someone please tell me what the s110v manix handle made of

[Surfingringo]

I thought I had this figured out. I thought the regular lightweight manix had a frcp handle and the new s110v manix had frn. I thought i remembered this being discussed and clarified. I just read a post by Taz confirming that all manix lw handles (including the s110v) are made of frcp. Is this the case? I know you just said it Kristi, so sorry for doubting you...no disrespect intended, but I've heard the story flip flop so many times now I'm not sure what to believe anymore.

[RadioactiveSpyder]

I just checked my Edge-u-Cation sheet (or whatever it's called these days) and it does say FRCP. So, as the main purveyor of this disinformation, I stand firmly corrected. Thanks Kristi for clearing this up, I guess it's good the typo on the website is now fixed. Cheers, Radioactive :)

[Surfingringo]

Fair enough. I always thought just from the look and feel of it that they had switched to frn. Several of the big online knife dealers still have it mistakenly listed as frn.

[RadioactiveSpyder]

It sure feels like FRN to me, but I defer to the experts ! I also noticed that nearly all vendors say it's FRN but that may be due to the typo on the Spyderco website that apparently only got corrected today :).

[Evil D]

It's made out of awesomeness.

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[bearfacedkiller]

hmmm.. I swear Sal said is was frn? I don't know? It doesn't matter to me that much.

[Brock O Lee]

Lol!

I also understood the S110V was FRN, catalog says FRCP...
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Doesn't really matter to me either way to be honest.

[ABX2011]

I have both the BD1 and the 110V Manix and the handle material is indistinguishable to me.

[Ankerson]

I thought I had this figured out. I thought the regular lightweight manix had a frcp handle and the new s110v manix had frn. I thought i remembered this being discussed and clarified. I just read a post by Taz confirming that all manix lw handles (including the s110v) are made of frcp. Is this the case? I know you just said it Kristi, so sorry for doubting you...no disrespect intended, but I've heard the story flip flop so many times now I'm not sure what to believe anymore.

Kristi said it's FRCP. :spyder:

So I will go with that.

All I know is that it's dark blue and really light weight, feels like air in hand. :D

[Johnnie1801]

All I know is that it's dark blue and really light weight, feels like air in hand. :D

81 grams :D

[kennethsime]

I wonder why all the Manix Lightweights are FRCP while the Native LW is FRN? *ocd tick*

I've been using FRN as a more-familiar shortcut than FRCP, and if others are doing the same I could see this being the cause of much confusion.

[Jazz]

If I knew it was FRCP, I wouldn't have bought one.

[Evil D]

If I knew it was FRCP, I wouldn't have bought one.

I would have been hesitant, but it is funny that all this time I've thought it was FRN and I've been happy with it, and have used as I would have any other FRN knife with no hesitation and have had no difference in performance, so perhaps it's all in my (our) head.

[Jazz]

Could be, but I've dropped and beaten on FRN, and seen pics of FRCP dropped and chipped; the FRN seems way tougher. I won't buy any more. That's just me. I love FRN. If the S110V Manix wasn't a sprint, I'd probably beat the crap out of it "for science".

[Evil D]

Could be, but I've dropped and beaten on FRN, and seen pics of FRCP dropped and chipped; the FRN seems way tougher. I won't buy any more. That's just me. I love FRN. If the S110V Manix wasn't a sprint, I'd probably beat the crap out of it "for science".

FYI, it's not a sprint....standard production....beat away, for science :D

[Jazz]

Hmmm...

[Evil D]

Not gonna lie, I'm sort of secretly hoping I can break the handle on mine so I have a good reason to swap the blade into a G10 handle LOL.

[Liquid Cobra]

Could be, but I've dropped and beaten on FRN, and seen pics of FRCP dropped and chipped; the FRN seems way tougher. I won't buy any more. That's just me. I love FRN. If the S110V Manix wasn't a sprint, I'd probably beat the crap out of it "for science".

FYI, it's not a sprint....standard production....beat away, for science :D

..and the truth will set you free! That's awesome.

[SpyderNut]

Not gonna lie, I'm sort of secretly hoping I can break the handle on mine so I have a good reason to swap the blade into a G10 handle LOL.

That would be pretty awesome. What color G-10 would you consider? I am a little surprised more folks haven't already done this.

[Evil D]

Not gonna lie, I'm sort of secretly hoping I can break the handle on mine so I have a good reason to swap the blade into a G10 handle LOL.

That would be pretty awesome. What color G-10 would you consider? I am a little surprised more folks haven't already done this.

Well I still have the dream of custom making a solid G10 version with no liners (well, with those little 8 shaped liners), but I don't have the tools necessary of making it happen and I haven't found a custom maker who's willing to try. So, if I swapped just the blade into another standard G10 Manix 2, I'd probably just go with regular black and then later maybe look for custom scales for it.