Anodized aluminum scales on my Manix

[John Grimsmo]

Almost all of those pictures were taken at the USN gathering two weeks ago in vegas, had a great time and everybody loved 'em. I actually made them toxic green specifically for that show.

But enough talk of other forums, that's probably frowned upon haha.

[John Grimsmo]

Check this out! It's a video showing how I machine these bad boys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9RD6tOvHDg

[Mr_Moe]

Black and Toxic Green - I'm in love.

[Fred Sanford]

John, that stuff is very impressive. Holy cow man. Love the milling and love those scales.

Thanks for sharing!!! :spyder:

[Azwaiian]

man, that is exactly what i WANT for my manix 2! i plan on saving up and ordering handles in green and orange, if orange is available. which, of course means, i need to buy me another manix, this one will be a manix with a black blade. man, those scales really make the manix stand out. only bad thing about all this, i need to save up the money....how sad for me!
he also makes handles for other knives too. i can't wait to see what he does with a para2. awesome job man.

[John Grimsmo]

Thanks guys! Your compliments mean a lot.

I can do orange, and almost any color of the rainbow. I've got a bunch of custom manix orders I'm doing this week in orange, dark red, grey, silver, and glow. Plus I might make a few extras in crazy colors just to have as examples. Although I think that black anodized would look too much like G10, with a huge lightning bolt engraving it might look pretty awesome. Thoughts? I've also got a wicked idea I've been meaning to try out for a multi-colored american flag anodizing/engraving job.

[Arillon]

These are absolutely beautiful, hopefully one day I can save up enough to buy a pair off you. :)

Any chance of some glow in the dark Paramilitary scales? Pretty sure those would sell out instantly.

[John Grimsmo]

No can do, unfortunately. The para 2 is one of my favorite knives, but it uses thick scales and relies on the structural integrity of the scale to support most of the knife, and yes I know it has nested liners but the scales still have to be strong. The glow material isn't very thick and it isn't very structurally stiff, but it sure is awesome! So it's only really good for knives that have full liners like the manix, native, and I'm sure many others, ones that have thin scales that screw onto the face.

[bodie]

Thanks guys! Your compliments mean a lot.

I can do orange, and almost any color of the rainbow. I've got a bunch of custom manix orders I'm doing this week in orange, dark red, grey, silver, and glow. Plus I might make a few extras in crazy colors just to have as examples. Although I think that black anodized would look too much like G10, with a huge lightning bolt engraving it might look pretty awesome. Thoughts? I've also got a wicked idea I've been meaning to try out for a multi-colored american flag anodizing/engraving job.

I've always wanted a red Manix. Would you be able to anodize a set red and leave the aluminum smooth? If so, I would love to buy a set from you :D

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