Favorite Mini-Griptilian/Griptilian Blade Shape?

[SpacemanSpiff23]

I'm surprised how much I like my 557 SBK Serrated Tanto. I don't do a lot of slicing, so the lack of a curved cutting edge isn't really a problem. The sharp angle in the blade basically gives me 2 points to work with, which is handy. And the flay part near the tip is perfect for scraping or smoothly cutting something off a flat surface (stickers on glass, etc.) The reinforced tip come in handy when stabbing through tougher things like wood, drywall, and just yesterday, stainless steel chimney liner. I even get a lot of use out of the serrations.

The only problem I have with it is that it is very hard to sharpen on a Spyderco Sharpmaker. But I've gotten very good at sharpening it with a stone.

Unfortunately, one of the springs in it just broke, so it has to go back to Benchmade for service.


I will be getting a Ritter some time soon, so I'll have something to compare it to.

 

[orthogonal1]

I'm surprised how...
Unfortunately, one of the springs in it just broke, so it has to go back to Benchmade for service...

Just out of curiousity, when did you get that Griptillian?

I'm trying to figure out when the spring issue manifested - probably due to a bad batch of springs as these things happen.

 

[SpacemanSpiff23]

I got it in May of this year. I've been constantly playing with it for 5 months now so I don't really blame Benchmade for the breakage.

 

[TrailWolf]

Really been enjoying all the responses to this thread!

I'm suprised to see how equally popular the syles are (except for the tanto) - wouldnt have figured it would be this close...


Keep em coming

 

[Steven Andrews]

Here are my Mini Grips: a 556, Mini Doug, 555HG, M2 Mini Doug and D2 Cabela's.



The blade profiles:

 

[orthogonal1]

I got it in May of this year. I've been constantly playing with it for 5 months now so I don't really blame Benchmade for the breakage.

Thanks for the info.

I do wish Benchmade or someone would just sell the springs, though. But then I suppose