Remora scale addition

[shane45-1911]

Getting cabin-fever working from home due to the Covid situation, so I decided to add some scales to the Remora.

I used scales from a BK11 and shaped them to fit the Remora. I used the BK11 hardware, but had to shorten the screws a few mm. Drilled the lanyard hole to line up with the existing hole in the Remora handle.

Scales were dyed black with Rit clothing dye.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Cool that it worked!
idk the center distances were the same? Good job.

 

[shane45-1911]

idk the center distances were the same?

The Remora doesn't actually have holes in the handle, more of a skeleton-type thing with big open spaces so there was no issue in aligning the screws as there was nothing to align to!

 

[The Warrior]

Nice work man.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

The Remora doesn't actually have holes in the handle, more of a skeleton-type thing with big open spaces so there was no issue in aligning the screws as there was nothing to align to!

Ugh.... I Should of known that.... except I don't have one of those buggers.

 

[Mass1632]

Looks really nice. Nice work! Hopefully they dont move around on you.

 

[shane45-1911]

Looks really nice. Nice work! Hopefully they dont move around on you.

Thanks - nope, they are nice and snug and I can't move them at all. The BK11 scales have raised "islands" on the insides - I just contoured them to fit inside the existing skeleton holes in the Remora handle.

 

[OnceBitten]

Great idea! The Remora is a tiny knife and giving the handle some width can actually create a "useful" piggy-back knife for a 4, 7, 9, or 21 (20 and 29 are in there, too......just a little more difficult to source, these days).

A 30% larger Remora would be cool with that hole moved to behind of the ricasso as a mounting point and some Micarta from Ka-Bar for us people who: 1.) are lazy, 2.) have no time, 3.) don't want to grind/sand Micarta, or 4.) claim all of the previous reasons for not doing it.

 

[Ethan Becker]

I really like that....Maybe gonna have to give one a try....Nicely done!

 

[shane45-1911]

I really like that....Maybe gonna have to give one a try....Nicely done!

Thanks Uncle E.

 

[trailbum]

Very nice work.
Really like that.

 

[NCSlice]

Well, I can’t figure out how to post pics on this new layout but I’ve posted my antler handled remoras several times.
To date, probably my most used Becker lol. I made a small pocket sheath and carry it daily in my man purse, holds a razor edge and touches up super fast and easy.
The OP remora looks fantastic! A handle really transforms this great little blade in my opinion.
Maybe this works:
https://bladeforums.com/threads/remora-question.1504617/page-2#post-17286051

 

[NCSlice]

another...
https://bladeforums.com/threads/becker-of-the-day.1711974/#post-19555131

 

[The Warrior]

I remember that one slice, too freakin' cool man.