No finger choil on the Delica?

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Gabriel Guillotine

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i’ve always felt like the Spyderco Delica is just begging for a finger choil but it doesn’t have one. Is this something that could be added if they come out with the Delica 5? Is there a specific reason they don’t have a finger choil on the Delica?
 
Gabriel Guillotine said:
i’ve always felt like the Spyderco Delica is just begging for a finger choil but it doesn’t have one. Is this something that could be added if they come out with the Delica 5? Is there a specific reason they don’t have a finger choil on the Delica?
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Well, the Delica (and Endura) have been around and wildly popular since 1990 (almost twice as long as you have been alive! :D) without a finger choil, so it may be only you who is begging for the choil.

That said, as EricV EricV noted about there are a ton of Spyderco models with finger choils. I'm sure if you look through their line you could find something to siut your needs. :thumbsup:
 
Gabriel Guillotine said:
i’ve always felt like the Spyderco Delica is just begging for a finger choil but it doesn’t have one. Is this something that could be added if they come out with the Delica 5? Is there a specific reason they don’t have a finger choil on the Delica?
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You never heard of the Spyderco R? It is pretty much a Delica with a choil.

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There’s your Delica with a choil. Then there is the Byrd version of the Delica, it has a choil too.
 
As has already been mentioned, there are plenty of alternatives that have a finger choil. I myself (and apparently a whole lot of other people) like the Delica as is, without a finger choil. I'm all for constant quality improvement, but IMO a choil would NOT be an improvement on the Delica.

Jim
 
No!!! One of the reasons I like the delica is that instead of a round choil that can catch on material(especially if it has jimping:thumbsdown:), it has more of a ramp. Material slides off it and onto the blade. Also, you can still put your finger there. I do it all the time.
 
That's why I personally never liked the Delica. It always felt like it needed to be just a bit bigger, or need a finger choil. Even my little Kopa feels better in my hand than the Delica. Oddly, one of my EDCs is a Tasman Salt, which uses the same handles as the Delica, yet it doesn't feel too small. It's a matter of the different way I grip it. My Caly 3 (and the Caly Jrs I once owned) are Delica-sized, and fit my hand like I was the model for them.
 
Personally I would love a Delica with a choil. Something about the regular Delica didn’t click for me and I got rid of it. After using more Spyderco’s I think a Delica with a finger choil would be a near perfect sub 3” edc. Just my own opinion.
 
I prefer my Delica for precisely that reason. If you want a choil on that size of a Spyderco then get a Native or Caly 3.
 
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