Got this Craftsman, 72 clone, off "the bay", sent to me for a grand total of $13.23. If my research is correct...there is a good chance this was made in the Camillus factory.
Found these stag scales, reported to be from the recent Queen Cutlery auction, $6 total for the stag.
Here's a trick, when you get down to the fine tuning...of trying to get your new scales to seat all the way down....
1) Rub the bolsters with a pencil
2) Attempt to seat the handle, the pencil will transfer to the bone and allow you to adjust the area that's preventing it from seating.
The stag was about a millimeter too narrow...so the swell center...is a little less swollen now.
The extra pinning, coincidentally ...
...is somewhat reminiscent of a more expensive whittler, out there. Of course this will never be mistaken, for a $400 whittler (ha!)...but at $19.23...I'm keeping this one. It'll get it's "fair share" in the EDC rotation.
