Spyderco Chaparral

Chaparral is a shrub native to the Western United States with the unique ability to perennially survive, revive and regenerate after being destroyed by drought or fire. Like a season it returns year after year. It's also what Spyderco calls a new and continuing series of gentlemen's folders.

Mid-sized Chaparral folders will have identical blades and handle profiles, but showcase variant handles materials. Handle options will be chosen for their elegant appearance and functional utility with a focus directed at making the Chaparral series unique as well as a serious contender in the gent's knife genre. Possibly Spyderco's thinnest, lightest mid-sized CLIPIT® yet, the debut Chaparral has a carbon fiber/G-10 laminate handle with a mid-positioned back lock and screw-together construction.

Attached to the ultra-slim handle, a left-right, tip-up clip arranges the knife deeply inside a pocket. Carpenter Technology Co. produces the CTS XHP powdered steel used for the leaf-shaped blade. The blade is ground full-flat and offered PlainEdged for the best available cutting performance with non-skid jimping located at both the spine and choil.

Overall Length 6.375 " (162mm) Blade Length 2.812 " (71mm) Steel CTS XHP Closed Length 3.625 " (92mm) Edge Length 2.281 " (58mm) Weight 2.5oz (70g) Blade Thickness 0.078 " (2mm) Handle Carbon Fiber/G-10 Laminate Clip Position Ambi Tip Carry Position Tip-Up Lock Type Back Lock Grind Full-Flat Sheath N/A Origin Taiwan