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That's right, as of today there is a 5th Spyderco in my fairly sizable knife collection. I mostly collect pocket knives, i.e. folders and have put together quite the collection of both new and vintage.
I was gifted a Spyderco Endura 4 Folding Plain Edge FRN Knife and it arrived in the mail today straight from Amazon. It is absolutely perfect and what you would expect from a Spyderco. Great steel,
Screw together construction; Skeleton steel internal liners; Phosphor bronze bushings, Flat saber-ground blade & Blade Steel is VG-10.
Lately my EDC had been a razor sharp Spyderco UK Pen-knife and it has served me well but I wanted to switch things up anyway. I tried using my Spyderco Para2 but I found that I was getting paranoid about losing it or it falling out of my pocket. I love my Para2 but I'm almost neurotic at times when it comes to losing/damaging it. Thing is that this behavior of mine rubs against the grain of everything I believe and preach. I'm not a complete hipcryt as the Para2 is the only knife I seem to do this with.
This brings this story back around to the Endura 4. Yes it is on the mildly higher cost scale based on the average man in the street type opinion but it's not irriplaceable. The blade locks in perfectly and there is no play whatsoever. I'm not familiar with the material used for the scales, it looks like it's some sort of plastic but with new polymers coming out on a weekly basis I've stopped assuming anything. It's a little bit hefty but there is quite a bit of blade so it's to be expected but it's not so heavy to make it noticeably uncomfortable, or even noticeable, when clipped in my pocket.
I'll post pictures shortly, I know you guys know what the knife looks like but we all love showing off our knives and new acquisitions.
Don't know how much it cost as it was a gift for helping someone out a couple of months ago. I really didn't expect any kind of reward or payment or anything like that so I was blown away by this gesture and it is very much appreciated.
Edit: Here's a picture of the not so little rascal.
I was gifted a Spyderco Endura 4 Folding Plain Edge FRN Knife and it arrived in the mail today straight from Amazon. It is absolutely perfect and what you would expect from a Spyderco. Great steel,
Screw together construction; Skeleton steel internal liners; Phosphor bronze bushings, Flat saber-ground blade & Blade Steel is VG-10.
Lately my EDC had been a razor sharp Spyderco UK Pen-knife and it has served me well but I wanted to switch things up anyway. I tried using my Spyderco Para2 but I found that I was getting paranoid about losing it or it falling out of my pocket. I love my Para2 but I'm almost neurotic at times when it comes to losing/damaging it. Thing is that this behavior of mine rubs against the grain of everything I believe and preach. I'm not a complete hipcryt as the Para2 is the only knife I seem to do this with.
This brings this story back around to the Endura 4. Yes it is on the mildly higher cost scale based on the average man in the street type opinion but it's not irriplaceable. The blade locks in perfectly and there is no play whatsoever. I'm not familiar with the material used for the scales, it looks like it's some sort of plastic but with new polymers coming out on a weekly basis I've stopped assuming anything. It's a little bit hefty but there is quite a bit of blade so it's to be expected but it's not so heavy to make it noticeably uncomfortable, or even noticeable, when clipped in my pocket.
I'll post pictures shortly, I know you guys know what the knife looks like but we all love showing off our knives and new acquisitions.
Don't know how much it cost as it was a gift for helping someone out a couple of months ago. I really didn't expect any kind of reward or payment or anything like that so I was blown away by this gesture and it is very much appreciated.
Edit: Here's a picture of the not so little rascal.
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