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catamount wrote: If I could ban smooth CF from all future :spyder: s, I would

+1 but bring back micarta I say!

sal wrote:My current thought is a gray peel-ply G-10.

sal

That sounds great Sal.

J

CARBON FIBER. The same stuff as on the Para sprint!

Figured I would bring this thread back to keep the idea alive.

Personally, I think with the steel being Super Blue a blue handle should be used. Micarta is of course my first choice. Royal blue G10 would be my second. If CF was to be used something like what Donut found would work great.

I know it would probably not happen and would drive the cost way up, but a contoured blue black polished G10 used on the Bark River would be beautiful on a Caly 3.5


DM

I agree and I think I posted something similar, but I think Sal has posted otherwise. :)

catamount wrote:If I could ban smooth CF from all future :spyder: s, I would

+1

DMgangl wrote: Personally, I think with the steel being Super Blue a blue handle should be used. Micarta is of course my first choice.


DM

Absolutely love this micarta. I am in for caly3.5 with this handle material.
BTW, what model is this? "GUNNY" RIVER ?

I do like carbon fiber, but vote to go G-10 on this one. Darker Blue would be my first choice, not super crazy about the gray unless it is darker than what I've seen before. Orange would be pretty cool. That color has grown on my with my urban.

One great thing about gray G-10 is that it is easy to dye blue.

Those scales look really nice. I don't know if spyderco does micarta in anything other than smooth, so that's something to think about. A lot of people seem to complain a lot about smooth scales.

It will be gray G-10.

bh49 wrote:Joe,
I am just wondering if "AFI"=steelnut? :) :D

"Aficionado" means "enthusiast," basically. It's from the Spanish word "afición." See below:

Translation of AFICIÓN

1
: enthusiasm, penchant, fondness <afición al deporte : love of sports>
2
pasatiempo : hobby

catamount wrote:It will be gray G-10.

I'm going to try dying mine blue. :D :spyder: <- like that one

Sequimite wrote:One great thing about gray G-10 is that it is easy to dye blue.

Can you dye like the picture above?

bh49 wrote:Can you dye like the picture above?

Even if possible, that would only work if the handle was contoured so that the layers showed and the scales for the Caly 3.5 will probably be flat slabs.

Is the Blue Super Caly 3.5 going to be a sprint run or regular production?

bh49 wrote:Can you dye like the picture above?

Not me. I may try a mottled effect though. I may put custom scales on this one anyway so if the dying doesn't look good I have plan B.

bh49 wrote:Can you dye like the picture above?

No...

1. That G10 is black/blue laminate; you can't replicate that
2. G10 doesn't dye as well as other materials
3. Surface-dyed handle materials never have the kind of brightness to their color that you can get when you dye the epoxy "in the pot"

Sequimite wrote:Not me. I may try a mottled effect though. I may put custom scales on this one anyway so if the dying doesn't look good I have plan B.

Will you do this yourself or you know somebody who will do this for you?

catamount wrote:It will be gray G-10.

Do you know something we don't?


Bh-49 Im not an expert on Bark River I got that pic for the handle. It says its a Bravo 1.

DM

bh49 wrote:Will you do this yourself or you know somebody who will do this for you?

My wife and one of my sons are artists so I will drop the problem in their laps. I'm assuming that some process of wax on the handle and multiple dippings will do the trick.

DMgangl wrote:Do you know something we don't?


Bh-49 Im not an expert on Bark River I got that pic for the handle. It says its a Bravo 1.

DM

Well, Sal said so, for starters :D and Tom's a dealer, so I think you can figure that's the best intel available right now. :)