Spyderco Endura Folding Pocket Knife with 3.8" VG-10 Steel Blade and FRN Handle - EDC Knife for Men and Women, Perfect for Hunting, Tactical, Camping, Survival, Hiking - PlainEdge - C10PGYW

This is the best knife I've ever owned. I gained an interest in knives about 2 years ago, but didn't know enough about them to make a good purchase. I first bought a cheaper assisted opening knife, and liked it a lot, but the spring broke on me. I was then gifted a microtech switchblade clone, which I thought was cool but found out that it was very cheap. Over the time period of me owning these knives I would explore forums and watch videos (particularly a youtube channel named nutnfancy, check it out, here is his video on this knife:[...] and I gained a lot of knowledge on good knives. My criteria for this knife purchase were then as followed (ranked in order of importance): 1) Folding knife, 3-4" from a name brand manufacturer. Folding because I would carry it with me everywhere, and these are typically lighter too. 3-4" because longer knives are increasingly awkward to work with on most tasks, and shorter knives just look small (I want to like my knife!). A name brand knife would hopefully mean a tight lockup (no or veryyyy little blade play), good quality build, decent customer service, and a name knife people can recognize (because its nice having a knife people think is cool). 2) Good steel. Name brand manufacturers offer knives in bad steel for cheaper blades, and I didn't want that. I wanted a decent/good steel. I didn't want to break the bank, but I wanted to have a blade made out of something worth making a blade out of. (sharpening difficulty, edge retention, rust resistance, ect) 3) Blade shape. I wanted something shaped like a drop or spear point. These were the knives I found easiest to use. I would prefer a knife without serrations. Small amounts of serration at the base would be acceptable, but perhaps not ideal. 4) Opening speed/ease. I wanted a knife that was fast to open, because the faster it is, the more convenient it is. If I could get a knife that would be better at self defense WITHOUT sacrificing utility, I would opt for that knife. Self defense wasn't my primary purpose for purchasing but anyone who says they don't carry a knife for self defense is either dumb or lying, because when it comes down to it, if you need to use that knife to save your life, you will, no questions asked. That is called self defense. Again, any knives with gains in self defense WITHOUT sacrificing in the previous areas would be preferable over alternatives to me. With all those criteria in mind, this is the perfect knife for me. It fits all of the criteria perfectly. Folding, 3.8" blade, Spyderco, very nice lockup, good quality, good customer service (from what I hear, haven't needed it yet), VG-10 steel is a great steel, blade shape is what I wanted, no serrations, and this is in the group of the fastest opening knives on the market because of the wave feature (although I will mention that spyderco's wave is larger than any other manufacturer, and this does make for easier, more reliable opening, so one could argue that this is the fastest). That is why I bought the knife. Upon using and working with the knife, my expectations have been met. I love this knife. I don't have a single complaint. ----- 2 Month Update ----- I still love the knife, man this thing is awesome, and the wave feature is so nice. Initially I looked at it as just a tactical improvement, but its actually shown to be a utility improvement too. Opening this knife with gloves on is a breeze, and if something needs to be cut, no one needs to wait around while you fumble with your knife. You can hold what youre cutting in one hand and veryyy easily cut it without any thought, in any conditions. I have learned how to operate the knife completely with one hand, which is something I did not think could be done (closing a lock back one handed?). You can actually put your finger in a place under the blade, and hinge the locking mechanism. If you know where to put your finger, the blade will fall and the flat part by the base with bump into you, letting you reach around and close it. As Im typing this, I did a blade play check. The blade still locks up as tight as the day I bought it, and it should. Its only been two months. Another thing I've learned that I like is that you can easily open this knofe quietly. This is true with any lock back, but this is my first real venture into the lock back scene. I will say that while this is still my ideal knife, I do not like lock back knives. The wave on this knife counters it, but on any other I would not be interested. I dont use the knife an excessive amount, and I havent needed to sharpen it yet. Thats pretty nice. I do really like the handles. As some others have mentioned, they might feel cheap because they are slightly flexible and polymer based. However, the knife has a skeletonized liner and its not going to ever break. I prefer the reinforced nylon, it gives better grip in my opinion. Spyderco wins for putting amazing gimping on their blades, and extra texture on the back of the handle where the blade gimping is. It reallyyyy improves how well you can hold on to the knife. I think thats just about all the observations I've made on the knife while owning it. It's still my ultimate knife, if anything I love it more now then when I first wrote this review. I've kinda fallen in love with the blade shape too, from an asthetic point. The long, thinner (edge to spine, its thicker from side to side than the normal endura I hear) blade just looks so elegant. I thought itd be something I just lived with, but I really like how it looks. Great knife. Worth my money. ----- 2 Year Update ----- Ok, so, it hasn't exactlyyyy been two years, but it's close enough (1 year 9 months?) and I really just want to echo my previous statements. This knife is still my edc. I love it. I love everything about it. "If you could go back, would you get a different knife?" ... Possibly. But I know exactly which one it is. It would be this knife's smaller sister, the delica w/ wave opener. That's the only knife I could possibly foresee kicking this out of my go-to position. Are there other knives I am interested in? Yes. Lately I've been eyeing up MCUSTA's Tactility with the cocobano handles. But even if I got it, nothing would ever remove this knife from my collection or from my rotation. It is edc perfection. ----- 3 Year Update ----- Still loving it. I now own knives that are 2, even 3 times the price of this guy. This is not to say that I do not love those knives, they are very nice, however this spydie endura with the wave opener is still my go-to. I still hold that the delica might be a better size (see 2 year update), however I'm super happy with my endura and would never get rid of it.

So, seeing as this is the first lockback I've ever EDC'd, I was a bit skeptical as to how it would feel opening and closing it with one hand. But after using it just a little bit and getting used to it, I can honestly say that it's the most natural feeling lockback I've ever used. It closes easily with one hand, and the Boye dent on the lock makes it that much better. It feels like it was built for my hand, the ergos are just fantastic on the knife. At first it seemed a bit long, but after holding it, it just felt perfect. Lockup is completely solid, no blade play. When I first took it out of the box the opening was a bit tight, but after I loosened the pivot no more than a quarter turn, it was completely smooth and easy. The blade is centered in the handle, which brings me to the next point. The handle has steel liners embedded in the FRN handle scales, which give it strenghth and solidity. The clip is able to be repositioned with a T6 bit in tip up or down, left or right. Some people have said that the FRN so them feels cheap and slippery, and I can tell you that this isn't true at all. Yeah FRN is plastic, but it has a solid quality feeling to it, it doesn't feel cheap or like it's going to break on me, at all. And the bi-directional texturing on it just locks it right into my grip, it doesn't move at all, and I think it'd be the same if it were wet too. The blade steel is VG 10 which is an EXCELLENT steel that holds an edge and sharpens relatively easily, the blade was razor sharp right out of the box, cut phonebook paper and shaved hairs effortlessly, despite being a saber grind and having a thicker blade vs a full flat grind (ffg). The spydie hole in the blade makes the knife extremely easy to lock your finger into to open the blade, and paired with the phosphor bronze washers/bushings, it opens extremely easy. The lock is perfect, it holds the blade in place while it's closed, but it opens effortlessly with a flick of your finger. All in all this knife is absolutely perfect, I can't think of any complaints I have with it, seeing as it has everything one could want in a knife and more. It's my first Spyderco and this knife is an excellent representation of their quality, I'll definitely be buying another one. Take it from me, with this knife, you just can't go wrong.

Schon das zweite Produkt von spyderco, Achtung, bei diesem handelt es sich zwar um ein Original allerdings wird es Lizengefertigt (im Japan) nur die teureren werden in den USA hergestellt. Das Messer ist scharf, lässt sich problemlos öffnen und schließen, lediglich der Klipp könnte etwas fester sein, das Messer rutscht aus der Hose, wenn man diese verkehrt auf einen Stuhl hängt (bei den hochwertigeren sind andere verbaut, da tritt dieses Problem nicht auf), trotzdem absolute Kaufpempfehlung für den Preis

Para mi las mejores navajas, ligeras y duraderas. En contra el precio, aunque aquí es donde la he encontrado más barata. Con el doble filo serrado y normal sirve para todo y es muy práctica. Me parece muy bonita con ese color negro. Espero que me dure igual que otra que tuve hace tiempo y perdí.

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Una gran navaja, se nota mucho la calidad. Es grande pero se abre fácil con una mano. El mango frn personalmente me gusta mucho, hace que el agarre sea fuerte. Tengan mucho cuidado que viene con un filo que asusta!

Spyderco e' una garanzia sotto ogni punto di vista,lama affilatissima,apertura rapida ad una mano e nella "livrea" nera e' strepitoso. Dalle dimensioni notevoli pero' molto leggero. Consigliato a chi cerca qualita' e affidabilita' in un coltello 👍 . Spedizione molto veloce,venditore consigliato.