Carbon fiber spydies

The polished surface is smooth, kinda like a varnished table surface. It's not as slippery as say the Gorilla glass panels on smartphones though.
 
It's Slick.

Oh, And Out Of Those You Listed.. CHOKWE!!!! Get The Chokwe. I'm Telling You. It Looks Different, It Is Different, And It's AMAZING. It's Beautiful Wonderful Great Ergos And Excellent Materials. Just Got Mine In Today And It's My New Favorite.
 
awesome! yeah the chokwe looks really different but nice, let me know how you like it after you have used it for a bit to see if its still your favorite!
 
!@#$. Now this thread is making me want to go buy a Chokwe. Hadn't even been on my radar up to this point.
 
Chokwe is probably the smoothest opening knife I own apart from the CRKs, Hinderer or knives with a ball bearing pivot system. For a regular production knife, it's amazing.
 
It looks like Spyderco has a type of carbon fiber that looks like G-10. ? I'm sure the texture is not the same, but it looks just like it on some of those models.
 
komondor said:
It looks like Spyderco has a type of carbon fiber that looks like G-10. ? I'm sure the texture is not the same, but it looks just like it on some of those models.
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That's Peel-Ply Carbon-Fiber and the surface texture is almost exactly the same as their G10.
 
EZ Bake said:
komondor said:
It looks like Spyderco has a type of carbon fiber that looks like G-10. ? I'm sure the texture is not the same, but it looks just like it on some of those models.
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That's Peel-Ply Carbon-Fiber and the surface texture is almost exactly the same as their G10.
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Better really. For one thing, you can still see the CF pattern, although it's not as obvious as on the other styles. Plus, the resin used on the peel ply CF seems to stand up better to use than that on their G-10, so the texture doesn't smooth out with use. They also use two different pattern of peel-ply CF. The stuff on the US made knives has a checkerboard pattern, while that on the Japanese models has what I'd call a herringbone pattern.
 
Don't forget the CF Terzuola! :)

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stickymeat said:
isnt the sage 1 a peel ply cf?
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No, it's not. It, and the rest of the CF handled knives made in Taiwan like the Chaparral and Terzuola SlipIt, have a surface texture that could best be described as basket weave. Looks kind of like a bulky knit sweater would look. Doesn't provide quite as much traction as peel-ply but provides a good be more than matte or glossy CF and, IMHO looks as good or better than glossy CF.
 
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