Clip Point, Drop Point, Clip Point BM?

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Glenn Jones

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I hope I have got my knife terms correct - it appears as if the Battle Mistress blade shape has evolved from a Clip Point from years ago, to a Drop Point in the E Series, to the new forthcoming Clip Point style blade. I would suspect the Clip Point would give better penetration and in my opinion has a more attractive look while the Drop Point would be a stronger and a better utility blade shape. But what was the real reason for the change from the Drop Point of the E series? Was it just time for a change?
 
well, the battle mistress (to my knowledge) did start its life out as a longer version of the original steel heart. so it went from drop to clip to drop and back to clip point again...
 
SethMurdoc said:
well, the battle mistress (to my knowledge) did start its life out as a longer version of the original steel heart. so it went from drop to clip to drop and back to clip point again...
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Do you mean the E-Series? The BM-E was more similar to a lengthened SH-E, but the original straight handled BM started with defined clip point blade from all of the pics and knives I have seen. I don't think any of the early steal hearts were called "clip" points. Just last night I looked through some pics of a steel heart stash and all looked to be well in the "drop" point classification.

With that in mind the progression would be more of clip point (straight handle) -> drop point (e-series) -> clip point (f-series)
 
well i have some info from a good source, the first battle mistress was the foabm (father of all battle mistresses) shown here :cool: :cool: :eek:


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And I thought when I bought that ZTBM from you that I was buying a big knife and all the time you were holding out on me with the foabm. The BM will now forever be regarded as a "pip squeak".
 
SethMurdoc said:
well, the battle mistress (to my knowledge) did start its life out as a longer version of the original steel heart.
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DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!
 

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DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!
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Not a Mistress, but close :) That was one of the very few 10" A2 Steel Heart's Jerry posted last year or the year before...
 
Duh, stinkin vodka dinners.

That was one of the transition models, a BBSH1 with a 9.5" blade. One of 6 released. The SH2 was pulled back to 7.5".

But, this pup did help lead to the Mistress........

Here is a better comparison view.
 

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But, this pup did help lead to the Mistress........

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True true......


The Steal Heart had several years on the market before te Mistress.
 
i was gonna go look for pics on badmojo, but thatmguy said was i meant.

for the record, i think the battle mistress was always a clip point at heart, it was just forced into another package by other models :rolleyes: (i prefer the clip)

seems that whenever the battle mistress was designed to be something on its own, rather then a longer version of another blade, it had a clip point.
 
It's actually an in-between. Pre-SHSH2, but has the 3 bolt handles. Only six out there, and this was the first to surface since they were sold all those years ago...
 
WOW, I've not seen an in-between. Does it have any of the SH1 features, or is it in-between in a time-wise way?
 
Hey young man, you just getin in from partying all night?? ;)

Just look at all those hyphens you're throwin around. You could put someobodys eye out.

Post again when you sober up!!! :p

Dang college kids... :rolleyes:
 
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