Hello all.
In my eyes, the Delica is a must-have for every knife person.
Wether you use your knives hard, or just collect, you should own it.
For the cheap price of around $60, and maybe less, this knife gives you your money's worth of use.
(My camera didnt cooperate, so a couple of these pictures are blurry. Sorry)
Lets start off with the handle.
Nested full-steel liners with FRN slabs on top.
Gives it the lightness, but strong enough to be confident when using it hard.
They feel like plastic, but dont "feel like plastic" if that makes sense.
They still feel tough.
The Bi-Directional texturing is great and welcomed.
Gives a good grip, but doesnt scrape and cut your hands up.
The clip.
What can I say, it clips, it does its job well.
It is tight, and the handles have a flat-spot where the clip "clips" so the texturing doesnt destroy your clothes.
I removed the clip on mine because this guy is great inside my pocket.
Size/Weight.
Its almost exactly the same size as a Kershaw Leek.
It is really light.
Pretty close to the weight of a full sized Griptilian, but a bit less.
The size makes it sheeple-friendly, and it is a great in-pocket knife.
I forget that its in my pocket sometimes.
The handle fills my large hand perfectly.
Leel, Griptilian, Delica, RAT-1
Construction.
The lanyard hole is small, and it's tough to get paracord to go through.
I have been unsuccessfull at getting it to go through whole, but it can be done.
Blade is pretty centered. Not perfect.
Opens stiff. Not very smooth. The washers are small and thin.
No bladeplay horizontally, minor lock-rock vertical. (It takes alot of pressure to feel the lock-rock.)
Blade was ground very evenly. (No pics on the grind. I have sharpened it.)
Torx-hardware. Stuff is adjustable, removeable, etc.
The Spyderco hole isnt sharp on the corners.
No rattles, no gaps, no bends in the plastic, no mold-marks etc.
The lock is easy to depress and smooth.
Is it tough?
I dropped it about 4 feet onto concrete.
It got a flat-spot in the handle. It did not crack or chip the FRN.
I spent hours cutting thick cardboard and boxing tape a couple weeks back.
I wouldnt say it got dull, but it needed some touch-ups.
No bladeplay, and it didnt loosen up. The same day I did all of this cutting was when I dropped it as well.
On a scale of 1-10, 1 being a Case Peanut and 10 being an Adamas, Id give this guy a 6.5.
I wouldnt pry with it or twist, but heavy cutting isnt a problem.
I wouldnt feel hopeless if its all I had while lost in the woods, but I wouldnt give it to someone headed to war.
Steel.
This VG-10 stuff is great.
It can be touched up really quickly, and it stays sharp and clean-edged for a long time.
It rolls instead of chipping so even stropping it on your jeans works really good.
I have used 420HC, 14C28N, S35VN, D2, AUS-8/AUS-8A, 8Cr13MOV, X15-TN, Tru-Sharp, and Carbon Steels, and I think VG-10 is my favorite thus far.
My thoughts.
It needs to be carried.
Theres no frills.
No fancy designs.
Nothing high-tech.
Nothing to "Ooh" and "Ahh" over in a display cabinet.
It begs me to use it.
It is at home in your pocket or........anywhere.
It can handle medium to hard use tasks and keep going strong.
The tip on the sabre grind is more stout than the FFG models.
Its expensive enough to be quality, and cheap enough to use without worry.
Spyderco has the great warranty, and even if you do break it-your fault-its easily replaced.
Buy with confidence, use with confidence.
Its one of my favorites.
Would I reccomend it? Definitely.
You have to hold it to get the general "feel" of it.
If youre looking for a tough EDC in disguise, then look no further.
Youll know why its so popular.
This is Spyderco's 4th update on the Delica. Judging by mine, I think they know what theyre doing. :thumbup:
Update
I put the Delica on my Sharpmaker, and quickly realize that one bevel was a different angle.
It took an hour and a half to fix it. (I don't have diamond stones.)
I had to lower the back bevel with the 30 degree slots.
It was about 5 or 10 degrees off.
In my eyes, the Delica is a must-have for every knife person.
Wether you use your knives hard, or just collect, you should own it.
For the cheap price of around $60, and maybe less, this knife gives you your money's worth of use.
(My camera didnt cooperate, so a couple of these pictures are blurry. Sorry)
Lets start off with the handle.
Nested full-steel liners with FRN slabs on top.
Gives it the lightness, but strong enough to be confident when using it hard.
They feel like plastic, but dont "feel like plastic" if that makes sense.
They still feel tough.
The Bi-Directional texturing is great and welcomed.
Gives a good grip, but doesnt scrape and cut your hands up.
The clip.
What can I say, it clips, it does its job well.
It is tight, and the handles have a flat-spot where the clip "clips" so the texturing doesnt destroy your clothes.
I removed the clip on mine because this guy is great inside my pocket.
Size/Weight.
Its almost exactly the same size as a Kershaw Leek.
It is really light.
Pretty close to the weight of a full sized Griptilian, but a bit less.
The size makes it sheeple-friendly, and it is a great in-pocket knife.
I forget that its in my pocket sometimes.
The handle fills my large hand perfectly.
Leel, Griptilian, Delica, RAT-1
Construction.
The lanyard hole is small, and it's tough to get paracord to go through.
I have been unsuccessfull at getting it to go through whole, but it can be done.
Blade is pretty centered. Not perfect.
Opens stiff. Not very smooth. The washers are small and thin.
No bladeplay horizontally, minor lock-rock vertical. (It takes alot of pressure to feel the lock-rock.)
Blade was ground very evenly. (No pics on the grind. I have sharpened it.)
Torx-hardware. Stuff is adjustable, removeable, etc.
The Spyderco hole isnt sharp on the corners.
No rattles, no gaps, no bends in the plastic, no mold-marks etc.
The lock is easy to depress and smooth.
Is it tough?
I dropped it about 4 feet onto concrete.
It got a flat-spot in the handle. It did not crack or chip the FRN.
I spent hours cutting thick cardboard and boxing tape a couple weeks back.
I wouldnt say it got dull, but it needed some touch-ups.
No bladeplay, and it didnt loosen up. The same day I did all of this cutting was when I dropped it as well.
On a scale of 1-10, 1 being a Case Peanut and 10 being an Adamas, Id give this guy a 6.5.
I wouldnt pry with it or twist, but heavy cutting isnt a problem.
I wouldnt feel hopeless if its all I had while lost in the woods, but I wouldnt give it to someone headed to war.
Steel.
This VG-10 stuff is great.
It can be touched up really quickly, and it stays sharp and clean-edged for a long time.
It rolls instead of chipping so even stropping it on your jeans works really good.
I have used 420HC, 14C28N, S35VN, D2, AUS-8/AUS-8A, 8Cr13MOV, X15-TN, Tru-Sharp, and Carbon Steels, and I think VG-10 is my favorite thus far.
My thoughts.
It needs to be carried.
Theres no frills.
No fancy designs.
Nothing high-tech.
Nothing to "Ooh" and "Ahh" over in a display cabinet.
It begs me to use it.
It is at home in your pocket or........anywhere.
It can handle medium to hard use tasks and keep going strong.
The tip on the sabre grind is more stout than the FFG models.
Its expensive enough to be quality, and cheap enough to use without worry.
Spyderco has the great warranty, and even if you do break it-your fault-its easily replaced.
Buy with confidence, use with confidence.
Its one of my favorites.
Would I reccomend it? Definitely.
You have to hold it to get the general "feel" of it.
If youre looking for a tough EDC in disguise, then look no further.
Youll know why its so popular.
This is Spyderco's 4th update on the Delica. Judging by mine, I think they know what theyre doing. :thumbup:
Update
I put the Delica on my Sharpmaker, and quickly realize that one bevel was a different angle.
It took an hour and a half to fix it. (I don't have diamond stones.)
I had to lower the back bevel with the 30 degree slots.
It was about 5 or 10 degrees off.
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