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 blade and handle profiles but showcase variant handle 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.

Specs
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: .078 " (2mm)
Handle: Carbon Fiber/G-10 Laminate
Clip Position: Ambi
Tip Carry Position: Tip-Up
Lock Type: Back Lock
Origin: Taichung, Taiwan

Condition
Blade: 10/10
Handle: 9.5/10
Overall: 9.7/10