Pic request- Caly 3.5 and Endura g10

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And a couple of questions please! My dad just got the caly 3- nice knife but I wonder if the handle is longer on the 3.5? Also, with the endura, where they all full flat grind? Think I like the thicker blade on my other endura.

Thanks all and Happy Thanksgiving! :thumbup:
 
Hmmmm, maybe I was too picky with my request- hows about a regular endura and caly 3.5? :)

Any thought on these 2 blades are welcome too!
 
I'd love to help, but I don't have a Caly 3.5 (yet). The handle is longer on the 3.5 than on the 3 if that is what you are asking. I believe the handle is a bit shorter on the Caly 3.5 than on the Endura. The G-10 Endura was full flat grind for the duration of production, and that configuation has now been extended to the FRN version as well. At least one person I recall swapped a blade from a ZDP-189/FRN Endura with the blade of a G-10 version to get the heavy blade in the heavier handle and ended up liking the FFG/FRN version better than what he was after.
 
Don't have the G-10 Endura, but the FRN one is the same size. Threw in a Caly 3 as well.

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Deacon's pic has you covered there and looks much better than mine, but just for fun - also with Caly 3 included -

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hmmmm...a classic case of- I want them all! ha ha haa! (this is RPN- just on my dad's computer)

Thanks guys- very telling. I really love the blade shape on the endura...the 3.5 is pretty great size overall too...

I would have thought the endura in g10 with the beffier blade would have been bad a**!
 
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If you have a chance to get one, I'd nab an Endura G-10 asap...it's been discontinued for months, and if you want it, you should get it soon. I just got a Caly 3.5 last week, and it is a thing of beauty--instantly makes my top 5 folders list easily, maybe top 3. If I were recommending one of the 2 knives just on its merits, that would be it easily. However, you will probably be able to buy a brand new Caly 3.5 for at least the next year if not several years. The endura G-10, not so much. Of course my answer presupposes wil eventually get them both :D
 
Now this is probably a weak question, but which of the two do you guys see as sturdier? I just got the Gayle Bradley and was wondering about a smaller, lighter weight "hard use" folder". When i saw the endura with beefier liners- I figured that was it. But, with the FFG, I doubted it and wondered about the caly...
 
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Now this is probably a weak question, but which of the two do you guys see as sturdier? I just got the Gayle Bradley and was wondering about a smaller, lighter weight "hard use" folder". When i saw the endura with beefier liners- I figured that was it. But, with the FFG, I doubted it and wondered about the caly...
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not hard users imo, both are AWESOME slicers, esp the caly(endura would be better suited though, blade isnt as thin). Not sure, but Id think a leafstorm or sage 2 may be a better choice for hard use.
 
Just go for Para. I think Sage is too slick (Ti) for hard user, besides the blade is basically the same thickness and grind as a Caly.
 
Size wise the para 2 is still a step up, no?

Maybe I'll just bag the older endura and call it done!

Add: I ordered the endura with the black blade...serrated although I'm not too into serrations...think i just needed something...tacti-cool! ;) :)
 
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wongKI said:
Just go for Para. I think Sage is too slick (Ti) for hard user, besides the blade is basically the same thickness and grind as a Caly.
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Had to bump this old thread b/c I remembered this post. Just got a para 2 yesturday and- Wongki, when you're right, you are right! What a knife! I wasted a bunch of time by not ordering one much sooner!!! :thumbup:
 
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