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I think you are right that clip points are less popular than they used to be. I suspect that the Buck 110 had a lot to do with the earlier popularity of clip points in folders, and that it is less influential on current designs than it once was. In fixed blades, the popularity of using knives for chopping and batoning wood has led to a decline in clip point designs, because they are ill-suited to those tasks. Fortunately, there are still some fine clip point knives being sold today, just fewer than there used to be.
You can always reshape the blade. I've ground several spear points to clip points (folders and fixed blade) by SLOWLY with lots of cooling the back of the blade. Example, Boker Plus City 1, I reground from just infront of the nail nick in a straight line to the existing point - now I have a clip point City 1. Did the same with my CRKT Lake 111z.
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Got any pics would like to see how they turned out.
Sorry, no pics. Pull up any pic of either knife off the 'net and draw a line from in front of the nail nick to the point and you can see what it looks like. My 8" bench grinder leaves the back rough, so I use some diamond files and grades of emory to polish the back. When I'm don't you can't tell it is not an original design of the knife.
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Is the clip a straight line or does it have any curve to it? They sound really cool!
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Check the traditional sub-forum. Lots of pictures of knives with clip point, sheepsfoot, Wharncliff, and other blade profiles not normally found on modern folders.
Apparently you're missing Cold Steel, who has a ton of clip point blades. Recon 1, Recon 1 XL, Mini Recon, Voyager, the Espada series, the Code 4, the Broken Skull, the Lone Star/Mackinak Hunter, the Kudu and Eland, the AK-47 and Mini AK-47, and the upcoming Pro Lite are all available with clip point models.
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Benchmade Crooked River is a gorgeous clip point and I believe two of Spyderco's most iconic knives, the Military and Paramilitary 2, are both considered modified clip points. There are plenty still out there, you just may have to look a bit.
It is a shame, really, that makers are not producing more clip points. The clip point is the most versatile blade shape. It pierces like a dagger, skins like a skinner, and does most things well. This blade type does not necessarily have a fragile tip, either. There are, and have been, good, reinforced clip blades. Currently, Cold Steel makes a great clip point design. Here is a good illustration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiHLRkCKoSw
Here is another example of how tough a clip point can be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN0kfBMt-5M
I wish more makers would come out with clip points and get away from tanto points and etc.
Here is another example of how tough a clip point can be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN0kfBMt-5M
I wish more makers would come out with clip points and get away from tanto points and etc.
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Clip point blades were popular long before the Buck 110.
Clip point blades excel at skinning and hunting. With so many current knives focused on other uses, other blade shapes have become more popular.
Clip point blades excel at skinning and hunting. With so many current knives focused on other uses, other blade shapes have become more popular.
I think you are right. Long ago I was buying drop points because I thought they were better looking blades, I equated clip point blades with old fashioned knives. Now the way I use knives actually works well with clip point blades because I like a keen point and I think that is why knives started having clip points in the first place. I have a few clip point utility knives that I use but my EDC rotation is all drop points or spear points.
RX,
Go back and look at the videos I posted and see if you still feel that way. A clip point does not have to be delicate and they are far more useful a design than a tanto, and arguably even than a drop point. I have skinned and punched through large bones of large animals with clip points and have never broken a tip doing so. The only one I broke was a no name Solingen knife I had when I was a kid. I broke it prying out a big rock, or something. It was a delicate point anyway. I just re-profiled it and made it better.
Go back and look at the videos I posted and see if you still feel that way. A clip point does not have to be delicate and they are far more useful a design than a tanto, and arguably even than a drop point. I have skinned and punched through large bones of large animals with clip points and have never broken a tip doing so. The only one I broke was a no name Solingen knife I had when I was a kid. I broke it prying out a big rock, or something. It was a delicate point anyway. I just re-profiled it and made it better.
What I wrote is about general market perception in the age of the prybar, not my personal feelings about whether clip points are sensible or not. I don't think overly thick blades with heavy points are a good idea.