CFMicarta vs G10

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I was wanting to get some scales for my M4 grip. I was thinking of some cuscadi scales. There were two I was thinking of. One had G10 scales and one has Cf micarta scales. What's the difference between the two material.
 
What's CFMicarta. Was if Micarta with a CF inlay, or did you mean Canvas Micarta.

Micarta grips better(esp when wet), and is lighter. My favorite material. I'm not a fan of G10 on a fixed blade, but don't mind it on some folders.
If given the choice I go with micarta, but G10 gives you better color if that matters to you. G10 is also a little tougher, but either is plenty tough enough.
 
G10
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Canvas Micarta
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Carbon Fiber
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As far as I know there's no carbon fiber micarta combo. Unless it was one with an inlay of the other. I like the canvas micarta the most. Seems to have the nicest texture. However g10 seems harder and more solid and you get the most color options by far. The carbon fiber is much too smooth. However I'd take any of them over stock plastic.
 
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I thought I did butmy phone says that the page doesn't exist anymore every time I try to go to it. My phones been having trouble. And I'm where wifi doesn't exist so I can't use my computer
 
I'm talking about the "optimal" cuscadi scales for the fullsize grip. The site says that they're CF micarta scales.
 
This is contoured, bead blasted cf micarta from cuscadi:
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CF micarta is a layered composite similar to g10 but with additional layers if very tight weave cf. Its basically a cross between g10 and cf. It is smoother feeling than g10, but looks nicer in my opinion. Other properties should be similar.
 
I have Cuscadi CF/Micarta on a Delica and it is indeed smoother with almost a soft feel. Pretty interesting material and worth a try.

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