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phillipsted wrote:It's the "Model A" of Spydercos! The "Model T" was the Worker. It was refined and further developed - until you ended up with a timeless classic.

Good analogy :) Sweet looking car :D :D

I bought my first Spydie about a year ago. If I have clothes on, there's a Delica 4 FFG in my pocket. Suit and tie, jeans, hiking shorts, whatever, the Delica is my main EDC. Hard to beat the size, weight, price, toughness. My other Spydies: I have a Military black blade combo edge in my desk drawer or backpack, a ParaMilitary2 black blade PE in my briefcase, an Endura 4 black blade combo edge in the glovebox of my van, and a Pacific Salt black blade on the boat. All great knives, and all have their purpose, but the Delica rides in my pocket 99% of the time. Would love to have one in a black blade PE (I'm aware that the combo edge version exists), with G-10 scales.

I love my D4. I'm never worried about it rusting or getting scratched. I enjoy carrying my other knives as well, but the D4 is never the wrong one to carry, and I carry it more than the rest combined.

I carried my 1st Delica while working on an ambulance, and later while in the Army. It was an early Combo-edge model, unsure which generation it was, I bought in the early 90s. Ended up giving it to a soldier in my squad who needed a good knife. My next Delica was the early ZDP-189 sprint with the sky blue FRN. Sold that one to fund something else. My next Delica was the fully serrated ZDP-189 version. Carried it for years working at the Urgent Care, and it now resides in the console of my car. Next Delica I picked up was a FFG Brown FRN model. Still have it, but sadly I've not used it much. Interested in the Super Blue Sprint Run that Mr. Glesser mentioned.

I own a few Spydercos, but the Delica (with the Endura close behind) are my most used ones.

And, I just bought three Delicas as Christmas gifts. Gotta inform and educate others who are not yet Spydie owners/users!

CaptainTim wrote:And, I just bought three Delicas as Christmas gifts. Gotta inform and educate others who are not yet Spydie owners/users!

Delica is the perfect gift knife for discerning folks who respect quality tools but are not way into knives. The Delica is a fine ambassador to such persons.

I recently bought several higher end Spydies, it seems once the new wears off I gravitate back to my zdp Delica lol :D

I have recently gone from 100% delica to a bigger fan of the Caly line. I feel like a traitor, but we'll see how the new titanium-handled damascus delica changes that.

I EDC'd my second Spyderco, a blue SE Delica 3, as my sole knife for 7 years. I never ran into anything that needed cutting that my Delica couldn't handle. I've since moved on primarily to knives with choils, but still think it's a great knife and even gifted a purple FFG to my sister as her first Spyderco.

Endura 4 is the one I always go back to. The extra blade length and super duper handle is a very nice to have.

I understand how you feel. My Endura 4 would be an EDC if UK law permitted it. Instead, my Urban is in my pocket 99% of the time.

I started carrying a Delica back around '89 or '90. I guess that would have been the 1st generation? Since then I've bought 25-30 knives, mostly Spydercos, and a few Benchmades. But the Delica is still my all-time favorite. Now I carry the current models, usually a plain edge flat ground in the pocket for light duty and easy access, and a fully serrated model for back-up and heavy cutting, carried IWB.

I use my Delica more than any of my knives, (feels like an extension of my hand.) Also, my dad had a '30 model "A" during the war, I remember riding in it many times! :)

Togheter with Police it simply means Spyderco for me.I only wish they go back to the pointy tip of Delica 3 instead of
the so called modified drop point of D4.The same with Endura !

My waved Delica is the one that is usually in my pocket, even though I have several to rotate with. I wish that they would start using the brighter colors on sabre-grind Delicas and Enduras. I would love a purple or light blue non-FFG Endura.