Scales for FRN knives

[jla3156]

Does anyone know someone that makes custom scales for the spydercos made with FRN handles? It seems like no one does this and I don't understand why. If someone could explain that to me or tell me someone that can do this it would be appreciated.

 

[The Deacon]

I suspect that the main reason it the complexity which, in turn, means they'd cost more than most would be willing to pay. To customize an unlined FRN model would, at the least, require fabrication of a new backspacer. If you wanted liners, they too would need to be fabricated. The lined ones use nested liners, so the new scales would either need to be inletted to fit the existing liners, full liners fabricated, or you'd have to go without liners.

 

[MaxFisher]

Does anyone know someone that makes custom scales for the spydercos made with FRN handles? It seems like no one does this and I don't understand why. If someone could explain that to me or tell me someone that can do this it would be appreciated.

Depends on what you mean. Are you looking for custom scales made of FRN or customer scales made from another material that will fit a FRN knife? I've seen some custom scales out there for the Delica and Endura models. For example, Blade HQ was selling some custom aluminum handles for the Delica and Endura at one point. If you're looking for custom scales made from FRN, the reason they don't exist is because FRN needs to be injection molded to its shape and the molds are very expensive. If you're looking for custom scales of another material, as Deacon said, you're just looking at a complex operation for all of the reasons he listed.