Swapping scales over on Wenger Evo knives

[greenbear]

I am sure this will have been asked before but:  How does one remove the scales on a Wenger Evo without damaging the scales or the knife?  I have two Evos and am considering swapping the scales over if it is an easy job. 

[enki_ck]

Wenger scales should be an easy swap. I've taken off loads of Wenger scales and never had a problem with them. Just take the toothpick and tweezers out, take something thin, like a SAK blade, get it in and lift till you hear the attachment point let go. Move to the next attachment point and repeat. 

[greenbear]

Thanks Enki, I'll give it a go 

[pingu]

Thanks Enki, I'll give it a go 

Hi Greenbear, how did you get on?  I want to do the same.

[greenbear]

Thanks Enki, I'll give it a go 

Hi Greenbear, how did you get on?  I want to do the same.

Hi Pingu, in the end I decided not to do it - I was going to swap some plain scales for Scout scales, but a mate wanted the Scout knife so I sold it to him and then sold the other one too. 

[pingu]

Hi Pingu, in the end I decided not to do it - I was going to swap some plain scales for Scout scales, but a mate wanted the Scout knife so I sold it to him and then sold the other one too. 

I have a black Evo 16.  Getting a red Evo 18.  Really want the 18 to be black.    I'll think about it, don't want to do any damage.  These non-grip Evos are getting hard to get, impossible in black.

[greenbear]

That's why I hung back a bit, I had this vision of two knives with broken scales....

[Corwyn]

When in doubt... put scales in hot water... plastic+heat+elastic deformation+???=profit.

[tattoosteve99]

Evos you can swap with other evos. Regular wenger scales do not fit.

[pingu]

Hi Pingu, in the end I decided not to do it - I was going to swap some plain scales for Scout scales, but a mate wanted the Scout knife so I sold it to him and then sold the other one too. 

I have a black Evo 16.  Getting a red Evo 18.  Really want the 18 to be black.    I'll think about it, don't want to do any damage.  These non-grip Evos are getting hard to get, impossible in black.

OK, updating my post.  Red Evo 18 arrived in the post.  Fresh from watching Swissbianco swapping Victorinox scales and unable to resist a mod I want to do, went right ahead.

Anyway, job done, so quick there are no pics, sorry.

Didn't say "easy" because there is a small  problem in that Wenger Evo scales lip over the liners.  Found a precision screwdriver small enough to enter the (smaller than Victorinox) tweezer and toothpick slots.  Hardly took any force to get the first fixing to release, then a flat blade can be deployed (I used my Super Tinker small blade).  The other are fixings are easy.

Unlike my first ever Victorinox scale removal many years ago which left a little plastic on the collars, all four scales came off cleanly.

Normally I carry a Juice S2 but I'm upgrading my urban carry to include a saw so its pocket time for my black Evo 18 until I cut down a branch or two.

Fairly recent scales didn't seem to need warming but warmth might well benefit older plastic.

[greenbear]

I'm glad it worked out well m8, you are braver than me