That Endura

The Endura is a knife that always comes back in my
pocket in one form or another through out the years.

They always seemed to be the knife that always got traded, lost or given away and never cared.

Pm2s, Stretches, manix , and whatever else never fit the bill.

I need another Endura.


Now I am getting a Super Blue Endura.
 
Thanks, guys!
Does anyone like the Salt series? These folders are like the old style Endura model.
 
Me thinks that the Endura SE is the best knife for self defense. The serrations vs human flesh - no contest.
 
Just got my Endura 4 wave Lone Wolf today to add to the collection.
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Really dying to get my Endura in the mail. It's sitting in New York right now and I want it in my pocket today. I feel like I'm going to love it more than my old PM2. I want a SE Endura for emergency situations now too.
 
Nice one! ^
At first, I did not like the new point but I do now. It reminds me a Marabou Stork beak.
 
My 3 oldest Enduras. :D :cool:







The top one is a near-original from the early 90's. :D :thumbup: I carried it throughout high school (yes, you read that right), sadly not something that would be kosher these days. :( I had good taste, even back then. :rolleyes: ;) I beat the crap out of that knife as you can see, even broke the tip off being stupid (as high schoolers can be). ;) Sal and co. took care of me and fixed it up to still be usable. It's basically a Delica-sized blade now, but with an Endura handle. Not the worst thing in the world.

The bottom model is the one I carried during most of college. I wanted the full-sized Jess Horn that was out at the time, but couldn't afford one. :( Don't recall exactly when I bought it, but it must have been around 97 or 98. It must have been shortly after this updated model came out, as I recall buying the first one I saw at the local cutlery shop in Prescott, AZ. Loved that ATS-55 steel!!!

I bought the SS model as a college graduation gift for myself. Carried it daily for a few years. You'll notice that it doesn't look like most you've seen before. :D That's because I media blasted it, blade, clip, and all with ceramic grit at my first job at Lockheed Martin in Ft. Worth. Gave it a really nice flat finish! :cool: Scared the crap out of some Dutch folk with it at work (by accident) when I was working at a wind tunnel facility over in Holland that first year after college. I pulled it out to cut some wires off of our wind tunnel model, and the three Dutch technicians around the model all took a step back and looked at me with huge eyes like I had just whipped out a gun. :eek: I took notice of their reaction, but was baffled at what the issue was, thinking something had just happened to our model that I didn't see. Only when one of them mentioned my "gigantic death knife" :rolleyes: did it occur to me what their problem was. :p Took me a few minutes of explaining things before they relaxed, but it was an interesting cultural difference "experience". Probably wasn't legal to be carried over there, but I didn't really care. :D This facility was out in the middle of farm country there, and I had plenty of reasons for carrying it with me if an issue had arisen with the local po-po (like when a buddy hit a deer in his rental car and needed his stuck seat belt cut in order to get out of the car). :thumbup:
 
My first Modern(clip/one hand opening) was an Endura I bought when they first came out in the early 90's.

I was down in ATL in an REI and bought it without hesitation. Needless to say I was blown away by the clip, easy one handed opening, and the light weight for the size.

I still have it, and its the smoothest lockback I've had. Opens slick, and when you press the lock the blade is dropping fast. It has developed just a tiny bit of blade play, but not enough to worry about.

The blade is scratched all to heck, but the handle still looks great.
I'll add a pic if I ever get around to replacing my broken camera.
 
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