The Delica still is after many years, my EDC preferred.

Love my k390 endela, she cuts relentlessly! Good video

Hey. I just found your channel last night. I have subbed and am enjoying your videos. I especially like how you use your knives for a month before review. You have inspired me to get a delica in k390. Have a great day!!

I heard "supple". Made the week for my inner 14 year old. 😁 I feel like the K390 not even needing to be sharpened is enough for me. I ordered a Stretch 2 in K390, can't wait for it to show up.

Thanks Erica!! Now that I’ve heard this review on REX45, I’m gonna have to try it out!! Cheers Sista!! 🤘🏼🇺🇸🔪🍺

This is a great example of how optimizing the geometry of the knife to take advantage of the steel and heat treatment can enhance the cutting performance.

I am sharpening at a lower angle due to the knife guiders now it really helps me 👍🙂

What an amazing review!! I wish I had the extra money right now to buy both steels, one day I absolutely will!! I love my Native 5, great model!!

Endura in k390 one of my favorites. My blade patina is basically spotty dull cloudiness. It also sharpens up very well.

I love rex45 for its ability to stay toothy through rougher use. BBB and some others on the spyderco forum say it favors a fine edge, but I think because of its hardness, strength and toughness at the edge, it also has an exceptional ability to hold a toothy edge. Seemingly the teeth just don't want to bend or break off in use. That kind of aligns with what Engineer's Perspective said about rex45, "too hard to roll, too tough to chip." I think k390 is similar, and I remember Eric Glesser saying it's unusual compared to maxamet or s110v etc in that it has enough strength and toughness to make serrated knives in.

I was blown away by how quickly it sharpened with my Diamond stones… agree with you 100% on the seki k390…. Seems like it can do well with either a toothy edge or a high grit edge… such an amazing steel. Wish we could get some seki k390 in the native 5 LW!!

Running late today. Great review and do have a K390 in an Endela ... but s90v Yojumbo edge seems sharper by a bit. Just testing so far on prescription hazmat warning paper! Hope you have a good weekend Erica, supposed to snow the next three days then back to -27 F. Yuk

I have to say the rex45 looks cool all scratched up and reground .👍

Based on your review I bought a k390 delica. Love your videos and am impressed with your honest impressions of each knife. Use your shit!! Awesome phrase and so true.

Good job, Great view

I've been warming up to my delica. I didn't like it at first and nearly sold it. But I just kept using it and comparing it to other knives in the smaller category. And wow, the M4 blade, mint scales and the delica ergos are amazing. I love this knife. By far my favorite small carry

Awesome knives this time. I have been wanting to get a Native so maybe I can get one in Rex45. We’ll see.

I just saw a couple new Seki K390 releases in the new product reveal... The Lil Temperance 3 lockback folder, and fixed blade Enuff 2.

Didn't know about Seki city. I just googled it to spell it for this comment and learned there is another factory in Moki and they are marked "Japan". Never used a basswood strop although my strops are the hardest and smoothest leather I can find. I have used a piece of cardboard off a 12 pack taped to a piece of oak though. Due to my size and adversion to wasting blade space with a finger choil I think I am looking for an endela in one of these steels to try(now). All in all one of the best knife video I have ever watched.

I need to try k390, I have my Native 5lw thinned out a bit and i raised my edge and convex it, its a beast.

Live the hair!!! 😍

Personally for a work knife the delica series, for me the endela now, is the best fuckin work knife ever with the FRN cause I don't feel like keeping it clean and nice and spyderco has the toughest grippiest frn out there

Love you. You are the Woman of Steel. In two ways: Knowledge of steels…. And your backbone of steel and strength. ❤

The Delica looks nice, but I’m not really enjoying the back lock on my Dragonfly 2, so I’m looking forward to getting the P3 or maybe the Yojimbo or Microjimbo. 🙃

I'm wonder if the underperforming Rex 45 was a fatigued edge from the factory. When I laid the angle back to 15 degrees, I made sure to apex it and form a burr, but maybe I should've gone a tad deeper in order to get down to really fresh steel. Then when you sharpened it twice, you cleared away the last remainder of the factory edge? It might explain why my BESS score of 75-ish wasn't mind-blowing when put to use. I always love to get to the bottom of these little mysteries, but sometimes all we can say is "all's well that ends well". I'm glad your Native finally performed for you. Have a wonderful weekend!

Hey Erica have you tried/reviewed the Spyderco Sharpmaker? it makes for some soooper easy upkeep of the trademark slicey angles that their knives are ground at by micro-beveling the edge but i bet you know that i jw if you had tried one lol

Just because of my hand geometry the stretch 2 is the best K390 for me. I have smaller hands but the Delica just does not fit comfortably. I have 3 k390 knives and I’m very happy with them

390 FTW is the take away🗡🗡 Thank you,... appreciate your expertise. Best knife site for keeping it real, IMO🗡🗡🗡

Do you think the improved performance on Rex45 was just sharpening past the fatigued edge? I don’t see how a regrind could affect edge retention 🤔

I think the reason I've been having edge longevity issues on my k390 endela is that I'm only use 320 cbn on the sharpmaker and then moving to the brown/white ceramic rods. I'm still learning.

Great review Erica, I do have to get my hands on some K390. Not sure if you want to make a video about this subject but I wanted to get your thoughts on something I’ve been thinking about. You recently talked about Chinese made knives and how we should support our US companies as much as possible. I agree with you however what about companies like Spyderco that make knives in china as well as in the US and other countries? One thing I’ve struggled with is there are knives made in china but the designs are from American designers like Ray Laconico and Dirk Pinkerton. In a way yes you’re buying a Chinese knife but you’re also supporting the designer in a way so there is the conflict. Thoughts?

Idk what his regrind procedure is but my guess is at that thin of a grind he most likely ended up with a burnt edge which would cause low edge retention until you sharpened away the burnt steel

If you get a blade reground to be thinner, what is the spec for how much steel to remove from each side? Thanks in advance!

K390 is some good shit!

Have you noticed any rust issues with Rex 45. I have the native in Rex 45 and started to notice some slight surface rust by the spidey hole.

Do you think one is tougher than the other in terms of micro chipping?

Great video Erica! Is there a way to communicate with you other than this comment section? Wanted to run a topic by you but this is not the right place. Obviously you’re not on IG anymore so was just curious. Hope all is well with you.

So it’s $150 for a knife with no maintenance or $150 plus a small fortune for a regrind Am I hearing you right

To me, the Native 5 still stands tall as one of the very best folding designs ever. Waiting for one in k390 to come out. Great vid!

For edc I might like a cF 535 better than a spiderco but for me , when I know I m going to work and will be using a knife I grab a spiderco or cold steel . Sometimes I’ll take the clip off the smaller or lighter knives since they’re really not needed

U sure native5 rex 45 $120?

Yojimbo 2 all the way lol but actually even the cheap light weight models from spyderco are really good!!! But actually at least the 🇺🇸 stuff..... all the models are good!!!

What do you use to strop k390?

Benchmades prices are out of control now. K390 is the best steel by far IMO. My delica k390 has a good amount of patina. I think its what you are cutting. Food ect. I think thats all it is.

I love your knowledge of knives, but a review of any knife that is modified is not a true review of that knife from that manufacturer. A review of the bone stock version is the only true way to test a knife. You even stated this in one of your other videos. What would be better is to have a review of the stock versions and then another video on the modified version with explanations of why these modes are needed and how to do them and / or get them done. Also which mods negate the manufacturers warranty. Also on the manufacturer website the Native 5 Lightweight is $172.50 vs $180 for the Bugout, that’s really a minor difference comparing both companies entry offerings. Thanks again, I enjoy watching your videos, but you really should consider a Patreon addition it would help you out and we all would benefit.