Let's see some carbon fiber

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Nfd538 said:
SaintZe, where do I get those CF grip scales?
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Igorded. He's got his own thread in the Custom Shop. He stocks a few designs in his shop, if you want something different you can shoot him an email and he'll machine them for you. The set of scales I ordered are Anso style CF with orange G10 liners, cut 4mm longer than stock mini-grip scales, in order to facilitate a better grip.
 
For years, I've wanted a CF handled knife, but never found the right one... then this guy came along. It's a perfect application of CF, in my opinion. I don't want a thick, heavily-contoured handle, or full liners, or anything like that. I want CF to keep things light, thin, and simple. With the 940-1, they take advantage of CF's rigidity and skip the full liners, the scales are flat enough to be essentially ignored in the pocket, but comfortable enough in-hand, and most of all, it's LIGHT! It is actually lighter than a lot of similar non-CF knives, which is surprisingly hard to find. When I looked into CF for EDC awhile back, I kept coming to the conclusion that I could just get a slightly smaller knife for the same weight and a lot less money. But what I find appealing about the 940-1, is that it weighs the same as a lot of those smaller knives.. If I want a knife lighter than 2.4oz, I would need to really drop down in size, get used to plasticy handles, or really up the price.

I know a lot of you guys have had 940's, and some here aren't big on Benchmade, but.... this knife just appeals to me. Simply put, it's my idea of smart CF integration.

 
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Here's a few of mine. G10 just does not ring my bells like it used to. And some very cool things are being done with cf combinations and combined material.

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