Delica point styles

[BornIn1500]

It might just be me, but those two Delicas don't look that different. If anything the grey Delica kind of looks slightly more pointed than the GITD Delica, but certainly not "much" more pointed. Honestly, I'm really having a hard time seeing the difference

Yea really. I still can't notice a difference.

[Peter1960]

Generally all Delica and Endura 4 feature that "drop", not only the ffg, but also the sg versions. I like that in the ffg, would not need it in sg.

In German forums this tip-type is well known under the name "Deppenspitze" :D , in my eyes it is to reduce broken tips caused by wrong use and not because it looks better or anything else.

[Wartstein]

Generally all Delica and Endura 4 feature that "drop", not only the ffg, but also the sg versions. I like that in the ffg, would not need it in sg.

In German forums this tip-type is well known under the name "Deppenspitze" :D , in my eyes it is to reduce broken tips caused by wrong use and not because it looks better or anything else.

:D The Spyderco forum is the only one I am acticve on, I don´t even look into others, but sure as a German Native speaker I comprehend what "Deppenspitze"means (something like "tip for clumsy fools".. :D )

And you are certainly right, I even seem to remember that Sal once said something vaguely along the lines, that he changed the tip design on Endura 4 and Delica 4 to make it more "foolproof" (THAT word is NOT what he said ) or more robust and less likely to break especially on this more "mass"models that might get abused a lot by non knife people..

I actually like that "drop" over a very pointy (like on the PM2 for example) tip! Still really acute enough in my use, but I don´t have to worry about the tip in scenarios where I maybe have to work very quickly, could hit metal or the like, and just don´t have the time to be carefull (enough) for a needle tip...

Plus: People who want such a tip more pointy can rather easily mod it that way...

[Doc Dan]

The top is the GITD and the bottom the gray. You can easily see what I’ve been talking about.