A question about history

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Joshua Tyler Cruce

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Hi fellow knife lovers I was wondering if anyone knows who first came up with the multi grind knife blade?
Some examples I know of are bob loveless duplex hunter, morakniv kansbol, mick Stryder I think makes one he calls a nightmare grind?? And the trail tracker knife. But who came up with the idea to start a blade off with a short strong grind and at about half way point do a full flat to the top or a high hollow grind? Was it a loveless invention or does it predate even his work?

Any info is appreciated I am just very curious about the history of the design and I am a big fan of the two use approach IE thick at the heel of the blade for heavy whittling thin near the tip for food prep and skinning/filet use.
 
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Joshua Tyler Cruce said:
mike Stryder I think makes one he calls a nightmare grind??
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I don't know who invented it, but it's Mick (not Mike). :)

Unsolicited and gratuitous pic of one of my custom Strider Nightmare grinds:

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Loveless might be it. I remember other makers trying it out in the late 70's and 80's, but that's about it. The older way was to just include a smaller knife mounted on the sheath usually, or use a double edge design, where part of the spine became a different type of edge (usually for rougher work).
 
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tltt said:
Loveless might be it. I remember other makers trying it out in the late 70's and 80's, but that's about it. The older way was to just include a smaller knife mounted on the sheath usually, or use a double edge design, where part of the spine became a different type of edge (usually for rougher work).
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I appreciate your input man! Two knives one sheath is a good way to go about it. I fell in love with the half and half design when I tried out a mora with the “compound grind” as they call it. Then I came across a picture of loveless’ duplex hunter in a book on knife making. It got my mind burning for more info on this type of blade and I had to come on here to see what people know.
 
Planterz said:
Someone who doesn't actually cut things, and was looking for an answer to a question that nobody asked.
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Well, from a hunting standpoint the design did have a purpose since the Loveless knives that featured it were mainly designed for big game processing.The tip section of the knife was ground thinner for better skinning proficiency but the grind at the rear was left thicker so it could handle splitting through animals pelvic bones and joints without suffering damage or breaking. Many of these design requirements seem to come from some idea of necessity which may hold true in that case but I don’t see the need for it on a tactical folding knife.
 
NG VI said:
Imagine having a grind instead of just using the corner
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can you explain I’m not sure what corner you mean? Also I’m the same guy who did the original post here I didn’t know I had two accts and can’t get into the email on the other one now.
Do you mean the corner of the contact wheel? Or maybe you mean the tip of the knife?
 
Josh1992 said:
can you explain I’m not sure what corner you mean? Also I’m the same guy who did the original post here I didn’t know I had two accts and can’t get into the email on the other one now.
Do you mean the corner of the contact wheel? Or maybe you mean the tip of the knife?
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I was teasing about just using squared off stock instead of an edge
 
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