Spyderco G10 Smoothing?

Grampa

Grampa

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My preferred carry of single handed openers is IWB. I find the rough surface of the G10 Spyderco uses grabs and hangs up when I try to pull, say, their Military or Para Military out.

Has anyone modded the G10 so it's smoother, maybe more like the G10 on the Benchmade 70? Would doing this nix the warrantee? Any advice on how to go about sanding down the G10?

Any comments from Sal? :D
 
You might want to practice the art of "sucking it in , while pulling it out". :D
 
The G-10 will smooth itself out after a little bit. I don't know how new your knife is, but give it a bit of time and it'll get better. You can always try taking some very very fine sandpaper to it, but be careful since it is G-10 and you don't want that dust in your lungs. Also, try rubbing some cardboard on it, it might take the "bite" out of it.
 
Grampa-

I like IWB carry more for smooth handles, such as stainless or micarta (stainless is also a lot thinner--I need to lose weight) :). My suggestion would be to change your draw technique, no matter were you clipit:

Put your thumb on top of the waistband or pocket just in front of the knife, and use your first and 2nd (or 2nd and 3rd) fingers to push the knife up far enough to disengage the clip. As you're moving your fingers up, position them to grab the knife as it falls back into your hand. You'll be in good position to open it, especially if you're carrying tip up.

Pulling the part of the knife that's protruding above the clip is going to be a difficult way to draw, especially with G10, and especially IWB. You can do this if you carry tip down (military), but try to reach in far enough to grab the spydie hole between your thumb and first finger, then open using gravity drop.

I usually carry an Endura SE SS IWB at about 3:30 IWB, and just drop my Military in my RF pocket tip down. It's long enough to be able to reach in and grab it by the hole to get it out and open it quickly. The Endura stainless is almost as long as the Military, but much heavier; however, it's so thin that I hardly ever feel it IWB, and the clip is mostly covered by a wide belt. (Tip up is the only way to go with this one for me--it puts the clip in position underneath my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers so I can get enough leverage to open it without the SS slipperiness).

It might be more comfy just to carry a Military or Para clipped in your back pocket, and try some stainless model for IWB.
 
I also prefer SS or Micarta for IWB carry. The G-10 can be smoothed by wet-sanding with a fine wet-or-dry sandpaper. Me being me, I'd do my sanding with the knife submerged to avoid any possibility of breathing in G-10 dust, but I admit that is a bit paranoid. After all, paranoid people have enemies too.;)
 
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