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Pictures of heavily worn gfn handles?
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Basically FRN,
Look at some of the pictures here on BladeForum in the Spyderco forum, or even post there and ask too.
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Can also look over in the actual Spyderco Forum itself, as there is plenty of pics and info there too.
So here's what i actually wanted to know.
I have been collecting mainly traditional knives with traditional handle materials for years. A new job prompted me to look into some more modern knives and i found the new ish buck 112 slim knives with gfn handles. My first thought was that "plastic handles won't last long" but i tried to find pictures of worn out ones and can't. Everything I've read suggests that material will probably outlast the rest of the knife and possibly still look new 20 years later. I was just curious. So any worn looking gfn would be interesting to me.
Those thing usually break under high stress rather than worn off as they are very wear resistant.
When they have a support structure behind them, like liner or spacer, it reduces the flex and gives it an even higher stress threshold.
In the military here, the bayonet's handle is made of FRN from year 2000. Each bayonet have passed years of use, through several soldiers issued with it. The blades are worn, the handle only got slight discoloration. Even if they broke, I never heard of breaking at the handle and we rarely use bayonet to cut. It is the same bayonet used by some Nato forces.
When they have a support structure behind them, like liner or spacer, it reduces the flex and gives it an even higher stress threshold.
In the military here, the bayonet's handle is made of FRN from year 2000. Each bayonet have passed years of use, through several soldiers issued with it. The blades are worn, the handle only got slight discoloration. Even if they broke, I never heard of breaking at the handle and we rarely use bayonet to cut. It is the same bayonet used by some Nato forces.
In my new position, armored transport, the gun i have to carry makes it hard to fish my usual knife out of my pocket, so a clip helps. But the knife is not subject to any more extreme use than cutting a cardboard box or a bit of rope occasionally. I am sure the buck 112 will last under the very mild use i actually put it through. I was just curious. Thanks guys
Couple older users with frn/gfn handles. The Kabar was new around 2005-6ish and the Buck Vantage around 2011, the Spyderco Tasman salt 2017, and the Griptilian was already slightly used when I got it around 2017 too.. These all saw lots of carry time and work use in their day. Id say frn will smooth and wear around the edges and hard corners and it will scratch and gouge pretty easily but seems pretty indestructible overall. The worst damage was on the end by the pocket clips from opening beer bottles lol
OK, so they do show that they've been used though. I was wondering. Thanks for the pictures!
Many people have well worn SAK smooth Cellidor scale and hold up well. This is my nearly 10 years old nylon SAK, staying by my side all the time the only knife that I truly carry every day, from my day working as machinist to construction. Supposed to be the economic line from Victorinox, but they are much more durable.
The knife is thin, but not a flimsy at all. It designed and marketed by Cold Steel and Demko, well know for making very tough pocket design, here a video of them playing with it and an FRN Benchmade:
G10 is absolutely stronger, but FRN is far from being weak. Though, I don't recommend to get this knife anymore since Cold Steel is sold to a "not great corporation" and Demko works on his own company now. Buck is always good to go, hard to go wrong.
I bought a Leatherman nylon sheath with extra pocket, and put it together like this. The multi-tool sit much deeper in the sheath, because it is a medium tool in a large sheath, mostly to accommodate the knife, which is is the size of the Buck 110. If I use a smaller knife, like a Buck 112, a medium sheath can host the Leatherman still. Very easy to access either tool from the belt, even when carrying a MG.
I can feel that. I have this set up, which work very well to carry multi-tool and dedicated knife. Here are my Leatherman and a G10 scale knife with no liner, similar to the Buck Slim.
The knife is thin, but not a flimsy at all. It designed and marketed by Cold Steel and Demko, well know for making very tough pocket design, here a video of them playing with it and an FRN Benchmade:
I bought a Leatherman nylon sheath with extra pocket, and put it together like this. The multi-tool sit much deeper in the sheath, because it is a medium tool in a large sheath, mostly to accommodate the knife, which is is the size of the Buck 110. If I use a smaller knife, like a Buck 112, a medium sheath can host the Leatherman still. Very easy to access either tool from the belt, even when carrying a MG.