Titanium & Aluminum with some kind of etching for grip , As for Liam and his certain set of skills any fix blade that holds a sharp edge / Another sunny day here / Peace
Another great episode, Guys! Really interesting to see how others rank handle material vs. how I would rank them. I actually basically agree with your rankings and I'm glad you mentioned perception because that's probably my secondary driver for knife purchases after ergonomics. I've absolutely passed up on some community favorites because the materials-to-price ratio was just not there (AUS-10 and FRN for $150? nah). Appreciate you all taking the time to put these together, have a great week!
I've always liked the aesthetics of brass and copper but the feel of G10 and micarta. I imagine Liam Neeson would be carrying an OTF. A blacked out Micro Tech. 🤙
I put CF as S for gentlemen carry and micarta at S for EDC. The Spyderco Chaparral is my knife that doesn’t get enough love. I love a lockback. I could see Liam with a Benchmade Barrage
The Native 5 is my favorite knife ever. Then the Inkosi. The N5 is not more beautiful or classy or even slicy but the continuous curve on the back and the ergos (LW or even my new S90V fluted carbon fiber
I am SHOCKED y’all put FRN so high! 😂 I literally sold my para 3 LW, manix 2 LW, griptilian, and bugout because the handles felt so cheap. But to each their own I guess. I also am not a huge fan of most micartas. I will say I am glad Everett is with me on the ZT 0990! Was exactly what I was thinking! 😉
Love the Native 5 LW! so many different steel choices. Also I think the UKPK is great knife even though it doesn't lock. I just grabbed the Salt version from you guys and it is amazing.
Gotta say that the Para 3 in S90V’s Carbon Fiber is fantastic and certainly better than the G10 or FRN that Spyderco uses on their standard and LW Para 3’s
I'm sorry but you guys didn't consider wood the same way I do. It's an organic material with a lot of variety. I special piece of wood with color and grain can be stunning. Maybe not the first choice for a tactical knife, but for showing off a beautiful design....a beautiful piece of wood can take a knife over the top.
Micarta is one of the things that a lot of people like and I really dislike. So that is pretty interesting. I haven't seen the taken movies but I will say Tops Street Scalpel 2.0.
Love the content. Always excited to watch the new episode. I think Titanium is an S material. Liam Neeson would rock like a gentlemen's karambit if there was one. He's always slaying close combat but like a more modern style of Steven Segal.
What about brass and copper? A little high on the micarta, probably a solid A but not an S. FRN and G10 should be reversed. Ti and Brass would be at the top of my list.
No pocket dump? For shame. LOL! Handle material never really mattered to me all that much as long as it was up to the job of being a durable handle material. I don't think I have anything with Terotuf so I have no opinion at all. Most of my carry knives lately are titanium but it's because I like the knife designs more than the material matters. I'll add with aluminum though, because it shows wear, there is something about a well used/worn looking knife. Not pre-distressed like I've seen some do but the character it gets as I use it. Sebenzas do the same as my small plain Sebenza looks like it's been dragged behind a car from all the use and carry. I'm actually wearing the DLC off the handles of a Ti knife from all the carry. Most I prefer a pristine look as I think most do, but there is something to the look of a well loved tool.
Do you guys know if al-7063 with hardcoat ano is ever used in knives? It’s a material that very modern yoyos are using, because it’s amazingly strong, scratch proof and light. It has almost all the upsides of titanium but with much deeper ano colours, and a lot lower cost. As far as I know, most knives use al-6061, which is ok, but scratches like crazy and is pretty soft. Pretty new to the knife world and haven’t found anything about this yet.
I don't really have any criticism for the material ranking list because I haven't handled some of them. But my favorite ones are probably brass, micarta, and G-10 (in no particular order)
i have no real experience with FRN other than picking one up and immediately not liking the feel. It feels cheap and flimsy. I like older school handle materials. aluminum is great for EDC. Getting marred up is just part of getting carried.
Expertly milled textured titanium ftw all day erryday. Particularly like jigged bone Ti & the WKRMN SEIGAIHA milled patterns. I would have to agree with another commenter that Liam would just take another attackers blade & use it against them...eazy peazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Add me to the list of people with the spyderco grievances the manix 2 lw pins and frn para3, I'm Ok with it on some models like the delica or dragonfly
S: Titanium and Carbon Fiber A: Aluminum B: G10, Micarta and Terotuf C: CF-Elite D: Brass/Copper E: FRN/FRCP F: Wood, bone and stainless steel (only 100+ year olds will be butthurt). Spyderco Canis Liam Neeson would carry a Socom Elite Tanto, lmao. Awesome video, guys. Hopefully Riley will change his mind on FRN one of these days.
E/R/E ... nice Friday late lunch break, thanks. Handle rankings were pretty good for most folders, but I do think a large fixed blade looks mighty fine with natural/parque wood and/or stag/bone handles. Liam N ... Spartan Harsey Dagger S45VN black.on.black like on REC New Arrivals (sorry, a little drool). Seems like not much respect for the Spyderco Police or the Resilience but I like both.
