Picked Up the Endura4 Today

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warden41272

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Got it at a gun show. Very comfortable handle, smooth, well-made. The blade grind ain't so hot. Doesn't seem to cut very well, but hell for strong. Oughta be a great beater. Even though I don't really care for the grind, it's a helluva knife for the price.
 
Congrats on the Enndura 4. That is weird that it isn't a great cutter! I find that odd!
 
My Delica 4 cuts well and I agree with what you said on the grind. Still a nice knife for the $.:thumbup:
 
I got myself a D'Allara 2 & Delica 4. I DO want an E4. And a....... welll, nevermind, you get the point. (Pun intended.) LOL.
 
After using it a bit more, it's not a bad cutter. The grind is a little low, and the edge a bit thick for my taste, but it still cuts ok. Nothing like the Military, Paramilitary, or any of the others with a full height grind, but not terrible.
 
warden41272 said:
After using it a bit more, it's not a bad cutter. The grind is a little low, and the edge a bit thick for my taste, but it still cuts ok. Nothing like the Military, Paramilitary, or any of the others with a full height grind, but not terrible.
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I find it strange too that you talk about the cutting ability. Even though it is not a flat grind like the others, it is much thinner which would mean better slicing ablility. Did you sharpen it up at all?
 
warden41272

Can you explain a bit more about your experience with the Endura 4 and its ability to cut.

I got an Endura 4 and I was able to cut up some Ribs I made today. Sliced the meat between the bones. Also Cut though bone pretty good. I even was cutting the meat around some tougher spots of the bone I couldn't get with my teeth. Finer cuts I guess.

After I ate I sharpened the knife for the hell of it on the Spyderco sharpmaker, and I sliced through paper pretty good just by pushing the blade.

I agree that the flat grinds are better slicers, but I got to tell ya I am pretty impressed with the Endura.

Thanks and take care.
 
After using it for a while, I guess I gotta take back what I said. I wrote the original post after just having picked it up, and using it only a little. They were my first impressions. The lower saber grind does make the geometry not quite as good as the Military, but after sharpening it up properly (I thinned out the edge a bit), it performs quite well. To you, Slvgx, it is not thinner. Because of the lower height of the grind, it wedges faster, causing more drag in the cut. It's not really a problem for 99% of what you cut, but to say it's a better slicer than a Military is fallacious. That being said, I apologize to anyone I offended by saying the Endura 4 isn't the greatest, Excalibur-level knife on the planet :D, but it's a good performer, and probably the best performer I've ever handled at its price point. (I gave $45 for it at the gun show, taxes included). Kudos to Spyderco, and the E4 is now my EDC. I would still like to see the E4 with a higher grind, purely for aesthetics, but for what it's designed to do, it performs with aplomb. These are my impressions after actually using it for a week or so.
 
Hi Warden,

The length of the saber is based on tests for strength. The Endura is a knife that many use (abuse?) as a "beater" and strength of the blade is important.

If the grind goes any higher, it will be into the hole. I like to leave 4mm between the grind-line and the hole on a saber.

I would have to make the blade wider to have the grind go higher, and still meet my requirement.

sal
 
Sal Glesser said:
Hi Warden,

The length of the saber is based on tests for strength. The Endura is a knife that many use (abuse?) as a "beater" and strength of the blade is important.

If the grind goes any higher, it will be into the hole. I like to leave 4mm between the grind-line and the hole on a saber.

I would have to make the blade wider to have the grind go higher, and still meet my requirement.

sal
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Thanks for the reply, Mr. Glesser. I don't want anyone to get the idea I didn't/don't like the E4. I really do. It took a little getting used to, because I usually buy the higher-end Spydies. I have an old Endura (with the non-detachable FRN pocket clip) that I will never get rid of of. My dad gave it to me about 15 years ago, before he died, so it has tremendous sentimental value. I was the first person I knew with a Spyderco. The new one, despite the fact it doesn't have as sharp a point, is better in every measurable sense.
 
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