Thanks for showing the "R", looks great and I honestly don't know a whole lot about ittvenuto wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 1:02 pmStrong dislike!
1: I never feel like I need more than the Delica, it carries great and fits my hand just fine
2: The R is my favorite non Delica, and it would be far more accurate to call it the Endela, since it is basically a Delica shaped blade with an endura length. This frankenknife abomination has just put another (perhaps final?) nail in the coffin of my hopes that the R will be made again.
A moment of silence for the original “endela,” the mighty and far superior R:
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If you're referring to my post above: I guess I did not make my point right: In no way I wanted to say, that the Endela is better than the "R" in general (I am not entitled to, did not handle neither of them).
You made me look deeper into this knife and I'd have a question: On your pics it looks like the "R" would have a rather pointy tip. But on other pics and in videos there seems to be a significant "drop" right before the tip, which would make it less pointy, but stouter (I'd prefer that).tvenuto wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:38 pmAddendum!
1: My claims of superiority were tongue in cheek. Of course these things are opinion.
2: It remains a travesty that the R us so unknown, despite my best efforts. It is one of the rare spydies that has had several iterations but has never been regular production!
3: I also don’t advocate for the addition of a choil on knives that work fine without one. The R just happens to have one and it happens to work great.
Both! The original one (with skeletonized blade) had the straight spine and pointy tip. For the two subsequent models, they used the slight drop before the tip which creates a slightly stouter tip. Some people preferred the pointy tip (this change was also made in subsequent iterations of the Delica). Here’s a higher res shot, and the photo is not mine but spydercollector (of Amsterdam meet fame).Wartstein wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:48 pmYou made me look deeper into this knife and I'd have a question: On your pics it looks like the "R" would have a rather pointy tip. But on other pics and in videos there seems to be a significant "drop" right before the tip, which would make it less pointy, but stouter (I'd prefer that).tvenuto wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:38 pmAddendum!
1: My claims of superiority were tongue in cheek. Of course these things are opinion.
2: It remains a travesty that the R us so unknown, despite my best efforts. It is one of the rare spydies that has had several iterations but has never been regular production!
3: I also don’t advocate for the addition of a choil on knives that work fine without one. The R just happens to have one and it happens to work great.
Which one is true?
Thanks a lot, now I see! Though the drop is still less pronounced than on the Delica as far as I can see.tvenuto wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:54 pmBoth! The original one (with skeletonized blade) had the straight spine and pointy tip. For the two subsequent models, they used the slight drop before the tip which creates a slightly stouter tip. Some people preferred the pointy tip (this change was also made in subsequent iterations of the Delica). Here’s a higher res shot, and the photo is not mine but spydercollector (of Amsterdam meet fame).Wartstein wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:48 pmYou made me look deeper into this knife and I'd have a question: On your pics it looks like the "R" would have a rather pointy tip. But on other pics and in videos there seems to be a significant "drop" right before the tip, which would make it less pointy, but stouter (I'd prefer that).tvenuto wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:38 pmAddendum!
1: My claims of superiority were tongue in cheek. Of course these things are opinion.
2: It remains a travesty that the R us so unknown, despite my best efforts. It is one of the rare spydies that has had several iterations but has never been regular production!
3: I also don’t advocate for the addition of a choil on knives that work fine without one. The R just happens to have one and it happens to work great.
Which one is true?
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I'd assume the weight is stated wrong... even more so, since I figure the Endela will have the thicker, 3mm bladestock of the Endura (though I'd prefer if it had the 2.5 mm of the Delica)ASmitty wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 2:33 pmI'll definitely be getting an Endela. It's the perfect size for me for a carry knife. The Endura has always been a bit too big for me and more so since they upped the size a small amount with the E4.
Has anyone else noticed the weight on the Endela? According to Wouter's Amsterdam coverage it will tip the scales at 2.39 oz. That's the same weight as the FFG Delicas. Will the Endela have less steel in the handle than the Delica/Endura or, are Wouter's specs wrong?
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