Aluminum Handled Knives?

The CRKT Foresight has aluminum handles. It's a well made, durable, and reasonably priced knife.

Also love my ZT801 and Benchmade Subrosa but they both have titanium handles.
 
How about knives we would like to see offered in Alum.
Spyderco Endura.
Benchmade minigrip.
 
This is my Benchmade 720. I too appreciate the way aluminum scales feel in your hand. Very substantial.



I used glass media to remove the black coating. Then acid / stone washed the scales. I love it.
 
Lionsteel Kur Metamorphosis.

A bit slippery but I can't help loving the color change.

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The Zero Tolerance 0770 used to be made with aluminum scales. I think you can still buy new ones with blue anodized scales.
 
Another one for the ZT 0770 Great knife I sold mine just a few weeks ago on the exchange to help fund another Sebenza. They are still available new and you see them pop up ever so often on the exchange. This was mine.

 
I love my 13 Ultratechs, my 4 kershaws, my Infidel and pagan, my LUDT and DOC kill switch. Ummm and soon to be and very desired AFO 2 in black with a tanto shape
 
Stedemon makes some versions of the Sly knife that use aluminium handles. Then there is the Benchmade 940 and Lionsteel Sr1a
 
Aluminum is probably my least favorite handle material. I don't like how it wears and gets some pretty serious dings that probably wouldn't even leave a mark on a Ti knife. Also don't like how cold they can get and it just feels cheap to me for some reason. I'm a bit of a steel snob which usually means higher end knives and I just can't spend a lot on aluminum.

All that said, a Kershaw RAM is still one of my favorite knives and is effortless to flip. I wish makers would take notice of how good flippers are that use spring pressure to hold a blade closed instead of a detent that requires perfect 'tuning' and don't allow very consistent flipping action from knife to knife (IME at least). My RAM also seems to have gotten an amazing heat treat and holds an edge as good as some of the more popular high alloy steels. The bigger brother ZT (?) MUDD is another al handle I really wish I still had. Unfortunately both were discontinued some time ago and very hard to find. Also unfortunately, a waist high drop bent my RAM enough that the blade would no longer open. After a long time I got fed up and pulled it open and did some shade tree machining and got it working but another example of why I'm not a fan of the softer aluminum.

That brings me to my final recommendation which I'm really torn on. And that is the Benchmade 490 Amicus. I love the design and the real thin blade stock in S90V. Don't like the aluminum. Had finally gotten past the aluminum but then saw the non traditional construction that I don't think I like. I love the AXIS lock! Wish it was the required lock on all folding knives. But it's an assisted AXIS lock which means you can't just flip the knife closed and it approaches almost needing 2 hands to close which takes away the fun factor. But it's still a really strong well engineered lock.

Anyways...I'm sure there are some good aluminum handle knives but this is what I'm currently familiar with.

If you told us what you were planning on using it for, a price range, and a preferred size, I'm sure you would get a lot more suggestions and probably hassled a bit less.

Good luck finding your next beer can knife!
 
Aside from the usual Kershaw models that always garner the lion's share of attention, I'd like to offer up the Kershaw SpeedSafe siblings, the Dash and the Hype, as examples of aluminum-handled knives that are done right. As I mentioned in another thread, I bought multiples of both models as stocking stuffers, and was genuinely impressed with the fit and finish that fully equaled anything Kai markets under its Zero Tolerance label. Blade centering, as just one detail, was dead-on perfect on all eight samples, which to me is remarkable for American made production knives with no premium or luxury pretentions.
 
Kizer nomad with a nice trailing point and ti handle.
Spyderco Sage 2 with ti handles
I used to like stainless (still do) but the weight became a turnoff quickly if spending much over$50. Kershaws and byrd knives are some of the few I have had and would get again in ss scaled though the ss dragonfly looks nice to me even though the dragonfly in general isn't a favorite of mine due to it's awkwardness in hand for me.
I enjoy the tactile feel of metal though for hard use the lack of grip on most metal blades leaves a lot ot be desired. It give me an excuse to carry multiple knives though.
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My Pro-Tech Runt has aluminum handles, which makes for a nice & light knife.
 
The handle of the original version of my current favorite curved tanto style blade, the Stedemon Shy, is aluminum:

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The handle on my SwissArmy is aluminum I think. It's a good solid handle.
 
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