For the physics guys – what are the structural benefits of a saber grind?

[Last Visible Canary]

if you cut off the top of the knife along the saber line, you have a full flat ground knife o_0

 

[coreysmith]

I remember this question from a while back, can't remember where, but one of the forums. A particularly good description of why the cross sectional thickness is the last word in the strength of the knife brought all kinds of remonstrance from fans of both sabre ground and hollow ground blades, nonetheless, the intelligent responder in question claimed to be a mechanical engineer, and he wrote with apparent authority. The practical upshot being, the more material, the stronger the knife.

 

[palegreenhorse]

http://faq.customtacticals.com/geometry/index.php

 

[nydude]

http://faq.customtacticals.com/geometry/index.php

Great Resource! Thanks

 

[rbmcmjr]

Not a physics question, but a knife question. All that like knives should know all the grinds.

 

[palegreenhorse]

Great Resource! Thanks

Anytime :thumbup: