A California Custom Knife Show build, in blue with Gulf carbon fiber set into the handle.
The Dissident is Chaves Knives' OTF. This is the CCKS configuration, a stonewashed M390 drop point on a blue anodized aluminum handle with a Gulf carbon fiber inlay and black PVD titanium hardware.
Note from Lone Star Knife and Supply: The CCKS tantos from the same run wear the Bolts inlay, so the Gulf pattern is the drop point only.
Specifications
- Brand: Chaves Knives
- Model: Dissident, CCKS configuration
- Blade Steel: Bohler M390
- Blade Style: Drop Point
- Blade Finish: Stonewash
- Handle: Aluminum, blue anodized, with Gulf carbon fiber inlay
- Hardware: Black PVD titanium
- Action: Out the front automatic
- Country of Origin: Made in USA
Built for the Show
Chaves put this configuration together for the California Custom Knife Show. We were there and bought it at the table, which is the only reason it is in Texas.
M390
M390 is Bohler's powder stainless and it sits near the top of what any production knife carries. Edge retention is the headline and corrosion resistance is the part people underrate.
The trade is sharpening. M390 holds an edge long enough that you will rarely touch it, and when you do it wants diamond or ceramic rather than a basic stone.
That corrosion resistance matters more on an OTF than on a folder, because the blade lives down in a channel collecting whatever is in your pocket.
The Carbon Fiber Inlay
The handle is aluminum with carbon fiber set into it, not carbon fiber scales over a liner. The structure stays in the metal and the carbon does the job it is actually best at here, which is not looking like anything else on the table.
Patterned carbon is cut out of a laid up block, so the figure is whatever the machining exposed at that depth. No two handles land identically.
Why the Drop Point
The drop point is the shape that does the most things well. You get belly for slicing, a point that still works for detail, and a profile nobody looks twice at.
An Automatic
Out the front automatics are restricted in a number of states and cities. Worth checking your state and local law before you order.
About Chaves Knives
Chaves Knives was founded by Ramon Chavez. The brand is Chaves with an s and the man is Chavez with a z, which trips up nearly everyone.
Chaves builds part of its line in house and works with an overseas partner on the rest. We only carry the American made ones. That is the entire reason this store exists.
Proudly carrying American
