Is it possible to swap blades between FRN and G10 Robin 2?

[ChoilsChoilsChoils]

I have a linered G10 Robin that I really like, I was thinking of getting a wharncliffe FRN version to swap the blades. Does anyone know if this can be done successfully? I assume I'll have to swap the lockbar too.

Bonus question: Is the blade and lock of the titanium Robin also swappable between the G10 and FRN versions? I might want to build a whole Robin ecosystem.

[Switchback]

I can’t be of much help but I tried a couple of Robin blade swaps and both failed.

I have a couple of original Robins with the old style FRN and the hollow/sabre ground blades. I attempted to take the FFG blade from a Robin 2 FRN and put it on the old version. It fit okay but there was play in the lock.

Since that didn’t work, I took a FFG blade from a Titanium Robin 2 and tried that on the old version. Same problem.

It never occurred to me to swap the lock bar. That might have been all I needed to do.

To clarify, I took the FFG blades from these two knives:

And attempted to install them on the bottom knife in this picture. Sure wish I would have tried swapping the lock bars.

[ChoilsChoilsChoils]

Thanks for your reply, Switchback. It's actually quite helpful information, because if the blades from FRN and titanium Robin 2's fit a FRN Robin 1 well enough (with lockup issues possibly solved by swapping the lockbars), that tells me it is likely that swaps between different Robin 2's should work. Unless the steel backspacer on the G10 Robin 2 makes it less forgiving of differences in blade and lockbar thickness (by maintaining a fixed distance between the liners).

For the cost of a wharny FRN Robin 2, I figure it's worth trying anyway, if it doesn't work I still have two great knives.

[ChoilsChoilsChoils]

So, it turns out you can swap a blade from a wharncliffe frn Robin 2 into a G10 Robin 2... And it mostly works.

I'll post an update with pics in a few days.

[mastercut]

Nice! Looking forward to seeing the pics. Did the swap require any modifications or special tools?

[ChoilsChoilsChoils]

Nice! Looking forward to seeing the pics. Did the swap require any modifications or special tools?

You can see the pics and description of the results in this post: viewtopic.php?t=97477

No modifications or special tools, just a torx driver and a plastic pry tool to get the liners off. Diamond files could come in handy if the initial fit isn't good.