SPYDERCO 11TRW DELICA TRAINER WAVE

This year’s knife industry trends appear to be leaning toward making functionality fun and techie with folding knife features like The Wave Opener leading the parade.

Popularized and patented by Ernest Emerson of Emerson Knives, The Wave is a hook curving out the blade’s spine that catches the edge of your pant’s pocket when drawing the knife. It quickly opens the knife blade so it’s locked and ready to use. The fact there is a learning curve in using The Wave makes a Waved Trainer applicable.

Gaining proficiency in safely handling and opening a Waved folder comes through repetitive practice. Delica and Endura Waved Trainers are identically sized, proportioned and weighted replicas of their “live” counterparts sans a sharpened edge and point. Designating them trainers are their red FRN handles.

The handles have Bi-Directional Texturing® for traction and screw-together construction for cleaning and adjustment. To reduce weight the dual handle liners are skeletonized stainless steel and holes in the blade remove even more ounces. Phosphor bronze washers smooth open/close action and the clip attaches in four-positions: tip-up/ tip-down, left- or right-hand.