What would you like in a Custom Scales?

What Would you Like in Custom Scales?

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  • K.I.S.S. Design - Form and Function is all I need.

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Sh@rp

Sh@rp

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This will help me in my scale design a lot. Thanks in advance for your inputs. Cheers!
Hope the pic helps in voting...
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I'm not into the bling thing too much. I personally prefer the military/industrial look. Perhaps scales in OD, or black, (or both) with a mild texture.
 
What kind of medium are you talking about? wood & Micarta are my bag. I'd love to see some stabilized bird's eye maple scales.
O.D. green Micarta has been asked for a bunch, i'm having trouble getting the color right.
 
Something like this in that Lexan you got. Or black G10. That kind of texturing on a becker shaped handle scales.

Oops, forgot the pic I was going to post.

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Mrbladedude said:
I would like this...
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I am thinking of getting the Mule 09...

The Warrior said:
I'm not into the bling thing too much. I personally prefer the military/industrial look. Perhaps scales in OD, or black, (or both) with a mild texture.
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Thanks, my friend. I agreed.

OREGON FAL'ER said:
What kind of medium are you talking about? wood & Micarta are my bag. I'd love to see some stabilized bird's eye maple scales.
O.D. green Micarta has been asked for a bunch, i'm having trouble getting the color right.
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Wood is not my cup of tea. However, I can mill them out to the finished shape and you can finish them your way. Micarta and G10 is no problem for me to do. But in order to stock them I have to buy them in big quantity. If I could have known the number of interested in advance then it may justify the stock purchase. Thanks, my friend, love your works.
 
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Are we talking Beckers, large and small? For that type of knife, I like canvas micarta. To go custom, I guess various woods, other fabrics like burlap, or multi colored G-10 would be appealing for some. I bet some would like some antler or bone scales, but maybe in dark colors.

What about some glow in the dark scales from Shadetree Phenolics would be very cool. Even some orange G-10 would be nice for visability.

If I were to order some, I'd want some burlap, green, brown, or black.
 
DerekH said:
Something like this in that Lexan you got. Or black G10. That kind of texturing on a becker shaped handle scales.
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foxx said:
Are we talking Beckers, large and small? For that type of knife, I like canvas micarta. To go custom, I guess various woods, other fabrics like burlap, or multi colored G-10 would be appealing for some. I bet some would like some antler or bone scales, but maybe in dark colors.

What about some glow in the dark scales from Shadetree Phenolics would be very cool. Even some orange G-10 would be nice for visability.
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Material wise is not a problem for me to deal with. I just want to figure out what price point we're looking at? To keep the price "within reach" I have to order material in big quantity. I would not like taking deposit for a project...
 
Screw simple and affordable, if I'm getting custom scales I want them to be gorgeous. It's the whole point of the word 'custom.'
 
You know, one of the things I love about the Beckers is their mod-ability. However, I really don't feel comfortable modding my scales knowing how hard it is to get replacements, especially since they are hollow and not solid. Could you reproduce the standard handle scale in a solid block of G10 or Lexan? That alone would be fine by me, then if I wanted a crazy texture or whatever I could do it myself and not have to worry about the scales since they were solid and not hollow.

P.S. I edited my post above to include a picture of what I was after.
 
DerekH said:
You know, one of the things I love about the Beckers is their mod-ability. However, I really don't feel comfortable modding my scales knowing how hard it is to get replacements, especially since they are hollow and not solid. Could you reproduce the standard handle scale in a solid block of G10 or Lexan? That alone would be fine by me, then if I wanted a crazy texture or whatever I could do it myself and not have to worry about the scales since they were solid and not hollow.

P.S. I edited my post above to include a picture of what I was after.
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I tried to measure the 3D surface of the scales but, it just a guess. I'm learning Solidworks now hopefully I will be able to draw it better. How about your scales drawing?
 
I haven't gotten around to actually doing an accurate set yet. I found at one point how to turn a picture into a model, just can't remember where.
 
DerekH said:
I haven't gotten around to actually doing an accurate set yet. I found at one point how to turn a picture into a model, just can't remember where.
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If "Tracing" feature is the one you refereed to then it won't give you the accurate dimensions.
 
DerekH said:
You know, one of the things I love about the Beckers is their mod-ability. However, I really don't feel comfortable modding my scales knowing how hard it is to get replacements, especially since they are hollow and not solid. Could you reproduce the standard handle scale in a solid block of G10 or Lexan? That alone would be fine by me, then if I wanted a crazy texture or whatever I could do it myself and not have to worry about the scales since they were solid and not hollow.

P.S. I edited my post above to include a picture of what I was after.
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I second Derek's suggestion. G10 would be nice. It would offer the ability to shape/texture/fit them to anyone's personal preference. Plus theres a whole crapton of sweet-ass colors out there.

-Nadz
 
GoNadz said:
I second Derek's suggestion. G10 would be nice. It would offer the ability to shape/texture/fit them to anyone's personal preference. Plus theres a whole crapton of sweet-ass colors out there.

-Nadz
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That would be cool if you guys sent me your material of choice, then I machined it to the finished shape, send it back ready for the custom finished. Let it be wood, G10, Micarta and your imaginations.
 
Jigged bone, stag or impala would be a nice contrast with the blade styles.
 
Figure if im going custom I want a little bling, whether still tacticool, or fancy, depends on the knife, IMO.

BH#90
 
Don't want anything fancy, I'm not collecting them so much as using them. So Micarta in a few different colors would be good. I'd say keep it as close to ethans design so it stays comfortable. I be more than happy to evaluate a set for you when you get some proto's done. Their gonna be dirty when you get em' back.
 
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