I would love some scales like these on my delica. Though there are 2 changes I'd make if I could:
1) I'd prefer the lanyard hole to be closer to the bottom and/or spine of the knife.
2) I'd echo 50an6xy06r6n's sentiment about the choil resembling the PM2 choil a little more.
Are you planning to go ahead and make some of these? If so, when?
OK... the loose resemblance to the Para2 is a forced compromise due to the profile interaction with the nested liner of the Delica and the requirement to maintain the spine profile of the Delica all the way from the blade to the end of the back lock bar. The choil cusp was a best effort to create a knife heel entry angle at the scale without the need to modify the stainless liners. Going with a choil profile more like the Para2 would cause the cusp or concavity of the choil profile to intersect the nested liner. I cheated the profile as much as I could and the resulting wall thickness at the closest juxtaposition to the non modified liner is quite thin. There just isn't any 'meat' at that point for additional profile modification.
If individuals were amenable to some grinding of their stainless liners it would allow for a more exacting Para2 (reduced) profile to be employed.
The first CAD image is the Delica blade and liner with an overlay of a reduced Para 2. You can see the choil does not intersect well with the blade heel. Also note the red nose of the liner protruding. Liner grinding will be required to fit a nested pocket.
The second CAD image shows an aqua colored modified Para 2 profile with the choil massaged a bit to a better conformation with the blade heel. The black dotted line is the original profile. The red dotted line would be a grind line for the stainless liner.
The third CAD image shows the resulting scale profile and the modified liner profile.
The last CAD image shows the resulting solid scale profile which is more closely related to the Para 2. To my eye... the modifications to the head and choil region make the belly and heel of the scale look fat. Those could be brought in slightly for aesthetics.
To address the lanyard hole location... it is a product of the Delica pocket clip design. The OEM location could certainly be abandoned and the hole moved to the upper heel region to just miss the liner. The original pocket clip would still have the lanyard hole and you would see the G10 through the hole.
A wire clip MOD could easily be ported over to the design for those wanting that.
Casey Lynch's Ti scales are a fantastic Delica treatment! He accomplished virtually the same design outcome by eliminating the liners completely.
I started out with my efforts to come as close as I could to a Para 2 without the necessity to make alterations to the Delica hardware. A simple scale swap for a major appearance change. However... for those having the abilities... this design requiring liner modifications is absolutely doable on my end.
