Hello Burke,
Edge geometry refers to the actual shape of the business part of the knife.In this case we left a deep bevel on the blade,rather than the wide `hallmark' ricasso or flat area as seen on most BKC knives.In plain English,it has much more of a wedge,allowing a narrower presentation of the cutting edge to the work at hand,and a more acute angle to do the `parting' of whatever material is being cut.The actual edge does the cutting but the wedge enhances the separating.
We also took advantage of the constant curve effect,as a cut is started at the base or choil of the edge,the diameter of the radius decreases,effectively allowing more sharpened steel to do less work.Think it through,a curve is longer than a straight line between equidistant points..It`s well known that the belly of a blade does almost all the work,and on this blade, it is actually all belly,and the curve gets greater as the cutting continues out to the point.
We deliberately combined these two effects on this knife.The wider ,underslung edge allowed us to acheive this `edge geometry'to your advantage.You get a similar action from the old Marbles Woodsman,and the LLBean Woodswalker.The Outbounder has the added advantages of modern steel ,lowered weight,compact size and a fairly decent price.
Simple,but subtle.I hope this answers your question.
B.