Simply phenominal knives! Been using the plain edge one all morning. Broke down some cardboard boxes and prepared some chicken for burritos :D
Three things I noticed right away- 1) 14mm Spydie Hole 2) no traction grooves molded in the FRN on the spine up by the pivot 3) bigger lanyard hole
The handle and choil are wonderful. Couldn't be a better match to my size of hand.
I took some quick pics with two well known knives, the Endura and Delica. Just for reference it's a ZDP Endura with Krein Regrind and a Foliage Green Delica with Krein Regrind. Two of my favs.
"Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in.
In my head, in my heart, in my soul.
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again.
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so."
- Modest Mouse "Ocean Breathes Salty"
I just now compared it to the thickness of an Endura, identical. Thicker than the Delica though. And yes, the CF/ZDP variant is stellar :D pretty hard to beat that one!
Those are good looking knives! Prob the first Combo Edge I have ever liked and that says alot about the knife design :D
It's awesome to have some 3.5" lightweight blades available from Spyderco. For a while I was tempted to pick up a full-size Grip (as a big/light EDC) to give my Delica some time off...not anymore!
They will be mine....oh yes....they will be mine. :)
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Work EDC List
FRP: Nisjin Cricket PE, Manbug PE, Dragonfly PE
FLP: SS Cricket SE, byrd Flatbyrd CE
BRP: CF Military S90V
BLP: Forum S110V Native
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I think the FRN Stretch is going to prove to be a home run, and a friend of mine is planning to make it his first Spyderco. I'm going to wait for the ZDP one; believe it or not, the non-black color is just as appealing to me as the super steel.
Agreed on the color. In the pics the lighter blue looks awesome.
I love the coloring on my D4 Wave which is a darker blue (it seems) so another shade will be really fun in the collection (along with a Yellow Spyderhawk).
