Blades with reinforced tips (Lots of pics- 56k Warning)

[Kaizen1]

Hey folks,

I have a tactical confession to make. I really like blades with reinforced tips on them. No, they're not necessary. Yes, they might interfere with some cutting tasks. And yes, it may just be a phase I'm going through. But as of this moment, they're frickin awesome to me and that's all the reason I need to like them. I don't necessarily like just any knife just because it has this feature. I look at the overall design also of course. What's your take on them? Love em? Like em? Hate em? Mildly annoyed by em? Indifferent? If you like them, post a pic of the type you have in mind. Below are a bunch of pics to show what I'm talking about. None of these are mine. They're all pulled off of Google and forums. I don't really, really like all of them, but none of them are bad at all in my book.

Strider:

Snody:

Hinderer:

Lambert:

Elishewitz:

Barker:

 

[BP Green]

Right there with you buddy. I've broken too many tips not to have grown fond of the feature.

 

[wintersix]

I have never had an issue with reinforced tips, if I can get them on design I like then I will usually take it. I have broken a lot of knifes at the tip.

I go through phases with my knifes, I went through a phase where I wouldnt take a knife that wasnt a combo serrated blade. Now that I am not on the water or around boats as much I prefer a straigh edge and dont seem to carry them as much. Now I am drawn more to knifes that can stab and pry fairly well.

A couple of the knifes in your post got me curious, you might have just cost me some money

 

[Brennanscott]

Cool thread. I never tried a knife with a reinforced tip.

 

[Mudflap]

Glad you said it! I've noticed a lot of newer knives ground with really thin tips, and I have to say that those thin tips really work great. Right up until the point they snap off.

Real world knife failure: Benchmade AFCK-which was my duty knife at the time.

Crime Scene guy and myself were tasked with removing a 9mm slug from a door frame at the scene of a shooting. It was going to require some work, but it shouldn't have been a problem for a sharp, sturdy blade. I realized immediately that my knife blade was not only going to be a little too long for the job, but it had a tip that was way too thin for the types of digging stresses it was about to encounter. We ended up using a screwdriver to dig the thing out. Wasn't pretty, but it worked.

I switched to a Benchmade 910 immediately after that, and my last duty knife in uniformed patrol was an Emerson A-100. The Emerson took everything I threw at it. Imagine that.