Kind of a story to go with this one. When I first bought my Delica a while back I really got attached to it so I did the logical thing and bought a duplicate backup because it's what I do. When I got it, the first thing I noticed was that the blade centering was off. I tried a few different techniques I've looked up to fix it and ending up completely rounding out a torx head in the scale and the centering was still off. So after I blew $30 round trip to have it fixed I realized Spyderco sharpened it again (it was still brand new and had yet to even cut something).
I tried to see if they could center it while they had it too but it didn't seem to be of much use. So the knife sat in it's box for a long time, brand new with its off center blade, raped screw heads, and what seemed like a millimeter of regrind and I was completely disgusted. (but I will say the thing was wicked sharp, even more so than when they come in the box). But then a brilliant idea hit me.
I bought a
third Delica for backup (which arrived just fine) and decided I'd try employing the other one as a utility/work knife. I was impressed with how much better an actual knife served my needs than a conventional razor blade style utility knife. The blade shape also lends itself to this purpose well. The reject Delica that I thought would eventually be sold off or given away has found a permanent spot on my tool belt in lieu of a Stanley razor knife and I've loved it.
I configured it just for it's newly given task buy switching the clip to the other end and giving it a lanyard. I carry it tip up but the tip down clip position serves a functional purpose. Since I keep it in a tool pouch slot and not a pocket the reversed clip makes it slide in easy and not catch on the pouch and makes it fit more snug than simply taking it off. The flare at the bottom of the clip also serves to keep it from ever sliding too deep. The lanyard's purpose is obvious.
I gotta say, it's felt good using a knife hard for knife tasks (as dumb as that sounds). This might be just what I needed to get over really using my "good knives" as knives.
