Will I void my warranty?

Dabling

Dabling

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Just curious, I have an AK-47 and am thinking about removing the handle scales and putting the blade in shirasaya.

Also what is the best way to remove them without damaging them?
 
Clamp the blade in a vice and drill them out. I think I heard 1/4" was the proper size, I'm not sure, I'd start small and step them up as I went.
 
dobywon said:
What is shirasaya?
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"A shirasaya (白鞘?), literally "white scabbard", is a plain wooden Japanese blade mount consisting of a saya (scabbard) and tsuka (hilt), used when a blade was not expected to see use for some time and needed to be stored. They were externally featureless save for the needed mekugi-ana to secure the nakago (tang), though sometimes sayagaki (blade information) was also present. The need for specialized storage is because prolonged koshirae mounting harmed the blade, owing to factors such as the lacquered wood retaining moisture and encouraging corrosion.

Such mountings are not intended for actual combat, as the lack of a tsuba (guard) and proper handle wrappings were deleterious; as such they would likely never make their way onto a battlefield. However, there have been loosely-similar "hidden" mountings, such as the shikomizue. Also, many blades dating back to earlier Japanese history are today sold in such a format, along with modern-day reproductions; while most are purely-decorative replicas, a few have functional blades."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochirae#Shirasaya

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Let us know how it turns out, especially with pictures!!

I have been thinking about having someone do this for me for a while- but cannot find anyone on the forums who could do this and make a saya as well.

I think if you drill the handles you can then use Chicago screws? as a means to swap between a traditional hilt and the micarta.
 
Great thanks for the advice...still curious if it will void my warranty?
 
I doubt they would replace your handle scales for free after you intentionally drilled them off... but the warranty on the Blade I imagine is still golden. So if something happened like say you broke the blade while using it... I bet BC would handle it in their usually professionaly way... though if you decided one day you needed to have the handles put back on under warranty for free you'd have a problem there.
 
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