Sway me Stretch in SuperBlue or ZDP-189

[adancingmonkey]

There are still many superblue stretch available. Is this just not a popular design? The blade is a little big for me but I think it is still a rather handsome knife. I'd certainly choose it over an endura.

[bearfacedkiller]

The stretch has never been the seller that the endura and delica are. Personally I prefer the delica and stretch to the endura. Last year we got the delica and endura sprints and before that the two caly sprints. By now anybody who wanted some super blue had probably already got some. This year we got the stretch, dragonfly, manbug and ladybug. I am surprised that the dragonfly versions are so widely available as well as the stretch versions. The dragonfly seems to be very popular as well. I think the thin grind and stock of the delica made it the best version. I'm glad there are still dragonfly versions around because I still need to pick one up.

To sum it up. These models don't sell as much as the delica and endura and they are a little late to the party.

[Brock O Lee]

What Screwdriver said, get the Super Blue while you can.

Thanks for the push guys, I almost missed out. I received a SB Stretch today to join the Delica.

I like Superblue a whole lot. It takes an incredibly fine edge, holds it well and sharpens easily. I figured I will be kicking myself in future if I missed out on such an affordable knife in such an exotic and rare steel. When I found one locally at a fair price I just could not resist.

[bearfacedkiller]

For those who want to see the difference between they grey used on the super blue models and the grey used on the regular production delica, here ya go. I borrowed my buddies delica to put an edge back on it for him and snapped a couple pics while I had it. I just brought it home from work one night so the pics were inside at night but you can see the difference. I took pics in a couple of different rooms to get different lighting.

[hawkeye180]

I finally picked the Stretch in Super Blue. But I waffled so long I couldn't find one in stock. Luckily one came up for sale for $95 on another forum last night.

It only has one little chip in the pocket clip paint. There is already a patina on the Super Blue but based on his pictures the knife is LNIB.