drop point vs clip point

[Ferahgo]

Why not both Seriously though, I think that there are better uses for either blade, but having both would be a handy option. That way you could decide which blade would work best in everyday application.

 

[Kevin Wabiszewski]

It doesn't get much more versatile than drop point and it's always been my favorite. It's what I carried in the Marines and I have a lot of experience with knives. I actually put together a long guide on the 26 most common shapes along with their use cases if you're interested. https://www.marineapproved.com/knife-blade-types-shapes/

 

[GeofS]

It doesn't get much more versatile than drop point and it's always been my favorite. It's what I carried in the Marines and I have a lot of experience with knives. I actually put together a long guide on the 26 most common shapes along with their use cases if you're interested. https://www.marineapproved.com/knife-blade-types-shapes/

Welcome, Kevin! Very cool article. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

….Fishing from the Depths.
haha

 

[marchone]

A closer comparison might be drop point vs spear point.

 

[YellowSwiss]

I likes me clip points

 

[eveled]

Clip point for me. They just look better. The fine tip is useful at times. I’ve not broken a tip off a knife yet. I like other shaped blades for some jobs, but the clip point is just beautiful in my eyes.

 

[Wasty]

For me a Clip point without a swedge is the most beautiful. Very pointy without giving up strength

 

[daizee]

I cannot abide a concave clip. Straight clip eats your lunch.
But as Opus says... "To each, his dentifrice".
I straight-spined my 15, my 17, and... well... had my way with a kephart (see other mod thread).

 

[Student762]

Honestly I've never had the need to drill a hole with a knife's point. Am I missing out on some vital bushcraft technique here? Is it common in a type of trapping or something?

 

[1066vik]

bow drills, hay keys, spoon/cup/bowl carving, field made bucksaw, splinter removal........

 

[YellowSwiss]

I also like a finer point for dressing game, detail work and just generally poking things. Plus, you never know when you might need to stab a big scary cobra-velociraptor hybrid that attacks late at night.

 

[CanadaKnifeGuy]

A clip point is useful for hunting....

...As a pig sticker or if you're really a good ol' boy redneck, wrestling alligators with your bare hands and nothing but a giant Bowie knife.
Yee-haw!

I prefer drop points. Better for skinning without a pointy tip that could pierce when unintended and stronger for batoning.

I did put a clip point onto a BK11 and it thinned the tip out for a better point on an EDC that didn't really need to be that chunky and already had a rounded tip.

 

[noviomagus]

Gene Moe used his Buck 110, clip point, to take down a grizzly. No tip breaking there.

Though,..
I had a Cold Steel Voyager Large with Clip point and stabbed it a few times, and that is just a few times, into wood.
The tip bend (I was a bit amazed by it), I tried to bend it back carefully. And it broke.
So that's it. It's very vulnerable.
I guess that Gene Moe didn't hit the bones of the bear hard...
I also read about cases where the tip of the Buck 110 broke off when just stabbing into wood.
Some of those clip point tips are really delicate.

 

[SALTY]

I like a clip point for field dressing critters and a drop point (or spear point) for almost everything else.