Choosing between the two, which would you rather have, wharncliffe or spearhead?

cards94 said:
i'm not a collector but for function alone you would say the wharnecliff is more veratile for edc?
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For me yes, most of the time. I do however carry at least two knives every day with a total of 3 to 5 blade options but the warny gets the most use overall with a clip blade running a close second. Opinions and preferences vary. The worst blade is the one you don't have when you need it.
 
I can't really answer without seeing the specific knives I'd be choosing between. But what the heck. Wharncliffe. I could live with either, but having the pointy tip of the Wharncliffe is slightly more beneficial than the belly I'd be losing by foregoing the spear. And I've never seen a Wharncliffe blade I didn't like, but I've seen some spear points that I really don't like (such as some of the wide, flared paddle shaped things that GEC uses on some patterns).
 
i've decided on the wharncliffe but i see it with a liner lock and without. which is the better option?
 
Personal choice really. I got the locking version to try something different. Have not been disapointed with it at all. You dont feel it in use and it becomes second nature to use.
 
I love the Wharncliffe for almost all applications and carry at least one at all times. My grail traditional folder is a Wharncliffe(but doesn't exist), and so is my favourite non-traditional that I designed. After carrying them at times exclusively, I am comfortable with a wharncliffe to work for me!

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Spear point. I prefer the ones on the Barlow or ponyjack by GEC to the one on the eureka jack. I do like the wharni though
 
Easy, spear point. I find that knives with no belly are good for some things, but are very lacking in others. A long spear point can give me what I need out of a Wharncliffe and then some.

The Wharncliffe is a looker though.
 
Tend to agree with Woodrow, the Wharncliffe is certainly sexy and wicked looking, certainly a straight edge requires little skill to sharpen but how do you dissect your ribeye steak with it?
I don't have one yet but I'm becoming quite smitten with that Autumn gold? # 55 that keeps showing her wares.
 
I was so excited by the beautiful pics of the G.E.C. # 55 wharnie that I began shopping for one, only to discover to my horror that it's only three and a half inches closed. Are you kidding me? No doubt peanuts have their place, I have a couple of lovely Schrades, but I was hoping for something a bit more robust.
 
LEOGREG said:
I was so excited by the beautiful pics of the G.E.C. # 55 wharnie that I began shopping for one, only to discover to my horror that it's only three and a half inches closed. Are you kidding me? No doubt peanuts have their place, I have a couple of lovely Schrades, but I was hoping for something a bit more robust.
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I'm one that most prefers a knife 3" with two blades (spear and pen or clip and pen) and a single spring if in my pocket and have never felt I didn't have enough knife for EDC. Preferences vary so widely we are fortunate to have the wide range of choices we have.
 
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Hmm, can I take that back? I may have been a bit precipitous in pronouncing my preferences. Just measured my Waynorth
Harness Jack, a manly man's knife if ever there was one, only a hair over three and a half inches. The R.R. Canoe I've been carrying for a month is "only" three and a half inches.
Think before you post.
Thanks Leghog
 
If I could only have one blade style or the other, it would be the spear. It is more useful for a camping and game cleaning, and the belly does well with a lot of different slicing tasks.

If I am doing more "inside" work and cutting I like to carry my AG Russell wharnie once in a while for its cutting power. I do admit that about half the fun of that is the gorgeous blade shape and the actual grind of the blade.

Robert
 
I skin game with my pocketknife a good bit.

I need a little belly for that.

I am sure looking forward to getting that new GEC Trapper in a few days.

I will have a clip point that will do for skinning, and a wharncliffe too.
 
Up until recently I would have said I had no interest in a spearpoint. But I've been carrying only my Queen Canoe with its spearpoint and pen blades for the last three months and haven't really found anything I couldn't do with it.

Aesthetically, I still don't care for spearpoint blades. I think I'd still rather have a Wharncliffe, given the choice between the two. But this recent experience demonstrates to me that if all the other features of the knife are good, then I don't care which I get.
 
jc57 said:
I've seen some spear points that I really don't like(such as some of the wide, flared paddle shaped things that GEC uses on some patterns)
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but they are great butter spreaders ;)


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spear point for great outdoors and Wharncliffe for great indoors(city EDC)
 
I have always preferred a blade with a belly for EDC, but even more important is a pointy tip, therefore a clip blade.
If I had to pick between the spear (wide tip) and Wharncliffe (no belly), I think the Wharncliffe would be the better for me.
 
I don't much care for the way a spearpoint looks.

For years I have carried trappers mostly, and I have no idea how many bull calves I've cut, and how many coons, possums, squirrels, deer, etc. I have skinned with them.

But a few months ago I bought a GEC Eureka Jack in Smooth Ivory Bone, and I can't seem to leave the house without it in my pocket.

I bought it because it just kind of intrigued me, but was unprepared for how well it suits me.

That spearpoint blade is mighty handy if I need some belly on the blade, and that coping blade is a scalpel.

Add that to how well it feels in my hand and pocket, and I have a knife that all by itself could pretty well cover me in the knife department.

I still don't really care for the looks of a spearpoint, but they work.
 
black mamba said:
I have always preferred a blade with a belly for EDC, but even more important is a pointy tip, therefore a clip blade.
If I had to pick between the spear (wide tip) and Wharncliffe (no belly), I think the Wharncliffe would be the better for me.
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I agree! If I had to choose between a wharncliffe and a spear-point, I would choose... a clip-point! Gives you some belly with a nice pokey tip; kind of the best of both worlds, imo. I personally prefer a wharncliffe but I do feel that a spear-point is a better all-rounder.

-Brett
 
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