Rescaling a Camillus MC-1 flight crew knife

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millern
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Rescaling a Camillus MC-1 flight crew knife

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Disassembled MC-1 ready for new “patriotic” scales.
Disassembled MC-1 ready for new “patriotic” scales.
Scales cut to length and ready to measure and mark.
Scales cut to length and ready to measure and mark.
Scales drilled and roughly inletted.
Scales drilled and roughly inletted.
Beginning the “fitting” process.
Beginning the “fitting” process.
Shaping using belt sander and Dremel attachments.
Shaping using belt sander and Dremel attachments.
More shaping and fitting.
More shaping and fitting.
End result, shown with an original MC-1
End result, shown with an original MC-1
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Dude, that looks great!
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It certainly does look great. Is the handle material a gunstock laminate?
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VERY nice work!

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The material is red, white and blue G-10. (I wish the blue had been more of a navy. )
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millern wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 3:11 pm The material is red, white and blue G-10. (I wish the blue had been more of a navy. )
The reason I am asking is I have a Boyd's laminated gunstock reject that a buddy gave me and am thinking of cutting it up for knife scales, the laminations are about 1mm thick. I was concerned that if the laminations were too thick, it would not look good when scaled down to a knife scale size. How thick are the laminations on your G10 shown?
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I estimate that the laminations in the g-10 material was about 1/2 the width of the laminations in your gun stock material.
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Excellent work, the laminate really makes it pop.
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Nice work, those knives deserved a better set of covers!
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Thanks for the compliments!
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