Installing Micarta scales to my Spyderco Dragonfly 2 in K390
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Installing Micarta scales to my Spyderco Dragonfly 2 in K390
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Brilliant. I bought these scales from VoxEDC and found this video was instrumental in being able to install them. The scales have an improved finish. The only challenge I had was getting the lock bar installed correctly; I did it backwards the first time. Thanks for this!
I didn't even know you could take this knife apart. I swear someone told me a long time ago you couldn't and I just took their word for it. But, if people make custom scales for it, you clearly gotta be able to. This was very helpful, thank you.
I think the lighting was really good on this video. Thanks for showing us! We'll be happy to watch all knife and EDC relates content that you give us!
That looks sweet! I've been thinking of creating some scales for mine so this video was really helpful too! Appreciate the share!🤜💥🤛😁
Great video, and great knife! The Dragonfly is a great knife and I like those scales that you put on it.
I think your lighting looks great! Very professional!
Hey Stassa, I was looking forward for this. Lighting is great. Looks Excellent ! Reminds me of your Spy Opera. Great Video!!! Be Good, Dominick
Thanks for the look. Enjoyed this video. 👍
Lightning looks good , scales looks great , Thanks for sharing ✌
Lighting looks great. Thanks for the video.
Lighting looks good... great video... thanks!
Lighting is perfect
Thanks excellent instructional how to video...looks like a great improvement to the the little knife!
Loved seeing the process. Keep these great videos coming. I keep learning.
Another fine job. 👏great info.
Looks great Stassa. Lighting looks good to me. 👍
Lovely stuff brother the lights looked perfect to my eyes, as for the scale change they might of not been 100%perfect as in you having to do some edge smoothing but hell it definitely made 100% difference in how much nicer that dragonfly looks. Hope you have a beautiful happy brain day brother each day as it comes 😘👍
Gotta love a good scale swap.. great video, my kind of stuff. till next time.
Well, I looked at the price for the micarta scales for the Dragonfly 2 and they cost as much as a whole new knife! While I admire your project, I’d prefer to get a whole new knife, maybe in a different color or blade steel. I loved watching your video.
Very good tutorial. good job
Color is good, brightness is good. Lights seem fine. Now let's use an end mill bit in a drill press to make pockets for some caged bearings and make the ultimate Dragonfly.
Great video and not that it matters but I think you put the pin back in the same direction after taking it out to turn around.
Did you not put the o rings back on? I saw a pair sitting over by the prybar once you were done. The scales looked really good. Probably feel a lot better than the FRN.
No I didn’t put them back in because the scales don’t have a place for them, I guess you don’t need them with the Micarta scales because it works fine without w 👍🏻
So quick question does aftermarket scales they do not set the depth of the initial spring bar like the original you just said it until it seats all the way I'm guessing by your statement that you can adjust how far the Spring Bar seats into the set of scales? Does this make sense
Not sure I’m really following you. The only adjustment you can do to the spring is slide it from one side or the other of the steel rocker arm. The spring I think is normally supposed to be slide all the way into its slot so it touches the back but that makes the spring tension a little stronger. Not sure if this helps any or if I made any sense either 🤷🏻♂️
Gotta get me a set of these! I daily carry a fully SE Dragonfly along with whatever primary blade I'm carrying for the day, just to have the added utility of the Spyderedge on me at all times. So far I have swapped one into the Zome Green and another on the Pakkawood version. Looks like I'm gonna be picking up yet another some time soon.
Where did you get those Victorinox scales. They look like G10 plus scales and they they look great!
Very good vid! Thanks. One question: Don’t you want the torx screw on the clip side? That allows the all-chrome pins on the show side.
Lights look good. You can put the blade in with the pivot and push down on the back lock and put in that sleeve screw where it holds the spring down too. Did that with my Endura's when cleaning them. I like that way better because it keeps your hands away from the blade. Still those scales don't look too bad. I wish there were more companies or people that made aftermarket scales for Spyderco models beside the paramilitary 2, para 3, smock and Manix models. Would love to get some micarta scales for my endura's.
Check eBay I’ve seen a bunch of scale for the Endura there 👍🏻
How do you polish micarta? do you use sand paper or a compound? Would I be able to do it with a cordeless dremel? Thanks in advance Thumbs up!
Cool bit holder where’s you get it?
What grit sandpaper do you use to "scuff up" slick Micarta scales a bit? Thanks!
I have the same fit and finish issues with my scales (I have this *precise* same knife) but they honestly don’t bother me. My lock bar sits about 10-20 thou proud when it’s closed but it’s so minimal that it just doesn’t hassle me at all. In my mind, I had already designated this as an “endless edge retention”, light duty knife. Honestly, the dragonfly shouldn’t be used too stoutly anyway just because of what it is…a washerless, linerless, slice machine. If I need some more k390 “oomph”, I’m gonna reach for the endela…oddly, that’s probably the heaviest duty model in the whole lot. I own them all and the endela even out-classes the police in terms of stoutness and belly.
You should get some bronze hardware from bladeswelove it would look so sick
First comment. Keep up the great content, love the videos!
Where did you find dragonfly scales?
Now that it is a few years later, how do you like these scales on your Dragonfly?
They don’t work that well since it doesn’t have any steel liners so it has a good bit of blade wobble
@@Stassa23 Is it noticeably worse than the FRN?
@@chronovore3726mine is worse
@@Stassa23 Thanks. I had considered their CF scales too but not using washers could be a problem. I think the Flytanium scales include a washer upgrade but not sure if I will like the weight increase.
I really want to do this but with the K390 blade swapped into the G10 and steel liners version. I hate the cheap frn handles.
Where do you get Micarta scales?
Search Spyderco Dragonfly Micarta scales on Etsy
How much do the new scales cost ?
I don’t remember off hand but I left a link in the description 👍🏻
I’d buy the blue ones off ya! Hit me up!
The step we didn’t see not sure what you did you already had spring in with clip
What did you use to round off the edges of the scales?
I used a 1500 grit slack belt on my 1x30 belt grinder
@@Stassa23 The scales are definitely much better now!
FRN is stronger and tougher than micarta. Taking a big step backwards in usability here imo. The FRN DF is already kinda weak laterally.
It's more expensive but I think the right way and also the easier way is to buy a G10 DF. Then you get full length SS liners, a SS backspacer that also houses the lockback spring and PB washers. Now you can make scales very easily since they are completely flat and featureless on their backsides. And you end up with a much more substantial knife.
Micarta is plenty strong enough for what type of work I would be doing with such a small knife. I may pick up the Pakkawood version in Hap40 but the G10 version is in VG10 and Spyderco’s VG10 is butter soft , I sharpen my wharny dragonfly in VG10 way to much so now it’s a glorified letter opener for me 👌🏻
@@Stassa23 Sorry, I thought it was implied to swap the K390 blade over to the G10 internals. Now you have the steel and great ergonomic grip to actually get a little more work done. I'm thinking of doing a blackwashed K390 wharncliffe on rit-dyed black G10. Looks sick in my head.
Nobody asked you to do this