Blade point and handle of ENDURA 4

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Hello guys, recently I've got an ENDURA 4. I found the blade is embeded in the handle too shallow. So if you sharpen it (and my nickname is sharpen it too :), edge it, grind it for several times, the blade point will gradually reveal out of the handle! What a pity... Do you believe that? I believe.
 
Pictures would help describe what you mean. If I gather it correctly, perhaps there is something keeping the blade from recessing the whole way into the handle.
 
OK, picture is here:

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when that happens you grind down the kick a little bit. that will make the blade sit where it needs to be. no big deal :D
 
no matter what folder model or make you have, they all have the same problem if you sharpen the knife enough. eventually the tip will show above the frame. no way around it. there is no design flaw :rolleyes:
 
Just signed up, 5 posts, and you say one of spyderco's staple models has a design flaw? LMFAO
 
If you had any idea about how to keep a knife sharp you would not see that as a flaw.
If you just keep it touched up and never let it get very dull most any folder will be fine for life. You don't have to remove alot of steel to keep a knife sharp. I have an Endura from 1990 that was used alot and kept sharp, and the tip is still in the same place.
 
sharpen it said:
Hello guys, recently I've got an ENDURA 4. I found the blade is embeded in the handle too shallow. So if you sharpen it (and my nickname is sharpen it too :), edge it, grind it for several times, the blade point will gradually reveal out of the handle! What a pity... Do you believe that? I believe.
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What are you planning to sharpen it with, a 60 grit belt?
 
A.P.F. said:
What are you planning to sharpen it with, a 60 grit belt?
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This. OP, What do you sharpen with? From the picture, the knife doesn't look like it's seen enough use to warrant the removal of that much steel.
 
unless you are sharpening that knife with a file, it will take many many many years to remove so much steel from the blade that the point will be exposed. If you plan on sharpening your knife with something like a file and are worried that the tip of the blade will become exposed in the near future, perhaps it is not a design flaw of the knife but of the user? A sheepsfoot might be a more suitable blade shape for you.
 
sharpen it said:
So if you sharpen it (and my nickname is sharpen it too :), edge it,grind it for several times, the blade point will gradually reveal out of the handle! What a pity... Do you believe that? I believe.
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'Nuff said.
 
One of my Enduras looked similar. It seemed like from the beginning that the tip was a little close to sticking out of the scales. After using it as a work knife and sharpening it at least weekly for almost a year(I can be pretty hard on a work knife!! It gets dinged up pretty bad) the tip is now in a position where if I really try I can get my finger to catch on the tip but in practice it doesn't cause a problem. I still carry the knife tip up and dont feel concerned about it. One of these days I will get around to trying what Richard J recommended above. I have probably put this work knife through ten years worth of regular use so I dont see the OPs knife being a problem. If the knife is properly sharpened it will be a VERY LONG TIME before the tip is exposed. The Delica is an awesome knife and has served me very well so to hear someone say that it is a flawed design really rubs me the wrong way.
 
the original design has flaw.
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By original, are you referring to the Endura 1? Or Endura 4 FFG you have pictured? There have been a few refinements to the Endura model over the years. Sure, there are some that would not select the E4 FFG as their favorite, but this is the first I have heard this mentioned as a flaw of the design (or even a reason for not liking it).
 
Ok, how about a picture without the red crayon lines on it? Ya think? I believe too.
 
Hello everybody, firstly I'm sorry about my criticism of ENDURA 4 - a classical knife has numerous fans. English is not my first language, maybe the word "flaw" is inappropriate, it exaggerates what I mean. I've collected several famously knives, expect SPYDERCO C10, there are C07, C11, C12, C36, C41, C81, C101, BENCHMADE 710, 551, Chris Reeve Large Sebenza, and some BUCKs and COLD STEELs. C10 ENDURA 4's blade tip embeded in the handle is the shallowest of all, but interestingly, ENDURA 3 is not like this, so I can't understand why they change it, does it have extra advantages? Thx!

PS: "Just signed up" not means just born, and "5 posts" not means could not have personal opinion, they only mean I joined here recently, and maybe can't speak English as well as most of you. I'll try it hard to express myself accurately from now on.
 
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Sounds like you over sharpened it. You would need to take several mm of steel off the tip before this would be an issue. Keeping a well-maintained edge and touching up routinely would likely take decades to remove enough steel for this to be an issue, at which point, it would be a good idea to retire the knife.
 
You offer us very little information. We have no idea what you primary language is, you reside somewhere on Planet Earth, you have contributed 8 posts to these forums, and many of those are criticisms not shared by many of us here about a very popular knife that many people like very much and have not experienced the problem you allege with the creation of this thread.

I am not suggesting you were born recently, or that you deserve any more or less respect than anyone else that has shown me exactly what you have chosen to show this forum.

Welcome to the forum, I think we all look forward to your positive contributions.

Perhaps you would like to take some time to update your account/profile with a little information about yourself?

No offense, but people with vague/absent user profiles, and low post counts, who start threads lodging complaints about popular knives often appear suspicious to some. Please accept our apologies.
 
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