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Thanks.
Its a wood called Texas yellowheart. I think it is also sometimes called "Bois D'Arc" Great stuff to work with. It was not stabilized, but I am planning to put a few coats of gunstock refinishing oil on it which will accomplish pretty much the same thing. Once thats done, I'll put it on the ...

Shared these in the Wood Scale Mods thread too, but thought I solicit thoughts from here also.
Decided to "striderize" my Persistence with more of a gunstock shaped butt end a straighter top line using some yellowheart wood.
Not quite as shiny and poliched as it will be once I am finished, but its ...

Finally got to work on my persistence to join the rest of my value folder wood scale family. Went with a nice piece of Texas yellowheart wood, but decided to take some inspiration from my all time favorite production knife, the Buck Strider, and give it more of a gunstock butt end and straight top ...

Depends on the size of the wood you are starting with, and what model of knife you are going to scale. If just doing a fairly simple g10 replacement (full metal liners), and using small, pre-cut knife scale blanks from one of the standard suppliers, I'd say a dremel, sanding paper, a good drill and ...

i don't know of any easy frn replacement jobs. replacing the frn is a lot of delicate work with a flat router dremel bit for sure on all models i have opened up, but it can be done.

i am plannng on doing a tasman that way soon assuming I find what I expect to inside. would have started but the ...

WMR....
Jealous of that leafstorm, what do you have going on there?

Forgive the blade scratches, i actually had been using these before customizing. Might have to get some new shiny ones to move the scales to....

I have often wondered why more people don't post mods using wood. Either they are shy or not many are doing it. But I have been seeing an increase lately, so here is a spot to do it.

I love a wood scale. To me the stock G10 or FRN is just a pattern that I'll throw out later. To get things started ...