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Massdrop x Spyderco Delica Super Gold Steel

Name: Massdrop x Spyderco Delica Super Gold Steel
Brand: Drop
SKU: massdrop-x-spyderco-delica-super-gold
Price: 120 USD
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Rating: 4.666667 (57 reviews)

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Since 1990, the Delica has been an EDC staple—and for good reason. For one, it was among the first affordable pocket knives that could be opened with one hand, even with gloves Read More

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Zackad

Apr 2, 2019

Verified Buyer

After finally receiving this knife, I can leave my $0.02! I'm giving it 5 stars despite the delays suffered during the final stages of shipping, because ultimately it doesn't detract from the quality of the knife, it's materials, and effectiveness. The knife is built seemingly perfectly, with no gaps, rough edges, burrs, or misaligned pieces. The blade itself is hair-shaving sharp, and came well oiled. The gold coated lockbar is a beautiful accent on an otherwise simple knife.

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Bassturd

Apr 13, 2019

Verified Buyer

Got the SG in record time for Massdrop and That's Great! Everything is as expected for Spyderco, Fit, Finnish, and it was very sharp out of the box. It's a great addition to my collection but now I have to make a choice to use it or save it. I've always used my knives but this could be the first Safe Queen, What do you guys think?

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Bassturd

Apr 15, 2019

Thanks for answer Hatuletoh, I thought I should hold on to this one plus I already have a Delica for work anyway.

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Hatuletoh

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Apr 15, 2019

BassturdNo thanks necessary, my opinions spew out w/o regard to my wishes, or other's interest. You probably figured out what i meant, but just to clarify the muddled last sentence: DELICA's seem to be more desirable to collect than Enduras. Probably because they're more popular overall. But I should give you a word of warning about starting a sock-drawer knife museum like I had...until it became a closet museum, which is also a warning unto itself, but probably unnecessary. The real one is that it can drive you mad and/or end up costing a great deal extra, because as you're ready to buy some cool knife, the thought occurs to you that "I have plenty of users, I should keep this one in mint condition for the musuem collection, it's a highly sought after model by a top company." But that's precisely the sort of new knife you cant wait to use, the kind that will make you go around for weeks looking for anything anywhere that needs cutting. The solution, of course, you'll find a way to justify (it's an investment!) Is to simply buy two. Problem solved...until you realize you'll have to sell the nice one at some point, and that will be hard, esp when it will loos so much better than the user knife by that point, so...three, maybe, then you can sell AND collect AND use, and no hard decisions have to be made, except whether to pay the electric bill or buy food next month.

Hatuletoh

850

Apr 15, 2019

Verified Buyer

What can I say? It's a Delica, one of the most long-standing, popular designs from a legendary knife maker. The basic design has been in production for over 20 years, and it's safe that any knife design that has been maintained in production over so long a period of time probably has many features to recommend it. And indeed that is the case. The defining feature of a Delica, I think, is that one gets a full-sized knife with the weight and pocket profile far beneath its abilities and utility. This particular Delica with its SG2/410 blade, and gold lock bar looks outstanding. It was a LONG wait to get it, and one that I hope was instructive to Massdrop, but alls well that ends well. Being a true legacy design, there isn't a lot I can say in a review that will be particularly revelatory about the Delica's form and functionality; I will, therefore, simply explain why I gave a score or four vs five stars. Firstly, and most importantly, the line on the presentation side of the blade where the two steels meet is just a bit uneven on my particular knife. It bulges ever so slightly toward the tip compared to farther up the blade. Not a huge issue, but less than perfect, on the part of the knife that one really wants to see perfection on. Secondly, with this knife, I discovered a new way to despise fiberglass-reinforced nylon (FRN), the buck-fifty name given to the two-bit plastic that is standard for Delica handle scales. I've always disliked the material because, whatever incredible toughness Spyderco claims it possesses, it feel like lightweight, cheap plastic. And these days, producing plastic with good shock resistance, which can resist lateral stress, has low heat/cold conduction, and can be injection molded to a preferred shape in a preferred color really isn't that amazing of a technical / chemical display. What I discovered with this knife is that FRN further sucks because it can be sharp enough to cut skin: the underside of my handle, on one of the interior edges of a scale (in other words, exactly where one's fingers squeeze when holding a knife) cut my finger just deep enough to draw blood when my finger slid along it. Not a bad cut by any means, but a knife handle shouldn't be the part doing the cutting. Lastly, I wish just a bit more gold matching the lock bar, was on the knife. I think anodized gold hardware would probably have been the way to go--on the pocket clip it would wear off too fast. I heard it argued that anodization on screws would also wear off too fast/easily, but firstly, Spyderco puts a generous helping of Locktite on the pivot screw (the largest, most noticeable piece of hardware) and says "don't mess with it", and rarely is there a need to; secondly, I have a few knives with anodized hardware, and if one is gentle it's easy enough to not rub off the color when adjusting. These are small issues, but together enough to deduct one star. That said, as usual, Spyderco did an excellent job, and I truly love that the company is so daring in their use of exotic *skills* [Edit: strike and replace with *steels*. Spyderco makers have skills, but it wanted to praise the fact that they alone try out such a variety of blade steels; VG10 wouldnt exist as an option on folding knives today w/o them; they also helped make S30V much more widely available, and therefore affordable.] No other knife maker comes anywhere near Spyderco's mastery of that.

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Scootin

Apr 22, 2019

Verified Buyer

Overall the knife is what i expected but it would of been a nice touch to have a clip that matched the lock bar for the price it was, but ended up putting an aftermarket deep carry anyways

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Jean-da-bear

May 3, 2019

Verified Buyer

Received my Super Gold Spydies last month, both Endura and Delica, and they’re both beautiful. The Endura is, out of the box, the single sharpest knife I’ve ever purchased, which is saying something; the Delica is at least as sharp as most quality $100+ knives out there. There’s nothing on which to fault either of them by most of the criteria which blade nuts apply . . . with one exception. Neither knife had the blade centered in the handle when closed. The Endura was canted about 2/3 of the way toward the clip side, while the Delica’s tip was so far toward the show side that the blade was actually contacting the inside edge of the right-hand scale about halfway up the final grind! This was disappointing in any new purchase, but particularly unexpected in a Spyderco. Anyway, out came my TORX kit, with the thought that they would both soon be set right, as I’ve always been able to do before. No dice! No amount of scale and/or pivot screw untightening-&-retightening, frame torqueing or other finagling made a bit of difference in moving the blade tips from their original off-kilter locations. At that point, I took a closer look at the actual blades themselves, not just their alignment in the handles. That examination confirmed that each blade was actually warped away from the blade’s pivot-head plane, in the same direction their tips veered in the frames. The Delica’s warp was clearly visible by sighting down the blade, but was confirmed by clamping that pivot-head plane to a dead-flat surface (glass plate) on each side in turn, and then noting the differing tip clearances from the glass (I used several identical hard-edged business cards to measure the gaps). The same clamping procedure confirmed the warp on the Endura, though it wasn’t as apparent to the eye. The end result is that no amount of adjusting is going to center these blades, so long as the pivot head is held parallel – as it should be – to the frames’ sides. You’d need to somehow either asymmetrically shim the pivot, or twist the foot of the frame to the same side the blade cants to. I don’t know what’s responsible for the asymmetry on these two blades, but I suspect it’s some combination of an error in the primary grind and some warping connected with the (heat treatment of?) the SG2/SUS410 sandwich. I suspect the latter, particularly, due to the fact that the Delica blade, though shorter, has the greater deviation; and while the cladding line on the Endura is fairly even from base to tip, the line on the Delica veers suddenly, 2/3rds of the way down the blade, becoming then about twice as close to the edge on the show side as on the other. These knives are so nice otherwise that I'm sorta resigned to living with 'em as is . . . but this big a QC issue means I've gotta knock off a couple of stars from what would have been a clear 5-star review.

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A community member

May 6, 2019

Verified Buyer

Honestly for what you pay as an "exclusive", SuperGold Delica leaves much to be desired. Aesthetically, I would have preferred more subdued hardware. The "gold" backlock is more bronze and has a "matte" texture that feels grippy like the FRN. On a standard non-coated backlock, the smooth steel finish contrasts the FRN handle. This feels great for tactility. With a coated backlock, this tactility is lost. Users report gold coating easily rubbing off. Its only a matter of time when it looks like a beat up pocket clip. Also the entire look is weird, gold backlock stops abruptly at blade. It does not look as "seamless" as a standard Delica; which in its own right is already perfect. Why mess with it? In person it just doesn't suit me. If you're deep into Delica's, sure add one to the collection. Otherwise VG10 is good enough. For higher edge retention look into other variants: ZDP-189, S30V, HAP40. Performance: it cuts. all jokes aside, reviews say it performs like S30V. overall, its a delica which is already good but the "exclusive" falls short for me.

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jansportsucks

Jan 19, 2024

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beautiful delica!

Another excellent variant of Spyderco's Delica 4 model. The gold lockbar is a very nice touch! If you bought one of these, you're probably already a Spyderco fan and you're already in-the-know.

Recommends this product? Yes

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