Endura / Delica Trainer 4s

[HARO]

So I picked up a Spyderco 2006 product guide. The first couple of pages show off the company's mainstays: The Endura and Delica.

These models also seem to have "trainer" variants. The description reads as follows:

"Trainers teach safe opening/closing skills, actions and drills without the consequences of meeting a sharpened edge."

The only other type of knife I've seen "trainers" made for are balisongs. What exactly can you do with these things that they would need to make a trainer version of the knives? Are there any videos online of people demonstrating their skills with these two knives?

Are they gravity knives? Can you flick them open from a closed position without first wedging it open using that hole?

I'm guessing you can open these one-handed using that hole? What about closing? What kind of closing skills would you need a "trainer" to practice?

Really just curious about the knives in general. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

 

[smcfalls13]

MBC drills.

Don't want to practice with a live blade, might hurt your training partner or yourself.

 

[tazkristi]

I'm guessing you can open these one-handed using that hole? What about closing? What kind of closing skills would you need a "trainer" to practice?

Really just curious about the knives in general. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Haro,
Yes, you can open and close them one handed, with practice. It's nice to have a trainer until your comfortable. Most new employees practice with a trainer.

And of course, Scott is right too, in MBC Drills, a trainer is a definite must.

Kristi

 

[Smoke]

Kristi, are the blades thicker on these trainers than on the old models?

 

[smcfalls13]

Kristi, are the blades thicker on these trainers than on the old models?

Both are 2.5 mm thick.

 

[Lone Hunter]

MBC sure. But i also have a daughter who while she owns a s.a.k. and uses it safely, when I gave her a delica just to see how she handled it, well it was a little scary.

While i can Spydie drop,thumb open in many grips, wrist flip open etc. She was awkward in just using the hole !

I'll be getting her a trainer, so she can sit and flip, snap, and drop in complete safety, untill it becomes second nature to her also.

 

[Reeko]

In Pekiti Tersia Arnis (A Filipino Martial Art) they have a knife drill called 9-9-5 I bought two trainers to practice that drill. Having the trainers would allow you to practice with a person the same knife that you carry. In this drill you practice attacking and defending with the number 9 angle and the number 5 angle.

Using the trainers allows you to practice in safety.

 

[CombatGrappler]

Teaching knife safety to the young 'uns is a good use. My son is almost 7 and I think I'm going to get him a Delica trainer for his birthday. He knows not to touch my "live" blades (stored out of his reach), so I'm going to get him a trainer and get him ready for that day several years from now when I get him his first "big boy" Spydie.