Can’t imagine wanting to use anything other than a wharncliffe

[RickHuf]

I like a nice straight edge. Works well for most of the things life throws at me.

 

[Wharn]

No need to choose……..

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Isn’t that a lambsfoot? I love those as well though.

 

[Shorttime]

Edited because there's not much point without being able to post photos, and I'm not dealing with signing up for a new image hosting site, right now. Sorry to derail, gonna go have a cookie.

 

[Elgatodeacero]

Isn’t that a lambsfoot? I love those as well though.

I lump lambies and wharnies together since they are both straight edges.

 

[JParanee]

Dont get me started best edc blade shape of all time

 

[Drop bear]

Dont get me started best edc blade shape of all time

I do like the tactical wharncliffe.

 

[Terry M.]

I love whittling with my Wharnies / Sheep's Feet.

And so on.

Do tell more on that Orange fixed blade

 

[Terry M.]

Love me a wharncliffe

 

[ferider]

Do tell more on that Orange fixed blade

That’s made by the Spanish startup Hydra. .25 x 6” Sleipner Steel and hollow ground, orange Micarta. Comes black coated originally, which I stripped.

 

[ferider]

Today’s Wharnie in ATS34:

 

[dirc]

yeah, agree with the op,

thats why my kershaw leek sees such frequent pocket time

 

[A.L.]

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

I have lots of Wharncliffes. Here are two, both customs, on the right, a K'roo, on the left, Vincenzo Balistreri:

 

[midnight flyer]

I don't know why folks appear to be wired to find "the one", not just here in the world of knives, but in many arenas.

The fact that a tool happens to perform well in a variety of circumstances and situations doesn't make it the only tool you should have in your shop or at your disposal.

It does make it a very useful tool.

Embrace the variety.

I was going to reply, but I don't think it could be said any better than this. If you look at knives as tools, no one knife does it all perfectly. That is why we have different shapes, steels, handles, etc.

Good post!

 

[WValtakis]

 

[353]

Wharnies have a weakness when it comes to cutting stuff on a cutting board. The tip, and 2-3 millimeters behind the tip, will be dulled out quite quickly doing this too much.

Very easy to sharpen though, one straight edge to draw accross ur stone. Fast and easy.

 

[Chronovore]

I like it most of the time but not all of the time. Sometimes, I like a little belly.

 

[Houlahound]

I have met enough Wharncliffe lovers to say they are a "special" bunch.

I ain't gonna say anything that might anger them.

According to the average Wharncliffe lover I have met the Venn diagram of the entire knife world has two circles; one with Wharncliffes and the other with every other blade profile possible and the circles do not intersect or have overlap. In fact you can't even put the Wharncliffe circle on the same page.

So I am going on public record to say Wharncliffes are the best, yay for Wharncliffes.

 

[tony281sc2]

This is definitely one I want to pick up (wanted one since the ZT 0392WCs came out, which is more or less the same). So glad they finally made this a regular production thing

 

[eveled]

Very easy to sharpen though, one straight edge to draw accross ur stone. Fast and easy.

I feel the same way. But I can’t figure out why used ones are so wonky. If they are so easy to sharpen
Sometimes you can find hidden Wharncliffe blades.