I'm reminded of something Adam Horovitz said. "I'd rather be a hypocrite than the same person forever." Changing views come with more time and wisdom so keep it up.

This video absolutely saved me with that trick to get the lock on. I was trying to put it on while the knife was opened up for about an hour and the blade jumped up and bit me, twice. Thanks a million for the help mate

Fun story! I actually had an old half serrated saber ground endura that I sold to a guy years and years ago. When I sold it to him, I figured I'd take it apart and clean it up before I shipped it so the new owner wouldn't have my pocket gunk in it, and that little plastic pin snapped off on one side. Luckily, the guy was cool about it when I explained it and sent him back his money, but I was really put off by spyderco for awhile after that.

I kept going past this video because I thought it was 3 years not 3 hours ago uploaded. Just surprised to see a delica on this channel in 2020. Great knife though and even greater steel

That was incredibly helpful! Thank you, Nick. I was having a rubbing issue by they blade that I was able to solve by taking apart, cleaning and applying a little lubricant. I played this video as a step-by-step to get me through.

Hi Nick, thanks for making this video. I heard you describe taking the Delica apart in another video, so it was nice to see it in person. As always it was made more fun by your philosophizing and stories during the disassembly and reassembly.

Thanks Nick! Love the philosophy narrative over the ‘how to’ video. Straightforward and useful 😀

"A hero can be anyone -- even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended." Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Then, always be Batman. One way to be sure you've learned something is if you've changed your mind. In short, I think what happened is, my father passed away, I had a pocketful of EDC to go on, I found this channel, and learned there was more to learn about the hobby and the man than I could possibly imagine. Thank you so very, very much Nick.

Thanks for the video. Had some copper scales for my delica and was always scared to try and install. Followed you vid for an easy go of it!👍🏽 now its my favorite knife- went from cheap feeling to a nice hefty knife.

Here in Italy I prepare a lot of food with my Endura in zdp189, now I'm ready to disassemble it for a nice cleaning and maintenance, thanks!.

Just bought a new enduro from spyderco at the western stock show. The knife is perfect. Every fit, every dimension, blade centering, lock up, lack of play at all. Always have loved how the japanese spydercos feel.

My method for disassembling the Seki City Spydercos: 1. Strip at least one T6. 2. Curse. 3. Use hacksaw to convert stripped T6(s) into slotted screws. 4. Reassemble. 5. Curse some more, even though the ordeal is over. 6. Swear never to do this again.

I was able to reassemble my Endura 4 thanks to you Nick.

I’m sitting here in Russia dreaming about Spyderco knives in K390 getting prepared for the future disassembly... Thanks for the experience!

Great content here! Much love from Switzerland

Thanks Nick, switched out k390 scales for Aramis scales with your help today - very timely! Aloha! Edit: The Aramis backspacer has a metal pin. Bonus.

Awesome I spent ages trying to put together my Endura thanks Nick

Great Job Nick! This is a great video.

Thanks Nick, for tricks and the interesting video. I also got a delica a short time ago. Nice greetings from Austria.

I love Rant Country, it’s one of my favorite places in the internet!

Thank you so much for this video Nick. I took apart my Endura 4 and I haven't been able to put it back together. I'll try to reassemble it now.

Thanks Nick, from your tutorial I was able to overcome my fear of disassembling my Delica 4 and install some sweet carbon fiber scales on it! Thanks!

I know this is old but i just took apart mine and had a heck of a time putting it together. Just when i thought i was done, then the plastic guide was giving me problems just like you pointed out. I took it apart and while putting it together ( the hard way) i lost a washer.😭,😠😭 So tomorrow I will finish the job, just the way you did it. ( Minus a washer). Im new to knives 3 weeks and this was my first time. 😆 I will not use this knife until i get another washer. Thank you soo much for teaching me something new. At 60 I'm never too afraid to say I'm wrong. Learning is what keeps me young. My anxiety and depression thank you for teaching me how to put this together. Peace, Leo

Nick, great video - sooo much appreciated, same trick worked to put my trusty Stretch so easily again together (they have almost same guts as Delica and Endura, so you can even extend title of this video)... Thanks and keep on rolling :-)

I’m late to the party, great video! I’ve had great success using graphite instead of fluid lube. It has reduced the frequency of cleanings, while providing smooth action. Graphite doesn’t seem to attract and hold pocket dust, etc. Again, great video!

Used this video to re-assemble the Pakkawood-KnifeCenter variant of the Delica 4. I do wish Nick has a disassembly video of the pakkawood to highlight some of the differences but the steps are almost the same as the FRN handled delica. Thanks Nick!

aw man thank you so much. I was having so much trouble with this!!

Thanks nick for helping me with another knife

Thanks for the video! If I need to disassemble my edura or Delica now I know how.

I bought custom scales and had a hell of a time getting it back together. That spring was a huge pain to get in to the micarta scales I got off Etsy.

Thank you for this! Made a scale swap a piece of cake!

I bought the one in ZDP, stays super sharp.

Wow, thank you, i found out the hard way after, it was flexing so bad I couldn’t get it back together, saved me….

Had a few endura 4s and though on the large side they are to me the best knife in that size range to carry.

"This is a very hard knife to disassemble" air duster and kpl go brrrr

Nick...thanks a lot for the tutorial

Thank you very much and thank good i found your video!❤

Metal after market backspacer kind of fixes that problem but it also makes the backlock harder to push.

It was lucky for me to try and disassemble the cheaper Byrd knife first, and when putting it back together I chewed the little pin on that backspacer. It turned out that there's actually a metal pin, just coated with FRN. When assembled, it now sits a little askew, but the knife works and I don't see it failing any time soon. But I definitely will only disassemble my Delica if it gets super dirty 😅

DLT has an exclusive with 20CV for $108. The red and black zome looks way better in person than in the pictures, but I got micarta scales for it. Couldn’t be happier.

maybe that pin on the back spacer is to help with the force from the spring? since you have the screw and post on the top half of the back spacer (to attach the three pieces together, and help with the spring)

Nick I need some help with a stainless steel endura. My back lock is very very stiff. Any ideas on how to soften it up.

Great video.I learned something today!😃 I just subscribed your channel 🔪👍

Nick, what is your favorite 2020 release under $200? Thank you!

See if flytanum would make a replacement.

Nice video 😀

6:20 that's how scientists work. Boy we are glad to learn how wrong we were.

That's a pretty nice Seiko, what model is it? How do you like the lock tight paste vs the liquid? I've heard that the tube dries out pretty fast.

I recently disassembled my Delica to soak the scales and get the gunk out of the frn. Barely got it back with the help of a family member and a lot of time.

He’s got a nice seiko today

You da man Shabazz

What part of that was supposed to be difficult? It seemed like a really simple, straightforward takedown and reassembly. Great instructional video on how to do it though, it will come in handy as I just purchased my very first Spyderco (Delica 4 in 20CV) and I plan on replacing the scales and spacer with Flytanium carbon fiber scales and a titanium spacer.

Godammit Nick your part of the watch community now.that means we're technically entitled to get a customary wrist watch check in every video now.lol.you did it to yourself brother.i will expect one in the next video.

Great, now l will order that Delica back spacer that Nick scared me out of buying ;)

What tools do i need to take these apart please

This is going to be helpful. I really want an S30V Delica, but the hot pink handles are not something I really want on something that I would carry.

Nice...thanks

Please do a review on the benchmade Fact

Any chance you have a sypderco Herbert? Took mine apart and can’t seem to get it back together. Any help would be awesome

Thanks for the video. Next time I'll watch first, before trying 8 or 10 times to put all the parts in before screwing the scales together only to have the spring or FRN pin pop out of place, even when clamped in. I guess watching the video first is sort of like letting your wife persuade you to stop and ask for directions before driving around for two hours looking for your destination.

just got my delica in vg 10 in orange frn its sharp as hell im nerdin out over it haha

What bit driver is that?

Would a flytanium backspacer get rid of the problem with disassembling the delica?

My Byrd Cara Cara 2 didnt have any washers on the pivot, is that normal? Also putting the knife back together the action doesnt feel right anymore feels like it gets hung up now.

This is definitely the easiest way I've found.

My new Dollica is already in need of servicing. When’s the maintenance vid coming on that? 😂

What’s the site for the tools?

Have we seen that Seiko before?

Somehow the screw out of the pivot came out of my Delica. The pivot is still there the screw on the other side is missing I didn't realize it would be such a devil to try to find another one does anybody know where I could get one that's not $30 for one screw or what size thread it is

How about the Pacific and Atlantic Salt(s)? Similar issues ?

My centering is way off after I put it back together . Also favoring the clip side

👌 nice

You can drop a black clip into a cup of acetone and it will strip it to stainless. You don't have to sand them.

Thanks

"Blackshon" 😂

Nick is taking apart a Delica. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO THROW AT US 2020??! *shakes fists at the sky* on a serious note: thank you for finally doing this.

Nick is our times Bob Ross

I gotta be the one ..soooo...looking at screws on the grey Delica in the entry photo ..the screws are on backwards ? ..lol..

Troublomatic, lol !😂👍

GS?

I have done it both ways . Become frustrated with both ways and fallen back to the opposite option.

Whats up Nick?

I have the Dragonfly to deal with, so...

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, philosophers and divines." Emerson, Self-Reliance 1841

I came just to watch you struggle with the back spring. Edit: I was let down.

this only works if you have a newer one that has the screw construction, if you have an older pins model like me, your out of luck

does a civilian look like this inside?

The knife I'd love to like. But I don't see the value of them. For what they have inside of it, it should be $20-$30 knife.

Spyderco knives r great until you stab something with one and it folds on your fingers. Spyderco resilience.and anything with an axis lock. best advice is to buy a cold steel with triad lock if your gonna be constantly vigorously stabbing things.that's just what I've come across from my experience with pocket knives over like years and years of vigorous stabbing.i hope this helps.

M390 makes Delica a much better EDC for not much more $ 👍

What tool are you using to remove the screws?

Of course he got a k390

I'm not a fan of this knife, I have the Byrd Robin which seems identical. The knife has to be disassembled in my opinion as with all the crevices in the liner if you're chopping up anything slightly gummy, like an apple, it just collects gunge. Used to like Spyderco, gone off them with this one.

cut the absolute fuck outta my hand when trying to put the lock bar back in.. I didn't tape the blade FUUUUUCK

Ladies and gents... The ugly long boi delica

I'd return a $100+ knife that needed to be disassembled and 'maintained' after carrying it for 2 days. Just sayin'. I've got $25 knives I've carried for months, even years, that just need an occasional drop of KPL. Maybe you should try a higher quality brand.

You’re talking about cancel culture

I am really pissed off at Spyderco. I have a Delica 4 and a Delica Wave. I don’t like the dark-blue-green scales that came on the Wave, so I swapped them with the light gray ones on my Delica 4. In doing so, I came to find out that on BOTH knives, one of the pocket clip screw holes-the same respective one correspondingly on both knives-is stripped and doesn’t grip the threads of whatever screw is put into it. Someone recommended to me a solution that I hadn’t even thought of-swap the skeletonized liners and reassemble the knife. So I did that just now, and now TWO of the pocket clip screw holes are stripped! What the hell can I do? I’ve been told that Spyderco will not sell me new liners. If I sent the knives in to them, will they replace the liners? I’ve disassembled the knives; won’t they consider my warranty void? What options do I have? Do other companies (such as Flytanium) sell replacement liners for knives such as the Delica?