Does Anybody Have..?

[SpearHead]

Some pictures of the tanto or the mystery blade with the blood groove that I saw early in the Blade Show pics? I only saw the one pic of each and only at one angle. Anyone got some variety?

 

[R.Markus]

I noticed that blade myself and was wondering about it ( the one with the blood groove).

 

[nick681]

Les,
Here is the only picture I have of the Prototype Fighter.

I did not take a picture of the Tanto however.


Nick

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[viking313]

Man.....what a great looking knife!!!!!

 

[SpearHead]

Thanks Nick!

 

[Jerry Busse]

It's a pretty cool blade. I think we're going to raise the groove up a little higher in order to improve the primary grind. Should be pretty cool.

 

[SpearHead]

Cool. What's the blade length, width, and thickness on this knife?

 

[Josh Muller]

this may or may not be a valid or good question to ask - as theres is a looooooooot of debate on "blood grooves", or fullers

what are your reasons for putting it there?/what do you think it will ad to the blade?

the things ive heard that they do,

lightening the blade by removing metal, but also stiffening it by adding a second set of spines.
break the "suction" created by muscle tention and inner pressure of the body (wich may or may not exist)
allow a low pressure area for blood to drain off of the blade (so as not to weight it down when it cant immediately be cleaned off)

are any of these reasons for its being there?

just wondering, as my brother brought this up to be a short while back

very nice lookin blade...