Why the Endura is my favorite Spyderco

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Fletcher.357

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I grew up on a cattle ranch then spent about a decade as an Infantryman. Now I'm a civilian again and have my own small plot of land. I started out with a Delica and an Emerson CQC 7 back when they were made by benchmade. I got both of them for my birthday when I was 12. They were used and abused for various chores around the ranch. When I graduated OSUT I bought an Endura. It and the CQC7 endured all the punishment a young private could dump on them. As my pay grade went up I bought all kinds of knives. Chris Reeve, Strider, Emerson, you name it I bought them all, even other Spyderco models. 2 weeks ago I was at a local gun shop buying ammo and magazines when I saw a black blade partially serrated Endura. I picked it up since it was relatively cheap. It has not left my pocket since. I forget how wonderfully simple these knives are. Big enough to do anything I want small enough to easily carry and cheap enough that it doesnt break the bank if I lose or destroy it. I'm already looking for an Orange FFG model so I can see it if I drop it outside. This really is the perfect all around pocket knife. Classic design that has only gotten. Better through the refining process.
 
Of all the knives I have bought, sold and traded, the delica I have always kept and will keep and use quite a bit. its light, fits my hand perfect, i like vg10 alot, great slicer...
 
Love the endura. Saw the movie cliffhanger back in 1993. Had a bad guy stabbed in the leg with a cool looking serrated knife with a hole in the blade. Had to find one. Turns out it was the endura. Had one in my pocked and used one for years. Versatile Use a citadel for my edc now but the endura will always have a place in my pocket
 
Can't put my delica4 down! Swapped it out of the rotation and carried my Buck taclite for a week. Couldn't wait to shelf the tac and put the D4 back in my pocket. Don't think I'm gonna rotate for a while..this thing is just too good at everything.
 
dkblade said:
Can't put my delica4 down! Swapped it out of the rotation and carried my Buck taclite for a week. Couldn't wait to shelf the tac and put the D4 back in my pocket. Don't think I'm gonna rotate for a while..this thing is just too good at everything.
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The more you carry it, the more you will like it!
 
You just have to love the Endura and Delica knives. I think Spyderco got it just right with these two. I own more expensive Spyderco knives and knives from other makers, but I love my Delica most of all.
 
I keep coming back to the Endura myself. Just the perfect amount of blade and so comfortable to carry. Inexpensive enough that I can lose it or give it away without too much regret.
 
DocT said:
You just have to love the Endura and Delica knives. I think Spyderco got it just right with these two. I own more expensive Spyderco knives and knives from other makers, but I love my Delica most of all.
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With all the knives I own I can't believe how much I carry my Delica in brown. I have one in all stainless that has to be at least 25 years old. Hollow ground AUS 8; razor sharp. Wish the Dragonfly had liners.
 
28gauge said:
With all the knives I own I can't believe how much I carry my Delica in brown. I have one in all stainless that has to be at least 25 years old. Hollow ground AUS 8; razor sharp. Wish the Dragonfly had liners.
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Dragonfly in Foliage Green G-10 has liners ... one solid little beast ...
 
Really enjoy my Endura as well.
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I'm starting a new policy to buy only American made knives. Fortunately I have enough Japan made Enduras to last forever; forest green SE, bluegreen 4Waved, original with clip broke off and ground down, newer FG in black.
 
GronK said:
I'm starting a new policy to buy only American made knives. Fortunately I have enough Japan made Enduras to last forever; forest green SE, bluegreen 4Waved, original with clip broke off and ground down, newer FG in black.
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Agreed. I have a Sage 1 on the way. It's finally come to that for me, the T word - Taiwan. Japan never bothered me as much. They've been crafting steel for quite a while. When ATS-34 came out most every top American custom maker was using it. Anyway, I've heard nothing but good things about Spyderco's Taichung City quality, fit and finish so I'm giving one a go. I'm going to keep the T thing to a minimum however.
 
I know the Taiwan and Japanese made knives by Spyderco are great and even the Byrds and Tenacious are just fine. For me it's more of a personal thing. I'm retired now but spent my last 5 working years at a crap call center job after spending 40 years in good jobs that went away.
 
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There are good reasons why it is still the best selling Spydercos (Delica coming up?) with multiple generations,spawned the police model and generated more variants than any other models in their line (except the Mules)

I am still waiting for a ZDP-189 with Emerson Wave and i'm happy to call it quit.........(hmmmm)
 
28gauge said:
It's finally come to that for me, the T word - Taiwan. Anyway, I've heard nothing but good things about Spyderco's Taichung City quality, fit and finish so I'm giving one a go. I'm going to keep the T thing to a minimum however.
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Why keep the T thing to a minimum? Some of the greatest Spyderco models have come from there. I have owned many great models from there. Look at this list from RamZar...

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Here's an alphabetical list of the Spyderco Taichung folders along with designations on whether UPCOMING or DISCONTINUED otherwise they're current products:
• Air by Gayle Bradley
• Cat CF (DISCONTINUED)
• Cat G-10
• Chaparral CF S30V (DISCONTINUED)
• Chaparral CF
• Chaparral Stepped Titanium
• Chaparral Titanium
• Chicago CF (DISCONTINUED)
• Chicago G-10
• Chokwe (DISCONTINUED)
• Chubby (UPCOMING)
• Des Horn
• Dice
• Dog Tag (UPCOMING)
• Domino
• Domino Blue Weave
• Frontier (UPCOMING)
• Gayle Bradley
• Hungarian
• K2 (UPCOMING)
• Navaja
• Nilakka
• Perrin PPT (DISCONTINUED)
• Rubicon (UPCOMING)
• "S" Black (DISCONTINUED)
• "S" Silver (DISCONTINUED)
• Sage 1 LinerLock
• Sage 2 Reeve Integral Lock
• Sage 3 Bolt Action Lock - Blue G-10 (DISCONTINUED)
• Sage 3 Bolt Action Lock - CF/G-10 Laminate
• Sage 4 Mid Back Lock
• Salsa Aluminum Black (DISCONTINUED)
• Salsa Aluminum Blue (DISCONTINUED)
• Salsa Aluminum Cranberry (DISCONTINUED)
• Salsa Titanium (DISCONTINUED)
• Schempp Bowie (UPCOMING)
• Slysz Bowie (UPCOMING)
• Southard Earth-Brown G-10
• Southard Black Blade / Black G-10
• Szabo (DISCONTINUED)
• Szabo Black
• Techno
• Terzuola SLIPIT (DISCONTINUED)
• Tuff
• Tusk
• Vallotton
• Zulu (DISCONTINUED)
 
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