Ok, better late than never haha! First pic, the Stoner CNC grips. Pretty darn happy here!
I really like the tank tread milling on the orange one! I’ll be ordering all my future grips this way if possible. I would love to see red/black in the tank tread pattern!
Here with a couple other mules, both Halpern grips. The black being factory Spyderco black textured, the others I bought directly from Halpern some years ago, and hand-smoothed them myself. Have some blue/black hand-smoothed ones kicking around somewhere too.
Here are a couple spine shots to try and convey the different contouring. First pic is centered between the middle two knives. Second pic is centered between the right two knives, trying to capture the difference between the Halpern (black) and the Stoner (orange).
The Halpern scales are only contoured longitudinally, from edge to spine, in an oval cross-section. From tip to butt, they have a perfectly flat profile. They’re much thinner at the edge and spine, and fuller in the middle.
However, the Stoner grips are sort of opposite. From edge to spine, they’re pretty square (with rounded corners), with only mild longitudinal contouring, which makes them more hand filling. This makes them thicker along the spine where you generally put the most pressure when pushing the edge through something. Having large hands, I
really like this! They have some mild contouring from tip to butt, with a palm swell in the middle. The thinnest part is where the screws go through the scales.
One other nice little detail, a hidden lanyard cutout at the butt:
Finally, the sheaths…
Another home run! Kudos
S
StonerCNC
, I’ve never seen a machined Kydex sheath so well executed!
Retention is great! And it is a svelte pancake, very slim and trim. Nothing extra here!
Overall, I am VERY impressed! I’ll definitely be ordering more of these in the future.
If I had to give any feedback on these scales, I’d like to see a little more (deeper) contouring. You can see on the OD green/black that’s it’s ~3 layers deep from the palm swell to the screws. I’d like to see it 5 or 6 layers deep, but I’d want the scales a touch thicker by this amount instead of thinner at the screws.
