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Swick 2 G-10 scales and Kydex
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:51 pm
by JLS
This seems to be the popular thing today, but regardless, here are my efforts thus far. The scales make a huge difference in comfort and I'm going to be putting some on my Swick 1. I never used it much due to the lack of scales, so it's time I put some on and stop neglecting it.
This will actually be bumping one of my Mules from daily carry for a few days, just to give it a fair chance.
Anyway, here's the pictures from my phone due to the camera batteries being dead.

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:22 pm
by duff72
Very nice job
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:54 pm
by cosmo7809
duff72 wrote:Very nice job
Big +1
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 9:11 pm
by JLS
Thanks for the kind words, guys. It really is fun to see what you can do with time and elbow grease.
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:34 pm
by VADER1313
JLS,,,,,,,,,,Can you make me a set? I can pay pal you....That really what I want..FG G10..
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 1:42 pm
by dsmegst
That's a good looking knife and the pictures don't do it justice. :p I like the finger grooves in the front and it looks cleaner w/o the lanyard hole. I may do that on my 2nd Swick 2. I'm guessing you used 1/8 inch thick slabs?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:21 pm
by JLS
Yes, they're 1/8" slabs. I have a second set done for a member here (I'll let him show the pictures if he wants) out of 1/8" black linen micarta that has a beadblast finish. They turned out great and have the lanyard hole drilled through. They're nice enough that I'm going to be doing a set for myself for either the Swick 1 or 2, and maybe both.
I never cared much for my Swick 1, but the slab handles should change that.
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 9:05 am
by Arcitecht
Nice, looks great. I almost just headed off to ebay to buy one....
So who did the sheath? Or did you buy it somewhere?
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 10:55 am
by JLS
Rather than pay the inflated prices on Ebay, you can get one straight from Spyderco. It looks like they still have 22 of them.
I made the sheath for myself. There are some other guys on the forum here that are in the business of doing it. Marion Poff and Eighth of Eight are two names that come to mine, but there are others. Search the picture threads for more info on them.
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:19 pm
by KonaBlade808
looks beautiful, was it difficult cutting out the G-10 ?
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:32 pm
by JLS
It's not too bad, but anything with fiberglass is **** on scroll saw blades. I generally prefer working with Micarta for that and other reasons. But the G-10 did turn out nice.
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:22 pm
by SUDS
wow thats beautiful, nice job!
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:57 am
by Pneumothorax
JLS wrote:Yes, they're 1/8" slabs. I have a second set done for a member here (I'll let him show the pictures if he wants) out of 1/8" black linen micarta that has a beadblast finish. They turned out great and have the lanyard hole drilled through. They're nice enough that I'm going to be doing a set for myself for either the Swick 1 or 2, and maybe both.
I never cared much for my Swick 1, but the slab handles should change that.
Josh,
Many apologies for not posting some pics earlier. I love the black linen micarta scales. they really make this knife a user for me (in addition to the sheath). One of the things I like most about the scales is the weathered look of the bead blasted finish - it makes me want to use it vs. baby it like I do with some of my new 'shiny' knives. Great work and thanks again for taking on my project.
Mike
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:56 pm
by JLS
Mike, no problem. I don't really advertise and since you paid for them, they're yours to show...or not. I do appreciate the kind words and the next set of Mule handles I do will be the same beadblasted black Micarta. I also have some "butterscotch" Micarta that should be nice for handles...I just need to do them.