What's the "grippiest" handle material?

Buck has a rubber grip on the Alpha 639BK that reminds me of the Pachmayer pistol grips material.
Nice and sticky even with fish slime on it.
It's my EDC.. at the moment...

The grips are rivited on so I couldn't see whether they were made in China or not... like the sheath is :jerkit:
 
While I can't say it's a durable as other materials, I've found (as others have stated) that textured Kraton seems to be the "grippienst" for me.
 
I've found there's no compromise between grippy and comfortable for long durations.

The most grippy stuff ever is skateboard tape -- aka 3M adhesive traction surfacing -- for concrete stairs!

Like other posters have said, it will tear the skin off your hands before it slips, both while dry as well as wet. Ouch.

The next best grippy material is cord wrap, followed closely by the coarse Security G10 as found on Striders. Both will give you nice blisters and/or raw skin after some extended use.
 
Back when Gerber introduced the Mark II Combat Knife the handle was aluminum with a fine mist of stainless steel droplets sprayed on the surface. I think they called this "steel grip". It was as grippy as a medium coarse grit diamond hone.
 
i have a question on G10. i own a spydie manix in g10 and it is great. why is everyone saying "Spyderco G10"?

since this is the only G10 knife i own, i thought that all G10 knives would feel this grippy.

do different companies do G10 differently? so G10 one one knife may not feel the same on another makers knife?

thanks............Bill
 
Ive handled both Spyderco's and Benchmade's g10 and spyderco's g10 was much more grippier to me
 
Sanded/blasted Canvas Micarta. I just can't stand G-10, even with Simonich's grip treatment.
 
bill_G said:
i have a question on G10. i own a spydie manix in g10 and it is great. why is everyone saying "Spyderco G10"?

since this is the only G10 knife i own, i thought that all G10 knives would feel this grippy.

do different companies do G10 differently? so G10 one one knife may not feel the same on another makers knife?

thanks............Bill
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The difference is in how they texture the G10 - some companies leave it a bit more polished (for a slicker feel), and some carve it a bit more deeply (for a sharper, grippier feel).
 
Benchmade's G10 tends to be way too smooth for me. It comes off almost feeling plasticky. It's still tough, and I still like it, but really, there's room for improvement. I'm thinking about buying a 32 morpho though.
 
Resiprene C & Kraton are about equal but Kraton is not nearly as durable. So Resiprene C, Kraton & then G10 would be next...
 
I also really like that "Hypalon" stuff that Gerber used on the handle of the old BMF and LMF knives...That was some "grippy" stuff.:thumbup:.
 
I agree with G10, but I also think that Benchmade's aluminum (like on the 943) is surprisingly grippy.
 
Of the production knives that I have handled, Spyderco's G10 is the best. Nice and grippy, but not so rough that it would rub your hand raw with extended use.
 
But the textured rubber on the Gerber Gator is darned 'grippy'. As grippy as Spyderco G10? I don't know since I've never handled that material.

The canvas micarta that Camillus used on the CUDA CQB is very "grippy" too, and more durable than rubber.

-Bob
 
Yeah, Kraton probably wins the "grippy" contest. Close second for me would be "sandpaper textured" g10, like on the Wegner Pro Hunter.
 
I made some burlap (jute fiber) micarta that was very grippy with a rough finish. I would like to try some sand blasted but have not had a chance to get any done that way yet. Even with a very smooth finish it seemed to be very grippy when wet, even more so then when it was dry. Let me know if you want to try a piece Dan.
 
After years of doing Kali, I like the Kraton handle best because it grabs you back. Losing your knife(dummy) in a sparring session is a bad feeling, your opponent's eyes light up & he proceeds to bore in on you. Most often it happens when you clash. It's happened often enough to me to make the grip the most important element in the knife.
 
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