Are you satisfied with the quality of Flytanium Scales

J85909266 said:
Yeah, kind of. When in your life has the handle broken on you on a knife with steel liners and plastic scales?

I get that Ti and other metals are a visual and mental upgrade, but is there any actual benefit in use for 99% of quality knives? Especially considering the fact that they negatively affect weight and carry comfort. I get things like the bugout that are almost all flimsy plastic, but a steel lined G10 knife? At that point, it's basically cosmetic.
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Most purchases of scales is for cosmetic reasons......
 
shane45-1911 said:
Not in the winter, and not if your hands are wet and slippery.
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Titanium doesn’t freeze your hand in the winter, and there’s a thing called “engraving” and “sculpting” for the grip, or inlays of micarta. Also, if you’re outside using your knife in temperatures in which brass and copper cause frostbite, you’d have gloves on.
shane45-1911 said:
While I like the looks of metal scales, they are a visual upgrade only.
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Incorrect. Metal scales are tougher, more durable, stronger, and heavier.
 
Pmurt Dlanod said:
Also, if you’re outside using your knife in temperatures in which brass and copper cause frostbite, you’d have gloves on.

Incorrect. Metal scales are tougher, more durable, stronger, and heavier.
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You are making assumptions. Don't do that. I have had to use knives MANY times in sub-zero weather without gloves.

And heavier is not always better.

Tougher/stronger? In what way? Sheer strength? Tensile strength??? Some things break, some things bend. Metal tends to break.

You seem bent and determined to argue with anyone who disagrees with you, so carry on in your ignorance.
 
shane45-1911 said:
You are making assumptions. Don't do that. I have had to use knives MANY times in sub-zero weather without gloves.
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How many people that own knives are using them outdoors in subzero weather without gloves on? That’s going to be a very very small number of people, and with all the knives available with varying types of scales… you would seriously restrict use of titanium because of the possibility there is a few days or weeks a year you might need to use it in sub-zero weather? Cool. I’ll agree that Alaskan fur trappers shouldn’t use a copper knife without gloves on. Agreed?
shane45-1911 said:
And heavier is not always better.
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Sometimes it is.
shane45-1911 said:
Tougher/stronger? In what way? Sheer strength? Tensile strength??? Some things break, some things bend. Metal tends to break.
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Copper, brass, and titanium are harder to break than FRN, grivory, and G10 in the same volume (knife scale swaps). That isn’t even up for debate.
shane45-1911 said:
You seem bent and determined to argue with anyone who disagrees with you, so carry on in your ignorance.
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If you can’t handle someone disagreeing with you, go somewhere where people never do it.
 
I love metal scales for their aesthetics, but for performance, I’m going with a softer, grippier, more lightweight material, like G10 or micarta, so long as they have steel or titanium liners to reinforce them.

Reading all these posts has me thinking that Flytanium won’t be my go to for replacing the scales on my tanto m4 pm2 tho.
 
Grayman1984 said:
I love metal scales for their aesthetics, but for performance, I’m going with a softer, grippier, more lightweight material, like G10 or micarta, so long as they have steel or titanium liners to reinforce them.

Reading all these posts has me thinking that Flytanium won’t be my go to for replacing the scales on my tanto m4 pm2 tho.
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Flytanium scales are amazing. I have two PM2s with them.. an M4 with titanium lotus and an s90v with the marbled carbon fiber. They fit like a glove, and are a significant UPGRADE to the G10 stock scales. The titanium feels like a more capable knife, and the carbon fiber feels more comfortable than the G10.

There is a reason Flytanium is wildly popular. It works.
 
Different tools for different purposes and to each his own.

I prefer the weight with the Ti scales on my Shaman, for the same reasons I like my heavier safety razor over a plastic handled razor as the heavier weight requires less effort on the cut.
 
BillZee said:
Most purchases of scales is for cosmetic reasons......
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...yeah that was the point I was making.

The keyboard warrior was trying to make the argument that they are an objective upgrade regarding durability. I disagree.
 
Grayman1984 said:
I love metal scales for their aesthetics, but for performance, I’m going with a softer, grippier, more lightweight material, like G10 or micarta, so long as they have steel or titanium liners to reinforce them.

Reading all these posts has me thinking that Flytanium won’t be my go to for replacing the scales on my tanto m4 pm2 tho.
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Grayman1984 said:
I love metal scales for their aesthetics, but for performance, I’m going with a softer, grippier, more lightweight material, like G10 or micarta, so long as they have steel or titanium liners to reinforce them.

Reading all these posts has me thinking that Flytanium won’t be my go to for replacing the scales on my tanto m4 pm2 tho.
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Grayman1984 said:
I love metal scales for their aesthetics, but for performance, I’m going with a softer, grippier, more lightweight material, like G10 or micarta, so long as they have steel or titanium liners to reinforce them.

Reading all these posts has me thinking that Flytanium won’t be my go to for replacing the scales on my tanto m4 pm2 tho.
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When Flytanium started I only heard good reviews......
I believe the problem with quality is oversight where they are manufacturing or quality control checking in US.
I know people that had products made overseas. They expected quality issues and would weed out bad items in a US location before shipping to customers.
 
Pmurt Dlanod said:
You still mad about all that? Sheesh. Build a bridge and “get over it”.
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I have their titanium scales on this Spyderco PM2, fit perfectly, no issues, vastly prefer it over the G10 scales they replaced, more comfortable in the ungloved hand when actually doing medium to heavy cutting jobs. Does weigh a bit more but I don't mind.

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Is anybody able to advise how much weight they saved on a Manix 2, by changing from the G10 scales to the Carbon Fiber Flytanium ones?

Thanks,
Cal.
 
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