Carbon Fiber Handles
 
Above - Top to Bottom
  Delica - Left Hand - Plain Edge - VG-10
  Civilian - Left Hand - Plain Edge - ATS-55
  Police  - Left Hand - Plain Edge - VG-10
 
Below - Top to Bottom
C22 "Swiss Made" Michael Walker - ATS-34
Dragonfly - Right Hand - Plain Edge - ATS-55
Navigator Prototype - Plain Edge - Unlined - No Clip - GIN-1
Cricket - Right Hand - Plain Edge - ATS-55
 
 
Early examples of the C22 Michael Walker exhibited a dull, smooth finish, like that of the bottommost knife in the photo below.  On later examples , this was changed to the shiny finish used on most of the later carbon fiber offerings.
 
 
Smallest of the carbon fiber offerings, the Ladybug - Part Serrated - ATS-55
 
 
Spyderco added two new Carbon Fiber models for 2005.  The first, released in early November, was the CF version of the Harpy, shown below in PE.  Steel is VG-10.  A totla of 1200 of these were made, 600 each in PE and SE, all right handed.
 
 

The second new carbon fiber model for 2005, released in early December, was a very limited (400 piece) run of the Military.  This knife differs from all previous Spyderco carbon fiber offerings.  The handles are dull finished, marking the first time since the C22 Walker that a dull finish carbon fiber has been used.  In addtion, for the first time ever, the handles are also surface textured, with a stippled effect that makes them feel very similar to G10.   Perhaps it is just me, but I fail to see any practical advantage to the use of carbon fiber in this situation.  Aside from nearly doubling the price, and creating the "checkerboard" pattern that can be seen in the photos below, it winds up looking very much like G10, feeling almost exactly like G10, and weighing exactly the same (112 gms) as its G10 counterpart.   Then again, in fairness, I suppose the same could be said for the differences between Sambar Stag and stag jigged cow bone.