Endela or Straight Spine Stretch?

[juggler]

I don't care much for finger choils but I would pick a Stretch over an Endela any day of the week: the finger bumps are not as annoying on the Endela as they are on the Endura or the Delica... but they're still there!

[z1r]

I voted endela because... I love it. Lol

I agree, and agree with Warstein's comments.

But, I think if one is contemplating one or the other, they owe it to themselves to try each in hand if possible. I prefer the Endela because it is more pocket friendly, fits my hand better, and is lighter. If the Stretch 2 fits your hand better, then get it! If you can't try them before you buy, hmm. I'm not sure what to recommend, well, that's not try, I'd recommend the Endela.

I prefer the Endela for an EDC knife, but do like my ZDP Stretch 2 as a skinning knife. The Stretch 2 XL, OMG, what a dream. Prefer its handle to that of the Stretch 2 by a wide margin.

[Ramonade]

I prefer it to the Native 5, and that's saying quite a lot.

[kennethsime]

Stretch all the way. Swell over points.

[navin johnson]

My two most carried besides FFG Delica.

Stretch is a lock back PM2

Endela is a short Endura.

Stretch handle is gonna be a bit more comfortable for long or hard use but I don’t like the choil. (and I don’t use folders for hard use…. Either a fixed blade or utility knife for those purposes)

Endela is a better blade shape for how I use a folding knife….. Think cutting in space.

I carry the stretch for work and the Endela off work. If I could only have one design or would be the Endela

Both good and really similar

[sethwm]

Endela is a better blade shape for how I use a folding knife….. Think cutting in space.

Ah, the ole astronaut knife

[yowzer]

While the Stretch 1 is one of my favorite knives of all time, I didn't like the changes made for the 2, and like doing away with the iconic blade shape in the straight spine version even less. Endela any day between the two.

[The Deacon]

I'll take any version of the Stretch over any midlock model that lacks a usable finger choil.

[sethwm]

I was watching my daughters rehearsal for a play yesterday. 7 hours sitting in the woods. I spent most of the time whittling sticks, alternating between the k390 stretch and k390 endela.

You can feel a difference in the hand, but even after the full day I’m hard pressed to say I like one better. I’m really starting to land on if you stole one from me I’d be ok with the other.

I’m trying to spend more time with the stretch to see if that still holds true since I’ve been biased towards endela in the past because I prefer delica over native.

[GarageBoy]

My two most carried besides FFG Delica.

Stretch is a lock back PM2

Endela is a short Endura.

Endela is a better blade shape for how I use a folding knife….. Think cutting in space.

This is because of the lower tip right?
I always felt that the leafier shaped blades were better for "pocket knife" tasks - cutting rope in hand, opening boxes, getting into zipties and cutting them off, opening plastic blister packs, etc

[soc_monki]

I voted endela because... I love it. Lol

I agree, and agree with Warstein's comments.

But, I think if one is contemplating one or the other, they owe it to themselves to try each in hand if possible. I prefer the Endela because it is more pocket friendly, fits my hand better, and is lighter. If the Stretch 2 fits your hand better, then get it! If you can't try them before you buy, hmm. I'm not sure what to recommend, well, that's not try, I'd recommend the Endela.

I prefer the Endela for an EDC knife, but do like my ZDP Stretch 2 as a skinning knife. The Stretch 2 XL, OMG, what a dream. Prefer its handle to that of the Stretch 2 by a wide margin.

I have a vg10 stretch and I like it a lot... Waiting on a stretch xl in K390... Lol still need to pick up an endela in K390... I also carry my endura a lot (in K390...).

I like the stretch handle, it's very comfortable and has solid ergos. Just something about the endela though...

[z1r]

If I had found the Endela early on in my Spyderco acquisition mode, it may have been the last knife I got, it suits me that well. Then I wouldn't have all these others just lying around, lol.

[navin johnson]

My two most carried besides FFG Delica.

Stretch is a lock back PM2

Endela is a short Endura.

Endela is a better blade shape for how I use a folding knife….. Think cutting in space.

This is because of the lower tip right?
I always felt that the leafier shaped blades were better for "pocket knife" tasks - cutting rope in hand, opening boxes, getting into zipties and cutting them off, opening plastic blister packs, etc

Yes. I have an Endura that I shortened a bit to a near warnie and a RJ and am using and will have more straight blades in the future. I almost never cut on a surface with folders.