Hey, Nate. This is totally off-topic, but just a quick shout out from one Mountaineer user to another!
So my daughter's Swisschamp is all ready for vacation. I got in an Ecoline Climber yesterday with nylon scales. The Climber became a scale donor for the SwissChamp. My daughter loved it, and wanted a tan paracord fob tied to it, that matched her backpack. Gotta love her. I tied a basic fob for now, but will teach her how to make her own snake knot fob over vacation as one of our tasks.
The G-10 scales survived the epoxy just fine. I still need to clean them up a bit.(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)
Wish there was a LOVE sign, but I'll have to settle with .
So my daughter's Swisschamp is all ready for vacation. I got in an Ecoline Climber yesterday with nylon scales. The Climber became a scale donor for the SwissChamp. My daughter loved it, and wanted a tan paracord fob tied to it, that matched her backpack. Gotta love her. I tied a basic fob for now, but will teach her how to make her own snake knot fob over vacation as one of our tasks. (Image removed from quote.)I also got in some G-10 scales for my SwissChamp, and things did not go so well. One of the scales moved slightly as I tightened it in the vise, and now it won't snap into place properly. I'm gluing it with 2-part epoxy, and we'll see how it goes. But I'm kind of wishing I'd just gotten another nylon Climber instead, as the nylon scales worked out really, really well. Nylon is good tough stuff too. (Image removed from quote.)
So the Nylon scales hold up pretty well when switching them between knives?
The G-10 scales survived the epoxy just fine. I still need to clean them up a bit.
Too bad you can´t get Nylon spare scales her.Cellidor is easy to come by, but I had to order out of country for a steep price when I NEEDed one pair in black Nylon for my BO Syph Spartan. But it´s worth it. It looks really good in all black with Nylon scales.Back to topic:If you want to try, I have one of those OD green SOS Kit/SwissChamp Puches taht I never used and which I woul donate to the cause (we split shipping or you donate a bit to MTO or something along those lines)If Buzzbait doesn´t bite on the offer, it is free for anyone else with an equally good reason. Although a few weeks outdoors with your Kid is quite hard to beat - Great plan, I hope I´ll be able to do something half as cool when mine get older.And, last question: are you the same Buzzbait that used to hang out in teh G-Shock Section of Watchuseek forums?
Abby and I thank you for your generous offer, LOWTECH!!!
Abby and I thank you for your generous offer, LOWTECH!!!(Image removed from quote.)
Those look awesome .I already liked the red ones, but these are just ... Are you making these yourself or did I misunderstand that part .
No. The G-10 scales were ordered from a third party. I just modified the green ones a bit.
Okay. So the red G-10 SwissChamp is out. I just never took to the covers. I didn't like the look of the aggressive texture, and the color was a little too "pinkish" for my liking.The olive drab G-10 SwissTank is now in. I love how this one came out, and dig the contrast provided by the red/black hunter's plaid paracord.. The army green color reminds me a lot of my Vic GAK and my father-in-law's old Scoutmaster's BSA whistle.I may try to pry off the red G-10 covers, and see if I can sand them down the same way I did the olive drab ones, as the process dramatically changed the color and look of the scales.
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