Delica FRN to micarta

[SC_PATRIOT]

Got the St. Nick's Delica in today and it is the smoothest Spydy I've gotten to date. Fit and finish is impeccable! Now I originally got this to replace the red go scales with brown micarta BUT its so nice I don't want to touch it!

Should there be any problem swapping micarta scales onto my Wharnie in Hap40? I don't think so but need some other valuable inputs.

[fixall]

you shouldn't have any issues at all. I did a Delica swap from FRN to custom G10 just a while ago and it went as smooth as can be. Same with the Para 3 G10 to micarta swap I did a few months ago.

If you haven't disassembled a Delica before, I'd watch a video on it as the backspring can be slightly tricky the first time you reassemble a Delica.

[Robbob]

If you haven't disassembled a Delica before, I'd watch a video on it as the backspring can be slightly tricky the first time you reassemble a Delica.

Zip ties are your friend.

[youmakemehole]

you shouldn't have any issues at all. I did a Delica swap from FRN to custom G10 just a while ago and it went as smooth as can be. Same with the Para 3 G10 to micarta swap I did a few months ago.

If you haven't disassembled a Delica before, I'd watch a video on it as the backspring can be slightly tricky the first time you reassemble a Delica.

The G10 on the St. Nicks Delica uses black steel liners though, differently sized than the liners on a FRN delica. So assuming you can fit the St Nicks blade into FRN, the DLC coated liners, backspacer, and maybe even lockbar and hardware would not be able to follow the blade along as well... The DLC liners and etc. is IMO a huge part of the St nick delica's appeal, and the cost is probably so high partially because everything was DLC coated as well... I would be a little irked if mounting custom scales would mean all that had to be left behind, however what really matters here I guess is how OP feels about it, I'm just gonna state the facts and try to leave it at that.

***TiCn not DLC