Para 2 w/orange Al scales found at gunshow

elkins45 · Dec 9, 2012

I bought this at National Gun Day yesterday in Louisville. The box indicates it started life as a digicam model, but there weren't any original scales in the box. The seller thought it was a sprint run but the box code makes me 99.9% sure he was wrong...plus I think I would have heard about this.

Workmanship on the scales is first rate, although whoever mounted them sure flared out the lanyard tube with gusto!

Could these be Grimsmo scales? There's no JG engraved in them anywhere that's visible.

atony · Dec 9, 2012

JG was going to be my first guess but there is something telling me different, can't put my finger on it though. Still looks great though!

RevDevil · Dec 9, 2012

Those scales more than likely came from BladeHQ

stickymeat · Dec 9, 2012

arent the ones from bladehq the honeycomb patter though? unless they have different ones

elkins45 · Dec 11, 2012

I wasn't aware of the BladeHQ scales until this thread. Did they ever sell non-textured ones?

RevDevil · Dec 11, 2012

elkins45 said:
I wasn't aware of the BladeHQ scales until this thread. Did they ever sell non-textured ones?

I could have sworn I saw them at least a month ago.

ixer · Dec 11, 2012

wish i would've seen that saturday while i was there!!!!! Beautiful...

Nafunu · Dec 11, 2012

From what I've seen, most of the Grimsmo scales generally have more rounded edges.

Your scales look very similar to these ones though:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-Orange-Spyderco-Paramilitary-2-Scales-(SOLD)

mkjellgren · Dec 12, 2012

elkins45 said:
I wasn't aware of the BladeHQ scales until this thread. Did they ever sell non-textured ones?

Same here, now I'm curious what my para2 might be like with some green aluminum scales. I'm typically not a huge fan of aluminum scales, but I'm definitely getting a little sick of black g10.

CrimsonTideShooter · Dec 12, 2012

BladeHQ originally got the scales from John Grimsmo.

They sell (sold) his scales before he had his own store.

JSMcustoms · Dec 12, 2012

The scales that BladeHQ has now specifically state that they were made by Allen Putman in the description of them. But, these are a honeycomb pattern and not smooth. The edges look to be sharper than the ones that John makes. Possibly an example of some of his early work?

CrimsonTideShooter · Dec 12, 2012

Who knows really. It is most definitely possible that there are other people making these scales. I do know that JGs earlier work was sans logo.

Either way they look great.