Spyderco Para 3 lw vs Spyderco Delica 4 Wharncliffe

The nicest knife i own! I told her about my small knife collection and why i EDC a knife. Then showed her different knifes on bladehq and that ive been wanting a spyderco para 3 and she had no idea what i was talking about. But she knocked the ball out of the park with this bad boy! She was honest after we opened our gifts and told me she was sorry and forgot what knife i wanted and picked a coolest looking one. I told her she did awesome and i love it to bits!

I returned this knife because I didn't like the thumb cut out used to deploy the blade. I found it too difficult and I felt that it would be easy to lose control of the knife while trying to deploy the blade. I like the flipper style better.

Holding it open feels great in the hand as far as comfort and love how light it is. Don’t really get why the release is on the spine of the knife instead of where they traditionally are on most folders, makes it much harder to close one handed. Grip feels slick and flimsy guess that’s the price you pay to lighten it over a G10 grip. Feels cheap for the price

Love my wharncliffe Delica 4! It has not left my pocket since I've gotten it. Has taken the place of my endura as my EDC. Great price great value! Next on my list is the wharncliffe salt 2. Review soon

The Delica 4 has steel liners, and it feels more natural to hold. On the other hand, the G-10 handle on my other Para 3 is a bit blocky and doesn't slip in and out of my pocket as easily as the FRN, but I do like its heft. The liner-less Para 3 FRN handle lacks weight, which makes it seem a bit plasticky and cheap, but that's a very real deception. I think most people tend to falsely equate heft with quality

the FRN scales feel cheap. The FRN on the Delica does not. They feel solid and there's only flex if you're really trying to flex it. The wharncliffe blade is not aesthetically pleasing to most but it does everything I've asked it to do

This isn’t that bad but I think BD1 should be a little better with some work. That being said I can get this knife far sharper than factory in 5 min w a worksharp precision angle sharpener and a leather strop so no worries. My second issue is that the finish scuffs up fairly easily.the black DLC blades scratch really easy but this stainless look also took wear from rubbing on my keys and sharpening sticks camping

Sturdy and well made. Excellent constructive. Very easy to manipulate one handed. Light weight, but has a nice heft to it