ENDELA® LIGHTWEIGHT WHARNCLIFFE
Featured ProductSKU: C243FPWCBK / FSWCBK
MSRP: $125.00
ORIGIN: Japan
The more time you spend around knives, the more you realize there is no one-size-fits-all cutting tool. Just as importantly, there is no one-shape-fits-all knife either. Human hands are organic and vary significantly from one person to another. Unless you’re perfectly content with straight, unsophisticated, and relatively boring handle designs, some knife handles will simply “feel” better in your hand than others. That’s a big part of the magic of knife design and a critical element of appreciating the broad spectrum of knives available to us.
Spyderco’s Delica® and Endura® are two of the most popular folding knives ever produced. They have been in continuous production for more than 30 years and have each inspired scores of variations of their basic form. Based on that proven track record, these venerable designs come about as close as you can get to pleasing the greater population of knife users. However, for some, they still are not quite perfect. While the subtle contours of their handle shapes find favor with most hands, size-wise the Delica can be too small for some and the Endura too large for others
To address this issue, in 2019 Spyderco created the Endela. Designed to provide the perfect “Goldilocks” compromise between the Delica 4 and Endura 4 Lightweight models, it quite literally splits the dimensional difference between the two while faithfully maintaining all the highly refined, time-tested features of each. The original version features a full-flat-ground blade crafted from VG-10 stainless steel. Like the knives that inspired it, its blade has a straight spine, a subtle belly, and a prominent “hump” to accommodate a fully accessible Trademark Round Hole™ for ambidextrous one-hand opening. Its lightweight handle is injection molded from fiberglass-reinforced nylon (FRN) and includes non-slip Bi-Directional Texturing™, skeletonized stainless steel liners, a sturdy back lock mechanism with a Boye Dent, and a versatile four-position pocket clip.
Available with a choice of a PlainEdge™ or fully serrated SpyderEdge™ blade, the Endela became an instant classic. Like its predecessors, it also began to inspire other variations, including a version with a saber-ground VG-10 blade and an Emerson Opening Feature and one with a K390 tool steel blade and a distinctive blue FRN handle. The Endela was also proudly included in our unique Thin Blue Line and Thin Red Line series of knives, which were created to honor the service of law enforcement officers and firefighters, and it has been a platform for Exclusive projects showcasing different blade and handle materials, colors, and finishes.
The newest addition to the rapidly growing Endela family is the Endela Lightweight Wharncliffe. It combines the versatility and impressive cutting ability of the straight-edged Wharncliffe profile with the proven features and “in-between” size of the Endela Lightweight format. Like the classic English Wharncliffe pocketknife blades of the nineteenth century, the spine of the Endela’s 3.40-inch (86mm) blade arcs gracefully downward to meet the cutting edge. Unlike traditional Wharncliffes, however, which tended to be narrow and thick, the Endela Wharncliffe’s blade has a broad profile and a full-flat grind that give it exceptionally thin edge geometry for friction-free cutting performance. It also positions the blade’s Trademark Round Hole well above the knife’s pivot pin for enhanced leverage when opened one handed with either hand.
Available in both PlainEdge and SpyderEdge configurations, the Endela Lightweight Wharncliffe offers unparalleled cutting performance and control in the perfect compromise size.