The Spyderco Delica 4 Pocketknife: The Full Nick Shabazz Re-Review 

Because this video was filmed months ago! I've tried to add annotations wherever possible, and I've updated the descriptions, but I can't re-film every video :)

Nick Shabazz hey which is better the delica 4 or bm mini griptilian tanto they are both the same price here in my country?

I would say the mini Grip for the same price then. I believe it is easier to dissasemble with better steel. Both handles feel like shite though :/

ASMR Operator thanks!

Today in June 2018, the Delica is being made in a "Tactical" version. This is, I think, only a cosmetic package:. Blacked out screws, clip, and blade. But, it's general light-weight construction has me thinking that this will not be a knife I go to war with. So, the serrated blade strikes me as a bridge too far. I would feel like a jack-ass pulling out such a "pretender". So, I would rather this knife came in a non-serrated version for those of us with delicate sensibilities. Any thoughts on when that might be on the horizon?

hmr171 Thanks for passing that on, paints the situation in a whole different light.

hmr171 That's awesome, much respect!

Another reason I'm sticking with Spyderco.

What a standup guy.

If Spiderco was to take on the clip issue, they might be able to improve the function of the clip. But no one seems to be addressing the issue. Every clip I have seen is difficult to use.

Thats what the Dragonfly ppl are saying.

Tom Flower I have a thread on the Spyderco forum about how the Delica and Dragonfly had the same effect on my collection.

I understand about enjoying a knife for the sum total of it's qualities. I like the Boker Kalishnikov automatic knife that I picked up for only $40. You can't legally import automatic knives into the US due to trade barriers that exist, no doubt, due to some clever lobbying by the domestic industry. But Boker found a way around the barrier by importing the knives as standard knives with the button functioning only as a safety. Once the knives are in this country, the knives are opened and a small spring installed that converts it to an automatic. Automatics are legal in my state and I am enough of a jackass that I love demonstrating it for my friends that don't have heart conditions. It's a slick operating little machine. And I take as much delight in it's cracking against it's stop as I imagine others take in doing gymnastics with their thumb stud deploying knives. But with it's aluminum scales, it's a bit heavy. The Aus8 steel bothers me not at all because I don't give it the sort of hard use that the steel type would be a real issue. Same with the painted scales. The paint will hold up well enough. And based on my short knife experience, I am inclined to believe that an automatic knife is less likely to nick you up (sorry, no pun.) than a knife that opens conventionally. So I love the performance features of the knife. But, just as important in my satisfaction is the low price of the knife. $40 is not so much that I am going to be suffering anxiety at the prospect that I might lose it. I do have some anxiety that any auto knife could trigger in my pocket. So, I don't carry it in my pocket. Using the deep-carry clip, I attach it to my waistband, with the button facing my belly. It's physically impossible for anything to trigger the button. The clip might lose it's grip and the knife slide down my pants leg. But, for $40 I am not going to lose sleep about that prospect. Good features/low cost. The perfect knife.

wow, you must not have handled very many knives. I think the Delica feels cheap. For half the price the Ontario Rat feels wayyyy better.

That exactly how I felt when I got my 940. I when from m-tech and z-hunter to benchmade and my mind could hardly comprehend.

Para 3 is a much better knife.

@@XxPackerManxX why? Are you sure you're not just talking steel?

​@@latetodagame1892 compression lock is better in my opinion. Para 3 still pocket friendly and yes better steel. Para 3 is all around better

How is your delica holding up?

Delica 4 in k390 for the 🏆.

Me too. I keep coming back to the Delica. Does everything so well. Might grab the K390 also

“Battles” with your Amazon parcels and the things in the kitchen that your kitchen scissors are there for.

Flat cuts better, Saber's a bit more durable.

Manix 2.

if you live in chicago anything over 2.5'' is illegal to carry. I live here too

Can’t pinned

Also, my Delica was flickable out of the box, although being a sprint model it might've been a little different. Plus it was a lot newer than this knife so things might've changed in the interim. I've handled plenty of newer Spyderco backlocks from Japan and Golden, and they were all flickable to some degree.

Paint stripper and a light polish with metal polish will work

or the EICKHORN SOLINGEN GERMAN EPK

Random guy asking, but is the Delica or Endura better? I'm cool with either, but me being a ignorant, self conscious fella, I wonder if the bigger blade on the Endura is better? Or is the Delica's smaller blade just as good?

I was trying to figure out who he sounded like. That's it! Lol

You probably have gunk inside the blade tang where the back lock sits. Clean it off.