Anyone else hate G10?

[razorburn]

No,I have to disagree.It is one of my favorite handle materials.It's stable,resistance to chemicals and is as strong as steel.

Yes,I do agree it gets kind of boring when it's aways flat.

 

[dryflytrout]

I don't hate it. Flat slabs do get boring though. What doesn't get boring is a piece of Ti or Al in your hand on a -3 degree day.

 

[aboynamedsue]

I love mine on the Half Track.

 

[marrenmiller]

I don't like anything that isn't CF or G10, personally. Can't imagine why someone would want bone or wood for a handle.

 

[Wowbagger]

I'm with those who say there are too many flat slab sided knives and that sculpted G-10 with some texture is awesome / practical / desirable.

My exceptions for sure, for me, are the highly textured but flat Contego and the Holdout I .
I've come to realize that for me I like a great deal of texture / grip on my scales and I swear if someone chopped up goat head thorns and mixed it into some epoxy and turned it into sculpted scales like a Griptillian or a Ti Lite I would probably buy it (and maybe a back up). My point is I have yet to experience a knife with too much texture and I do not understand the attraction of late and in the past to slick polished knife handles. They might look good for the magazine photos but . . .

I prefer the serious texture of these.
Sorry about the weird photos. It was late at night and I couldn't get the light so I whackadoodled it.


I love these knives in spite of the slick handles. Doesn't mean they couldn't be improved with a riffling file or some skateboard tape.
That carbon fiber HAP-40 Delica on the right looks like it has texture but if I could learn to buy a camera and take a photo you would see that it is as smooth as polished clear epoxy; which is what it is.

 

[whp]

Sorry man, but I love the stuff. Light and strong, tough stuff

Agree.
And it is so strong that a nice piece of g10 doesn't t need a liner to be plenty strong for my work.

 

[whp]

I'm with those who say there are too many flat slab sided knives and that sculpted G-10 with some texture is awesome / practical / desirable.

My exceptions for sure, for me, are the highly textured but flat Contego and the Holdout I .
I've come to realize that for me I like a great deal of texture / grip on my scales and I swear if someone chopped up goat head thorns and mixed it into some epoxy and turned it into sculpted scales like a Griptillian or a Ti Lite I would probably buy it (and maybe a back up). My point is I have yet to experience a knife with too much texture and I do not understand the attraction of late and in the past to slick polished knife handles. They might look good for the magazine photos but . . .

I prefer the serious texture of these.
Sorry about the weird photos. It was late at night and I couldn't get the light so I whackadoodled it.
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I love these knives in spite of the slick handles. Doesn't mean they couldn't be improved with a riffling file or some skateboard tape.
That carbon fiber HAP-40 Delica on the right looks like it has texture but if I could learn to buy a camera and take a photo you would see that it is as smooth as polished clear epoxy; which is what it is.
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If you like serious texture, you probably like the g10 handles of the Recon 1. Now that s my idea of a WORKING MAN S KNIFE.

 

[22-rimfire]

If I want a serious using knife, micarta and G10 are at the top of the list for fixed blades. I prefer jigged bone on my slip joints if I have a choice. Don't care for metal handles overall. But have one that I really like.

I'm bored with carbon fiber.

Handle material preferences change over time as do knives in general. Keeps us buying knives!

 

[blanex1]

I once never cared about it ! until i had to replace my jeans all the time because of pocket time, I much rather have titanium scales on my pocket knifes and there clips and carbon fiber scales on both or single side also works foe me.

 

[herisson]

I see no reason to hate G10. It's a modern prime material that does best at everything required of it. Hooked up on looks ? Get stag, ebony, cocobolo, jigged bone or walnut... The list is endless. I'm into it...

 

[Chronovore]

I once never cared about it ! until i had to replace my jeans all the time because of pocket time, I much rather have titanium scales on my pocket knifes and there clips and carbon fiber scales on both or single side also works foe me.

This probably has more to do with texture and clip design than it does scale material. G10 can have all sorts of textures, from ludicrously course to very fine. Regardless of material, any time you've got either a course texture or an aggressive milling feature pressed against a clip, it's gonna be murder on your pocket.

I've really been impressed by the diversity in finishes I've seen on G10. Even in the $20 range, knives can have very comfortable handles with sculpted/milled G10. Besides different textures, I often see it done with a directional grain pattern. Combining a grain pattern running mostly parallel with the scale length and an ergonomic scale shape; you get something attractive, reasonably grippy but still comfortable, and easy on a pocket.