Educate my why I should choose Tonto over Spear Point

As I mentioned earlier, the CQC-6 only comes as a tanto. There is no decision to be made.
 
Well as I said two are what I am looking at, and the other one is the CQC-7AW, and Saturday is the Gun Show. So that for all the great info.
 
I don't think one could be construed as superior to the other. I do think spear point is more versatile. I've never been able to trim my fingernails with a tanto. Its mostly personal preference and I certainly prefer spear.
 
I'd like to first say I don't think Addictedtogear's comment was meet to be taken so harshly. It was more of a funny jest then an insult.

On to the question...

Pros tanto, Easier to sharpen, you can drag them on a flat surface, no bending of the rest to get a proper even sharpening, assuming of course your sharpening your knife in the traditional method, or on the bottom of a coffee mug or something. You can set the grind angle of the front to a different angle than that of the belly. They scrape stuff really really well. The front tip may become dull like any knife, but I often find what has aptly been named the second edge, the point where the front edge meets the belly edge is sharp. This makes for a secondary point that can be used to make very precise cuts. The penetration things kind of a myth, if you pry straight on with a tanto the tips actually narrower and unless it's reinforced it's weaker than many drop points. If however you pry using the whole front tip so that the edge is laying flat you get allot of prying strength. Drop points tend to be better slicers than tantos, for instances if you had to cut allot of rope an emerson commander would probably be better suited for the situation than a cqc-7. For EDC use a drop point is considered the go to knife, not that tantos aren't adapt for the task, I personally can be found rocking a super CQC-7 most days and find it works great for the tasks I run up against in my life. I particularly like how quick and easy it is to sharpen.
 
Officer's Match said:
I think the point being made is that the six is a pricey option, above the heads of many "newbies". I didn't take that response the way the OP did, it was a veiled compliment IMHO.
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I concur.


I like the spear point for aesthetics as well as pragmatic functionality. Also, it's more sheople-friendly in my knife-friendly state of Illinois. ;)
 
Well I called Emerson today, spoke with a guy who was very knowledgeable. Found out my chances of getting a CQC-6 was very very slim, or not at all. We talked about the CQC-7, and now the only question is to get with WAVE or with out WAVE feature.

Hope the dealer at the Gun Show has both to look at, touch, and feel.
 
Yeah, unless you're on the order list from Emerson, the only way to get a 6 is from the secondary market. They do pop up from time to time though, you just have to keep an eye out and have a nice chunk of change ready.
 
Akapennypincher said:
Well I called Emerson today, spoke with a guy who was very knowledgeable. Found out my chances of getting a CQC-6 was very very slim, or not at all. We talked about the CQC-7, and now the only question is to get with WAVE or with out WAVE feature.

Hope the dealer at the Gun Show has both to look at, touch, and feel.
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You will love the CQC-7.

The Wave feature........I got into Emersons for a lot of reasons, the Wave being about bottom on the list. I was attracted to the clean lines of the commander series and the rugged no BS design of Emersons. I work as a firefighter/paramedic and started carrying a commander just a short time ago. Before that I carried a Benchmade pardue auto for years as well as Spyderco's, they never let me down. I have never thought "being a medic or fireman I need a one hand capable knife" I just carried the Benchmade auto and Spyderco's because they are high end knives. Now this is a true story- Just last week I was running a call with my paramedic intern from a local college. Drunk, combative transient call that we run all the time. I was helping the medic intern secure the IV with my gloved left hand (now bloody because the intern is very new) when another fireman/medic was dressing a laceration to the patients leg (fell while holding his vodka bottle and sliced himself good), the fireman/medic (with is hands bloody) needed the kerlix bandage cut to tie it off.

Now I am not going all Ricky rescue on you here, we normally just find trauma shears and cut the bandage..........but nobody could find the trauma shears and everyone's hands were bloody except for my right hand. THWACK, with a pull from my pocket with my non bloody hand my knife was out. Would this situation have worked with an auto knife? Yep. Would it have worked with a thumb hole Spyderco? Yep. But it was DAMN cool to have my knife open with just a brisk draw from my pocket.
 
Well I just got home from he gun show, and the selection of Emerson's was poor, but they did have a CQC Super Seven, plus two other models.

I have decided I want a Spear Point, Black Handle, Stone-washed, Serrated, CQC-7.

Now I am asking myself it I want the "WAVE" Feature, or it to be with out?
 
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