Oak Scales for Tops Fieldcraft


This stout Fieldcraft knife has been sitting neglected on my workbench for about a year now. I had removed the handle and hardware on a whim about that time, made a serviceable but ultimately unsatisfying wood handle, and then at the same time lost the hardware needed to put the original micarta scales back on.


Somewhere in the middle of all that, an ESEE 3HM found it's way here and that sorta de-prioritized this rebuild for a while. But over this Christmas break, I needed an inside project and this came back to mind.


There's pretty much always 1/4" oak laying around the garage, and the black G10 pins were a cheap pickup off ebay. The G10 is an interesting alternative to the usual brass, nickle, or stainless options for pins, and with wood scales especially, the contrast of colors is eye catching.


It's been a long while since I wrote about a knife build, but it's pretty much the same battery of tools - Harbor Freight 1"x30" belt sander, Harbor Freight drill press, and then lots of sandpaper. This set came out about as good as I'd hoped, so I'm optimist that this is the rebuild that'll stick for me on this knife.


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