Paramilitary 2 Cuscadi Scales Question

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Warbow150

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Hi, All
I recently picked up a blurple PM2. I'm used to Buck 110s, Spyderco Polices, and my Titanium Mili. As such, the PM2 feels very light to me. I'd like to add a smidge of weight so it feels a bit more solid. I realize this is simple perception on my part, the knife is probably solid enough. I'm just used to things being a bit heftier.

So, here's my question:
1. I've seen Cuscadi scales and they look great. I also very much like micarta. Will a set of his scales add a bit of that "solidity" I'm after compared to the blurple G10?
3. Am I explaining this at all correctly or just rambling? I have been known to ramble.

As an aside I do very much like the new PM2. After just a little tightening it has zero blade play and it came sharper from the factory than any knife in recent memory. Seems like a great tool.

Thanks in advance.
 
I've had CUSCADI micarta scales on 3 knives and it makes them feel great. Zero hollow/plasticky feel and sound. Really like the classic look too.
 
Luke at Cuscadi has always been great to deal with, but I gotta caution you here. I had a set on Anso'd linen (or canvas?) micarta scales done by him for my PM2. The knife flexed a lot, and the blade centering would never maintain. Switched back to the stock scales, and she's solid as a rock.

I still have a Cuscadi backspacer on the PM2.
 
Molle Ninja said:
Luke at Cuscadi has always been great to deal with, but I gotta caution you here. I had a set on Anso'd linen (or canvas?) micarta scales done by him for my PM2. The knife flexed a lot, and the blade centering would never maintain. Switched back to the stock scales, and she's solid as a rock.

I still have a Cuscadi backspacer on the PM2.
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I second that. I don't want to bash any vendors but I have ordered 2 sets from Cuscadi over the last couple years and here's how both scenarios played out:

-Ordered for PM2, wrong scales arrived and had to send them back. New scales arrived a month later but they were the WRONG material AGAIN. They fit fine however and added some width to the handle.
-Ordered for Benchmade mini presidio, wrong scales arrived. Didn't have the patience to send them back and Cuscadi was playing dumb...AGAIN
-Installed the Benchmade scales and could not get the blade to center. No matter what I tried the blade would not center. I could swap the stock scales on it with my eyes closed and the blade would center with ease. Also, the hardware they included was the rockwell hardness of a marshmallow...several screws got stripped while trying to get the blade to center. Those scales are now in the trash.

Cuscadi website looks slick and the photography is beautiful but I won't ever order from them again.
 
You want heft, BladeHQ just got in Flytanium scales for the Para2 made from titanium, brass and copper...
 
Mind you, I have never had some scales from cuscadi. However, there have been reports of flexing scales on German forums as well. Personally I inquired about two materials they were using (their ceraglass/Heisenberg material and a corian variation) regarding flex and scratch resistance and their answer did not match replies from other sites... so make of that what you will.

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I decided to try a set of Allen Putman green canvas micarta scales. They fit very well and the knife locks up great, no blade play. I got a titanium back spacer to go with them. This pretty much achieved what I was hoping for: A bit more heft with much nicer (IMHO) color and texture than the blurple scales. Anyhow, here are some pics:
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Good stuff.

The other poster mentioned how Cuscadi sent him the wrong items. I forgot to mention in my post that he sent me the wrong glow-in-the-dark backspacer when I ordered the PM2 scales. I decided it wasn't worth the brain damage to do anything about it. Now that I have my stock digicam PM2 scales back on, I'm actually glad he sent the green instead of the blue that I had ordered.
 
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