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Is spyderco trying to lower prices by doing away with g-10 and micarta and using frnr, or is frnr no cheaper to produce than g-10 or micarta. And if this is a price decrease tactic to compete with other manufactures I dont think its neccesary. either way i'll buy spydercos no matter how much they go up or down, these knives blow away the competition.

Dont get me wrong sal, frnr is a lovely product, one that I will like to see on more knives.

Hi Gazza. FRN is a another way of making handles for knives. (injection molded) The tooling costs are much higher than a slab knife, but the individual knives are less expensive by 40-60% than making a slab model. We generally like to see how a design is received before investing in the tooling costs of a model for FRN.

sal