Paramilitary 2 Custom scales
- hawaiihunter
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Paramilitary 2 Custom scales
If anyone could tell me where I can purchase custom PM2 scales from for a reasonable price I would be grateful. Thanks
Looking for: Grey Cts-20cp Paramilitary 2
Green Cts-204p Paramilitary 2
S110v Mule
Currently own: Tenacious, Green Cts-204P Paramiitary 2
Green Cts-204p Paramilitary 2
S110v Mule
Currently own: Tenacious, Green Cts-204P Paramiitary 2
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The guys of Cuscadi have some custom scales in stock, the price including shipping to the U.S. will be 135-140$
http://www.cuscadi.de/custom_scale_divi ... /spyderco/
For a start you could try one of their custom backspacers
http://www.cuscadi.de/2013/11/13/spyder ... ackspacer/
http://www.cuscadi.de/custom_scale_divi ... /spyderco/
For a start you could try one of their custom backspacers
http://www.cuscadi.de/2013/11/13/spyder ... ackspacer/
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While I can't say any more great things about Cuscadi (aside from their pretty high prices), I also had good luck with a engineering PhD student named Ivan who runs this site:
http://www.carbonfibergrips.com
He made these awesome glossy CF scales. Price wasn't much better than Cuscadi, but you don't want cheap, lame scales on your PM2 either! Hope that helps! Cheers, Radioactive :)
http://www.carbonfibergrips.com
He made these awesome glossy CF scales. Price wasn't much better than Cuscadi, but you don't want cheap, lame scales on your PM2 either! Hope that helps! Cheers, Radioactive :)
It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost. ––– Stephen King
Very nice, but that's as much or more than I've paid for most of my sprint/exclusive Para 2s. :eek: Clearly for a knife with recessed liners quality is really important, but... :oRadioactiveSpyder wrote:While I can't say any more great things about Cuscadi (aside from their pretty high prices), I also had good luck with a engineering PhD student named Ivan who runs this site:
http://www.carbonfibergrips.com
He made these awesome glossy CF scales. Price wasn't much better than Cuscadi, but you don't want cheap, lame scales on your PM2 either! Hope that helps! Cheers, Radioactive :)
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Totally agree that the price is high, as much (or more) as the knife itself. At the time, I was on a quest for a CF PM2 and could not/would not drop $5-600 on a S90V version, so this was my next best option. Plus I live nearby Ivan and we ended up having such a good time when we met to try out the scales, I couldn't say no. Plus he's a poor grad student (like I used to be), so I figured he could use the money and I got a sweet knife out of it. I don't use it though, for the fear of scratching it up, though the action is very nice on it (it is a PM2 after all!). All in all, this guy or Cuscadi, there's some cost involved with nice scale mods.JNewell wrote:Very nice, but that's as much or more than I've paid for most of my sprint/exclusive Para 2s. :eek: Clearly for a knife with recessed liners quality is really important, but... :o
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Hi Folks!
AFAIK, when you really want to seriously upgrade your scales you must agree to pay premium cash.
It doesn't matter where you get those nice scales, if they're good enough they'll be expensive.
CuScaDi make wonderful scales and backspacers, and the best thing about Luke is that he can makes whatever material/finish combination you ask, not only the awesome things that you can browse on the website.
So, with a little imagination you can have a superb exclusive new suit for your blade. :) But like custom tailor suits, they don't come any cheap. :rolleyes:
AFAIK, when you really want to seriously upgrade your scales you must agree to pay premium cash.
It doesn't matter where you get those nice scales, if they're good enough they'll be expensive.
CuScaDi make wonderful scales and backspacers, and the best thing about Luke is that he can makes whatever material/finish combination you ask, not only the awesome things that you can browse on the website.
So, with a little imagination you can have a superb exclusive new suit for your blade. :) But like custom tailor suits, they don't come any cheap. :rolleyes:
Stay Sharp!
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Here's another of my modded PM2's. These Allen Putnam scales came from Blade HQ for $80, and the backspacer is from Cuscadi at $35 or so. Guess this is another case of doubling the price of the knife, and also goes to show that stock black DLC PM2's have a short lifetime in my house before seeing a Torx wrench!
It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost. ––– Stephen King
There are some nice Putman scales on Ebay right now from a very good seller.
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Yes...and Wilkins, too - all very high quality, all not at all cheap. :)RadioactiveSpyder wrote:Totally agree that the price is high, as much (or more) as the knife itself. At the time, I was on a quest for a CF PM2 and could not/would not drop $5-600 on a S90V version, so this was my next best option. Plus I live nearby Ivan and we ended up having such a good time when we met to try out the scales, I couldn't say no. Plus he's a poor grad student (like I used to be), so I figured he could use the money and I got a sweet knife out of it. I don't use it though, for the fear of scratching it up, though the action is very nice on it (it is a PM2 after all!). All in all, this guy or Cuscadi, there's some cost involved with nice scale mods.
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Purchased Steve Butcher scales - brilliant fit & finish!
Also very well priced.
Link to his work:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mica17/
PM me if you want his contact details.
:)
Also very well priced.
Link to his work:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mica17/
PM me if you want his contact details.
:)
When I contacted Allen during the winter, he said it was too cold to make aluminum scales during that time. Maybe now that spring is here, he'll make some more.dgebler wrote:Anyone know what happened to the Putnam aluminum scales. I have been on the lookout for the gold/orange ones for a while now and all I see are G-10 now???
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