Cold Steel Ti-Lite or Sypderco Endura?

The clip on the Ti lite is the stiffest and most awful clip I have ever experienced. It is so stiff that it is nearly immovable. I had the full Ti version with Ti handle and overall it was made well for the money.
 
:thumbup: +1 Endura
If you limit it to those 2 choices.

The CS has a certain "cool" factor, but for a practical EDC the Endura has it beat.

Could be worth your time to look at other offerings from Spyderco. Maybe Kershaw also, lot of bang for the buck.
 
Endura, much more practical as well as made better. The Ti-Lite is kinda cool but not really good for edc, try slicing an apple with a Ti-Lite and it will split and crack the apple, whereas the FFG Endura would make very fine and clean slices.

Get Both!
 
the ti lite is cool and as a edc it would definatly suck. i think a consensus is in favor of the endura. I like my ti lite 6" for a SD knife but not much else. the edge came real sharp but the thought of maintaining the cutting edge over time on this style of blade is out of the question. wouldnt be long and your working edge would be so steep and thick it wouldnt cut.
 
bada61265 said:
the ti lite is cool and as a edc it would definatly suck. i think a consensus is in favor of the endura. I like my ti lite 6" for a SD knife but not much else. the edge came real sharp but the thought of maintaining the cutting edge over time on this style of blade is out of the question. wouldnt be long and your working edge would be so steep and thick it wouldnt cut.
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Ti-lite will cut things very well for a long time, just won't be the best for deep, thin slicing.

For me the only appealing Endura which is currently manufactured is the one with "Emerson Opening Feature." 90's Clip-it Enduras had the best tip design and proper thickness.
 
The Spyderco Endura is by far the superior knife. VG10 vs AUS8 and the wide full flat ground blade just beat the ti-lite in everyway as far as being functional. The ti-lite is pretty
cool looking though! I say get both.
 
...although, I forgot to mention... the Ti-Lite can be "waved" open. Which is also neat.
 
Another Vote For The Endura.
If You Want Something Smaller, The Delica.
If You Want Something Larger, The Military.
 
puukkoman said:
...although, I forgot to mention... the Ti-Lite can be "waved" open. Which is also neat.
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At the expense of your pocket seam, however. The jimping on the flippers is very aggressive, and while it can be used to "wave" the knife open, it tends to abrade pants pretty quickly over time. I chewed the corners on a couple pairs of chinos and frayed my jeans a bit by doing this.

A few other knocks against the (zytel) Ti-Lite for me: I didn't like the skeletonized handles, as they picked up lint pretty quickly and frankly, I thought they looked bad. Also, and I might be alone in this, I didn't like the overly-thick convex handle/scales. While this was obviously a nod to the traditional stiletto design upon which its clearly based, I would've much preferred flatter scales at half the thickness (or less!), with decently beveled edges. That way you retain some of the ergonomics, with a thinner and more discreet carry in your pocket, and lower likelihood of torsion during a cut. Currently, I think it's too chunky and rounded for how narrow it is, like carrying a 5" piece of broom handle with a pocket clip on it.

Finally, while I never ran into any issues while carrying or using it in public, as mentioned previously, its design hearkens to that of the classic switchblade. As such, it is much more likely to raise eyebrows in public than a knife with a more utilitarian design (like the Endura, for instance). Even modern tactical folders tend to look less stabby and Jets-vs-Sharks-y than the Ti-Lite. Not a deal breaker, but something to keep in mind.

It does have a decent blade, and if you want to poke things, you could do worse. It has its place in certain folks' rotation and/or collection, but after trying to like it for a while, I decided that, for me, it was way more of a looker than anything else, and even then, I feel like there are better-looking knives in the same size and price range with markedly better performance and features.
 
allyourblood said:
At the expense of your pocket seam, however. The jimping on the flippers is very aggressive, and while it can be used to "wave" the knife open, it tends to abrade pants pretty quickly over time. I chewed the corners on a couple pairs of chinos and frayed my jeans a bit by doing this.
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Yep. I took a file to mine, to take off some of the sharp edges/corners.
 
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