replace that with the S45 on the copper scales, and the REX on the G10, then G10 to wood.

So, first part of q: If you were doing what I was doing, what would you do personally? What would your "fancy" knife steel be, either amongst what I have here, or one you would get? Why? And it looks like I will HAVE to get another G-10 version unless the wood is as light, because... I like the light version. have a STRONG feeling I am going to fall in love with Cruwear as my go-to, every-day steel, therefore, regardless of this fancy-stuff, I will want a Cruwear G-10.

I do not know that I want to BUY another G-10 just to have normal liners. So, you know the way some of you LOVE copper, LOVE titanium, LOVE micarta... and you guys know you want that. So, if you are a person who doesn't mind full liners, would you (in theory, not asking now) or do you think others would, want my scales, for their love of Micarta, in exchange for some regular scales/liners, and we put our own respective blades on them? Do you think that is something that could happen for me in the future?
 
Here’s what I’d do, I’d start looking at the gadgets/gears for sale sub forum and see if anyone is selling/trading handles for knives. I’d also look at the WTB forum and see if anyone is looking for micarta handles.
I’ve seen people buy the ones from DLT and have an extra set. You can also look in the sales forum to see if extra scales are included with the selling knife. Maybe, the seller will sell just the handles.
Personally, I try to keep a knife in original parts if I’m thinking of selling it because most people aren’t willing to pay for the upgrade.
 
Ajack60 said:
Here’s what I’d do, I’d start looking at the gadgets/gears for sale sub forum and see if anyone is selling/trading handles for knives. I’d also look at the WTB forum and see if anyone is looking for micarta handles.
I’ve seen people buy the ones from DLT and have an extra set. You can also look in the sales forum to see if extra scales are included with the selling knife. Maybe, the seller will sell just the handles.
Personally, I try to keep a knife in original parts if I’m thinking of selling it because most people aren’t willing to pay for the upgrade.
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Thanks for the info!

Oh, sell my custom wooden PM2, once it exists?! No sir, I haven't sold a single knife in my collection and the only ones I'd even consider selling are a free D2 Squid and this small Imperial slippie, not much of a re-saler. This would be, like, if somebody'd rather put their S45VN or something on Micarta. But I see why you do what you do :)
 
Skar said:
I'm having trouble understanding your question.

To me it sounds like you are wanting different scales for your crucarta pm2 ?
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I am sorry, I know it is some information overload, I was also deleting/adding parts, so it may be a little confusing. I was also running on no sleep when this was written.

I don't wanna switch scales for the Crucarta PM2 I have now. But in the future, I would like to put a Cruwear blade, on a regular G-10 handle. Like a normal PM2 but with Cruwear. Crucarta has full liners, not nested liners. So, I would buy a second Crucarta, but I don't wanna buy a second S45VN or w/e, as I already have to sacrifice my G-10 liners, though, to make the "fancy" wooden-scaled version I want. So... in order that I do not buy a regular G-10 PM2 just to have a set of liners (because my original G-10 liners will be in the wooden one), I was wondering if there were people out there who wanted, say, an S45VN blade on a Micarta handle from a Crucarta PM2 (in exchange for their G-10 scales and liners)

I would give them the micarta handle that I will have (2nd Crucarta PM2) and they would give me their G10 handle, and we would keep our respective blades, but trade the rest of the knife. That way, I have the G-10 "back" after losing it to put liners in the wooden scaled version. So it'll leave me with G-10 Cruwear, Crucarta, Copper REX and Wooden S45.

Make sense now? I was asking if that was plausible.
 
Hashishiin said:
I am sorry, I know it is some information overload, I was also deleting/adding parts, so it may be a little confusing. I was also running on no sleep when this was written.

I don't wanna switch scales for the Crucarta PM2 I have now. But in the future, I would like to put a Cruwear blade, on a regular G-10 handle. Like a normal PM2 but with Cruwear. Crucarta has full liners, not nested liners. So, I would buy a second Crucarta, but I don't wanna buy a second S45VN or w/e, as I already have to sacrifice my G-10 liners, though, to make the "fancy" wooden-scaled version I want. So... in order that I do not buy a regular G-10 PM2 just to have a set of liners (because my original G-10 liners will be in the wooden one), I was wondering if there were people out there who wanted, say, an S45VN blade on a Micarta handle from a Crucarta PM2 (in exchange for their G-10 scales and liners)

I would give them the micarta handle that I will have (2nd Crucarta PM2) and they would give me their G10 handle, and we would keep our respective blades, but trade the rest of the knife. That way, I have the G-10 "back" after losing it to put liners in the wooden scaled version. So it'll leave me with G-10 Cruwear, Crucarta, Copper REX and Wooden S45.

Make sense now? I was asking if that was plausible.
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I believe there is a exclusive from dlt coming up in the future for a purple g10 cruwear.
 
Skar said:
I believe there is a exclusive from dlt coming up in the future for a purple g10 cruwear.
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Purple? Yes! Two birds with one stone! Solves my purple problem and my G-10 problem.
I didn't even get into that one here: wanting a purple PM2!

Yeah, that sounds like exactly what I'll be needing. Thanks for the heads-up.
 
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