Next chaparral?

casey1 · #1

after my trip to SFO, i've decided my next nice spydie is a sage 1 (maybe i'll get a tenacious first but idk) anyways, the chaparral is a bit too similar for me to consider it. What do you want in the chaparral 2? I hope for either a natural or black G-10 with one of the sidelocks (BBL, CBBL, BAL) or even an integral comp lock like the atr-ti. a framelock would be cool but the techno is already coming out and that might be too similar. What do you think the chaparral 2 should give us in handle material?

dj moonbat · #2

Unlike the Sage, the Chaparral will stick with a single locking mechanism. Handle material for the next one is titanium, with (IIRC) a CTS-XHP blade steel.

casey1 · #3

you sir just made my day

jackthedog · #4

Forgive my confusion, but is the Chaparral available at the SFO?

D1omedes · #5

dj moonbat wrote:Unlike the Sage, the Chaparral will stick with a single locking mechanism. Handle material for the next one is titanium, with (IIRC) a CTS-XHP blade steel.

Yes. The Chaparral will stick with the lockback design. The next handle material is titanium but I don't believe it will be fluted. Though, I do remember mention of some sort of design will be on the titanium. The blade should be CTS XHP.

casey1 · #6

i didn't see the chaparral last saturday at the sfo...

Spyderbro · #7

Any word on when it's due out? I thought this month, July.

jackthedog · #8

I heard August as a possibility as well. I'm waiting to purchase that one as my next knife.

gull wing · #9

:mad: Why can't we have have XHP NOW? I want the first Chaparral to have XHP. Special knife, special steel. :)

Spyderbro · #10

That's next isn't it!?! :confused:

D1omedes · #11

gull wing wrote: :mad: Why can't we have have XHP NOW? I want the first Chaparral to have XHP. Special knife, special steel. :)

I agree. I would LOVE to see XHP with the twill carbon fiber. CPM S30V isn't that bad though. :)

catamount · #12

gull wing wrote: :mad: Why can't we have have XHP NOW? I want the first Chaparral to have XHP. Special knife, special steel. :)

Sal said they planned to use XHP for the first Chaparral, but couldn't get it in time, so they had to go with S30V.

Blerv · #13

While matching in appearance the Chap in my understanding is a completely different animal. The lock is the obvious one but the 2mm FFG blade and overall thinness put it in a league of it's own. I understand it's a touch shorter overall too and lighter.

The Deacon did a review of the proto. You might check it out. Most of those locks would be hard pressed to work with it...it's really thin. :)

casey1 · #14

2mm? i thought it was 2.5.. maybe i'm wrong. either way won't that make it a little weak?

WalzAaronFFG · #15

casey1 wrote:2mm? i thought it was 2.5.. maybe i'm wrong. either way won't that make it a little weak?

Its all trade offs with steel, blade shape, and blade length/width

thin blades are better slicers.

Blerv · #16

casey1 wrote:2mm? i thought it was 2.5.. maybe i'm wrong. either way won't that make it a little weak?

Yea it's 2mm, CPM-s30v. It's a tough steel but it's hardly a pry bar. The Deacon says it 6 pennies thick at the handle. Some locks would work and others prob not but Sal's already devotes the mid backlock to the series.

Thin bladed knives have bad reps. The tip on this is more broad (top to bottom) than a FFG Delica which likely tapers just as thin.

The thing that people forget is that thin blades are still quite thick vertically. If you avoid twisting and turning in a thick cut it's not a problem. Thin blades also drag less so less pressure is needed. Sharp > force every time.

The Deacon · #17

I've jointed a few chickens with a K05 Utiility Knife without damaging it. Its blade is 1.2mm at the spine and over an inch longer than the Chaparral's. Comparison may not be totally fair, since it's a different steel, and one more geared to kitchen cutlery, but it does show that thin blades are not always weak.

As for the Chaparral, when I was packing for my move, I made it my "go to" knife, mostly just to see how well it would perform. Cut lots of cardboard, some of it quite thick and a lot of it cut with considerably less than 100% attention to how I was holding the knife. It did a great job. Blade is intact and the lockup is still tighter than the proverbial waterfowl's nether regions. It's now my "city" knife. I carry it whenever I'm going into the City of Greenville since they have a 3" blade limit.

bh49 · #18

I am waiting for Chaparral with wood or bone :)

The Deacon wrote:I carry it whenever I'm going into the City of Greenville since they have a 3" blade limit.

Did you know this prior to your move? Still much better than NYC.

The Deacon · #19

bh49 wrote:Did you know this prior to your move? Still much better than NYC.

Yes. But as you said, it's still better than some places and I only go into Greenville a couple times a week. On the bright side, autos appear to be legal here. :)

thread · #20

bh49 wrote:I am waiting for Chaparral with <S>wood or</S> bone :) .

same.