blade shape?

cbxer55 said:
Truth! Just pick a shape you like, and use it for all the above. Ignore the marketing.
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I disagree.

I say it's the use that defines the category.


In a fighter, I want length maybe a 12 or 14" blade that's stabby and pointy - probably a double edge and a large double guard.


In a hunter that length is counter productive you want a 4in ish dropped point blade with some belly curve so you can get into the animal and cut what you need to without cutting other things.
A small single guard will let you get into the tight spots.


'Saying that the only difference between them is marketing - That's just silly .


I say an EDC utility is smaller than the hunter so it's easy to carry.



Type in those categories in to google image search and see what characteristics the results have in common.
 
12345678910 said:
'Saying that the only difference between them is marketing - That's just silly .
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Agreed. While knife marketers will slap any label on a any knife (Make some orange - they'll be the "bushcraft" model. Yellow - "rescue." Camo - "survival." Green - "zombie."), that hardly means that a knife's shape doesn't matter.

Certain shapes are designed to do certain things. A trailing point makes a better skinner than a dagger. A dagger makers a better penetrator than a hawkbill. Back when people really, really used their knives, these shapes were designed for a specific reason and purpose. Look at the blades on a stockman. They are not all the same. That's for a reason.

Now that most of us use our knives more recreationally, sure, its easier to say "They are all the same."...but it's really not the case.
 
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