New knife high: ZDP Delica!

[Michael Cook]

:spyder: beautiful, wish we all could get one :o , wish they were available from NGK. :spyder:

[Axlis]

Thanks for the great pics, and for sharing your thoughts with us, Wouter. As much as I love ZDP 189, I just can't bring myself to get the Delica., this models just feels uncomfortable to me :o :rolleyes:

[Ms. Delica]

:) :) It would look great in pink! :) :) :) :D


Ms. Delica

[dialex]

Congrats on your new fine knife Wouter. Enjoy it.
And thanks for sharing those great pics, finally some that do justice to that awsome knife :)

[Jurphaas]

Hi Wouter - You're all right in your observations concerning the San Mai (laminated) ZDP of the Cally jr. The Hitachi ZDP steels are so very hard that many makers can not handle the full ZDP and started working with the next best thing, being the San Mai option. To keep things economically feasable, they use 420C as the outher wrap.
Remember also, that because of the difficult nature of the ZDP, only a 1" (strip) core is used. The laminated steel has no "full" core.

Since 3 days I too carry the Full ZDP Delica. I started yesterday to use it as a paring knife during food preparation. This knife cuts like a dream and it will see much more use in the kitchen as any other Spydie folder has ever seen.

I am truly amazed by the ZDP steel. This is a true WINNER! :)
Jurphaas.

[224477]

Thanks for the WONDERFUL pics Wouter, as I can see, the clip is on the "right" side, that means left handed :D
That seems to be the pretiest blue FRN spyderco ever.

Any user experencies on that one already?

[Jurphaas]

Jurphaas :eek:

[Rogcohen]

Anyone have any suggestions on where I can unearth one of the Delica ZDPs? I preordered one a couple months ago, but it's beginning to look unlikely that it will ever get to me. I'm jealous of all you who are already playing with this beauty!
Roger

[Manix Guy 2]

Great pictures , glad to hear you will be using the knife instead of tucking it away . I am still chasing the little Delica , hoping to find one , have my fingers crossed . Looked at E Bay today and wanted to throw up saw one going at 224. 00 with days to go . Happy collecting and hunting everyone !

[Rogcohen]

Think I'm sorted. I've heard back from Trading Post Supply and apparently i'm still getting mine! (They've been really good with correspondence by the way, much appreciated.) Might have a couple more on the way now too as I was internet shopping instead of working, but it's really hard to tell if people actually have them in stock or not (I'm thinking no). The ebay price is insane, made my jaw drop! I'd like to get two, a keeper and a user, but if I only get one it's definitely being used!

[gull wing]

Nice shots Blonde. The "no line" is much less distracting on the blade.

[startat2]

The Hitachi ZDP steels are so very hard that many makers can not handle the full ZDP and started working with the next best thing, being the San Mai option. To keep things economically feasable, they use 420C as the outher wrap.

It does make it cheaper, but with a blade so hard and brittle it also helps to have some 'supportive flex' that the 420 outter layering helps provide. Same with Cold Steels San Mai 3 steel, and even to a point the old japanese swords (2 steels mixed and folded man times as well as 2 different hardnesses on the blade, known as 'differential tempering') Just my .02

[ront]

Excellent pictures wouter!! Thanks for posting them. I sure ho[e that I am able to come up with one of these knives. I really want one!!

Ron

[rs2]

Great photos Wouter; Thank you!


I just got word that mine is being put on a brown truck today.


ehem, try Knife Center.

[Cameron23]

[quote="rs2"]Great photos Wouter]

Ditto. :D
C :spyder:

[Patriot]

I called Knife Center about 4.5 hours ago They said they sold like 40 this morning and were out of stock (but still taking backorders).

[jaislandboy]

Grooooaaaannnn!!!! Thanks for the torture (great pics!) Wouter! :p Can't wait for these babies to become available to the non-collector Spyder addict! :eek:

[tonydahose]

well i just got my two, i threw my hat into the ebay ring to see what happens, maybe i'll get lucky and it will pay for the gold kopa i am waiting to get. i took a few pics that i thought were funny. enjoy

[Michael Cook]

:spyder: Oh, man. As a buddhist, this knife is a great hinderance to my sence of non-attachment. :o I sure would like to find one. :spyder:

[Bruceter]

originally posted by Startat2

It does make it cheaper, but with a blade so hard and brittle it also helps to have some 'supportive flex' that the 420 outter layering helps provide.

I have to respectfully dissagre, this is what Sal had to say on Bladeforums about the brittleness

The question of "brittleness" of ZDP was born in the forums. There is no real experience that indicates brittleness. Certainly there was no indication in our testing.

Bruceter