Delica 4 Tip... How Strong is it?

[ShawnKirkpatrick]

Hey, My Delica 4 is my first spyderco and first FFG and I have seen pics of them on here stuck down in trees and other fairly hard objects, and was wonderin. How much abuse can they actually take? I find myself babying it. Thank You

[.357 mag]

I'd baby the tip. But the delica in general is a solid knife.

[suedeface]

The grind is fairly thin for great slicing performance, but it is thick enough so that it doesn't flex. Just don't pry with it and it will hold up well.

[1623]

I recall reading that the "bump" on the tip of the Delica was introduced to add strength, but as said, you certainly don't want to pry with a knife.

I would think that this addition may also make the tip even better for precise, delicate cutting applications as well.

[I_like_sharp_things]

If just used for cutting it will be fine.

[Blerv]

Fine tips work great but you have to let the sharpness do the cutting. Edges too. If you white-knuckle it bad things can happen.

Regardless for most cutting tasks it's pretty stout. It's still relatively thick vertically.

[knife nut404]

Use but dont abuse it and you will be fine.

[Evil D]

I don't think i've ever had a need to stab my knife into a tree/log/etc. But, the fact that the tip is thin wouldn't necessarily mean it would break just from that...just don't twist/pry with it at the same time.

[Mud Shrimp Moe]

I agree with what everybody else has said. In fact, I probably baby mine more than I really have too, but I'm still getting used to the relatively thin FFG blade, having never owned one before. If you're interested on YouTube there is a video of somebody doing a "hard use test" on his Delica 4. The video quality isn't good, but the guy really gives the Delica a workout. The knife holds up remarkably well, considering the treatment that I would NEVER give to any folding knife, much less a smaller, relatively delicate knife like the Delica.