l love the Endela platform, especially in SE, it is almost perfect for a knife in that size range!
But one of two things that could even be better for me exactly IS that it did carry over the bladestock from the Endura (3 mm) and not the Delica (2.5 mm).
(Generally I think the Endela is like 90 % Endura and just 10% Delica - which is just an observation, not saying it´s a bad thing).
(The other thing is: I´d wish for a better edge to handle ration on the Endela:
Either by bringing the blade as close to the 3.5" limit as possible and perhaps shortening the ricasso/kick a tad, which would add around 2 or 3 more mm of cutting edge.
Or make keep the current blade an make the handle slightly more compact).