FFBM Questions

[Hogwash]

Some pictures of the FFBM are a little misleading, the tip grind is thicker than the rest of the blade. It's blade is right around 2" tall so the sabre grind isn't terribly thick but usually the edge could use a fair amount of thinning.

The LE's are nicer and are better choppers and slicers out of the box but the FFBM isn't that far off. The CG's are pretty close also. Unless you are dead set on carrying around all of that weight, it's a good choice.

 

[Lil' Foo]

Lil' Foo your knife is da sh!t!!! That's the look I love. Anyway I got some thinking to do because I find with thick saber's they have more of a tendency to get jammed when chopping splits compared to flat grinds. Now I have to decide if I'm going to get a FFBM or another custom ranger made in 5160. Oh what is the length of the FFBM's sharpened edge and also from the tip to the front of the scales? Thanks.

Thanks!

From tip to handle the blade lenght is 10"
The cutting edge, from tip to front of the choil is 9 1/4".

The blade height is 2"

Get the FFBM... nothin' else compares.

.

 

[RussMo]

BARBARIAN-X,

Lil' Foo said it above,"Get the FFBM... nothin' else compares." Really, nothing does!!!!!

 

[Last Visible Canary]

to me the beveling on the fbmle is a bevel leading to a swedge.

the penetrator tip is something specific, where the corners are knocked off right near the tip, just to make the tip itself pointy. anything longer then about 1/4" starts becomeing either spine beveling, or a false edge/swedge.

to me, this image shows the quintessential "penetrator tip"

 

[Lil' Foo]

Sorry LVC... I missed your response post.

Yes, that is the true penetrator tip. :thumbup:

The point I was trying to make (pardon the pun), was that if you bevel
the clip all the way to the tip, you end up with relatively the same kind of point.

I don't think you can add a penetrator tip if there is beveling that has
already removed the metal.

But you are correct in that the penetrator tip is at a steeper angle,
and therefore there is more metal behind the tip than what the full beveling
could provide. In turn making it better suited for impacts on hard objects. :thumbup:


.