Spyderco Stretch with ZDP189 Super Stainless Blades and Carbon Fiber Handles

Posted May 8, 2008 by Howard

Spyderco Stretch with ZDP189 Blades and Carbon Fiber Handles
The return of a very special knife. We had these last year and sold through them quickly. If you missed them, grab one now before they’re all gone again. The Stretch is a medium to full size folder with a stylishly designed handle and blade. Solid ZDP189 steel blades will give months of use between sharpening. The Stretch’s textured carbon fiber handles are lightweight and strong with stainless liners to add rigidity. The lockback system gives a very reliable lockup.
Here is Spyderco’s information about this knife:
ZDP-189 blade steel is the hottest, hardest and highest performing blade steel in the knife industry today. 3% of its component ingredient is pure carbon making the steel harder and in turn extending its edge retention. At press, Spyderco was one of a handful of cutlers around the world working with ZDP-189 blades, offering it on several models including their C90 Stretch folder. The C90 Stretch started as a pet-project lockback knife design. Spyderco’s owner and chief designer made it for his personal use, incorporating features he wanted. He wanted high performance blade steel with edge retention super-powers for outdoor cutting: things like wood, rope and anything encountered in the wild. It had to work equally well indoors on cardboard, mail and fingernails. He sized it so it wouldn’t scare non-knife people and made it look slick on the off chance he’d someday have to wear a suit. The handle is peel-ply carbon fiber, with a four-way clip, left/right-hand and tip-up/tip-down. Blade is full flat ground, solid ZDP-189. The C90CFP exemplifies all that is Spyderco, function, high performance, advanced materials and workmanship in an out-of-the-ordinary package.

Specifications

•length overall: 7 15/16″ (202mm)
•length closed: 4 7/16″ (113mm)
•hole diameter: 9/16″ (14mm)
•blade length: 3 1/2″ (89mm)
•cutting edge: 3 3/16″ (81mm)
•blade thickness: 1/8″ (3mm)
•blade steel: ZDP-189
•weight: 4.4oz (126g)
•handle material: Carbon Fiber

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