Replacement Scales for Buck Ranger 112 ?

[airborne09]

Hello All ,
I have a Buck Ranger 112 knife (folder) and I removed the original scales with the intention of replacing them with something a little more quality , buffalo horn , bone or whatever . Anyone know of a supplier or even maybe a forum member on here who can either supply scales or even fit them for me ? Preferably from UK or Europe .
Thanks

 

[C_Claycomb]

Since the scales are not designed to be removable, I do not think you will find any supplier of pre-made scales. If you are just looking for some thin and flat stabilised wood that you would cut to size and fit, I am sure someone could sort you out.

There are a number of good threads on Bladeforums about replacing scales.

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Replacing thw wood scales on a 112 Ranger ?

Hello All , Can any forum member point me in the right direction for a Tutorial that shows how to remove and replace the wood scales from a 112 Ranger knife please . I assume once you have removed the old scales you can either replace the brass rivets or epoxy some new scales in place ? Thanks Mike

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[airborne09]

Thanks for your reply C_Claycomb

 

[C_Claycomb]

What are your thoughts on stabilised wood? I know some knife collectors don't like wood at all, would rather have Micarta on fixed blades than any kind of wood.
There are a few places that sell stabilised knife handle materials, like

Handles & Scales | Moonraker Knives

Handles & Scales

www.moonrakerknives.co.uk

A block of such wood might be more than you want to pay.

I have some odd shaped blocks of curly redwood and silver birch burr that I could slice some scales off if you wanted to give it a try yourself. I am a bit leery about offering to do the job myself, mostly because I should be spending my time on some other projects...I don't need more excuses to procrastinate!

 

[Stew]

What pins are going through the handle currently?

Pictures might be useful.

 

[airborne09]

What are your thoughts on stabilised wood? I know some knife collectors don't like wood at all, would rather have Micarta on fixed blades than any kind of wood.
There are a few places that sell stabilised knife handle materials, like

Handles & Scales | Moonraker Knives

Handles & Scales

www.moonrakerknives.co.uk

A block of such wood might be more than you want to pay.

I have some odd shaped blocks of curly redwood and silver birch burr that I could slice some scales off if you wanted to give it a try yourself. I am a bit leery about offering to do the job myself, mostly because I should be spending my time on some other projects...I don't need more excuses to procrastinate!

I am really sorry for the late reply to your kind offer but medical problems got in the way and it is only now that I am starting this project with a nice set of olive wood scales .
Thanks again