Fullrs: Not many knives with fullers out there.

[SwissHeritageCo]

Was really impressed how @Lorien did his Khukri. His photos, obviously:

He always comes with the unique lines.

 

[Ironbut]

I think these two are my only knives with fullers. A Camillus survival knife I picked up in DaNang in 1967, and a 3 1/2" Hinderer.

No, wait. Here's another:

 

[David Mary]

A big enough fuller is functionally similar to an S grind.

 

[Ironbut]

we need more blood grooves cause stabbing people, and removing the knife is super duper hard without one and it ruins my day.......

Absolutely! Furthermore in the case of the Busse Team Gemini, the blood groove is needed because without it, removing it from a zombi's head after you stab him would be darn near impossible.

 

[Delgadonine]

Absolutely! Furthermore in the case of the Busse Team Gemini, the blood groove is needed because without it, removing it from a zombi's head after you stab him would be darn near impossible.

Wait!

You were in DaNang and you fight Zombies?

With knives?



Let me ask you: what knife steel works best for you?

 

[Ironbut]

Wait!

You were in DaNang and you fight Zombies?

With knives?



Let me ask you: what knife steel works best for you?

No, I avoid zombis. I got all my zombi fighting info from watching a couple seasons of the Walking Dead. That's about all I could handle.
As far as favorite knife steel, I've always liked S35VN, and have really come to like Magnacut, although I only have two knives with it.

 

[Keyopp]

 

[shinyedges]

I never saw the movie...... I have NO idea what you are talking about, but You should work in Marketing.....I like how you paint a picture, and I'm wondering If I should see this? Ha!

Idk how missed this, you should definitely see the movie, or at least youtube that part lol

 

[Jcsixx01]

One of my favorite blades ever has an awesome fuller. The Richard Rogers Q is an amazing but rare & expensive knife.

Fortunately, Richard Rogers jist recently made both the Q & the Pup (small gentleman’s folder) available in production models made by CRKT.

I have his customs for both models but I am definitely going to pick up the production models too.

 

[SharpBits]

One of my favorite blades ever has an awesome fuller. The Richard Rogers Q is an amazing but rare & expensive knife.

Fortunately, Richard Rogers has made both the Q & the Pup (small gentleman’s folder) available in production models made by CRKT.

I have his customs for both models but I am definitely going to pick up the production models too.

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That’s a gorgeous knife!

 

[kod]

Knives and smaller blades didn't until the beginning of the 20th century after the Ideal was introduced.

Archaeologist explains innovation of 'fluting' ancient stone weaponry

Approximately 13,500 years after nomadic Clovis hunters crossed the frozen land bridge from Asia to North America, researchers are still asking questions and putting together clues as to how they not only survived in a new landscape with unique new challenges but adapted with stone tools and...

phys.org

Looks like a smaller blade to me.

 

[Arathol]

Archaeologist explains innovation of 'fluting' ancient stone weaponry

Approximately 13,500 years after nomadic Clovis hunters crossed the frozen land bridge from Asia to North America, researchers are still asking questions and putting together clues as to how they not only survived in a new landscape with unique new challenges but adapted with stone tools and...

phys.org

Looks like a smaller blade to me.

Spear points.......
The part that isn't mentioned is that while that while they make the points more resilient, their actual use was to fasten the point to the hafting in a more secure manner.

 

[kod]

Spear points.......

Right, so a smaller blade, with a longitudinal groove.

Also see the many hundreds of years old japanese knives with fullers. Unless you somehow think a < 10" blade is a "sword".

Tantō - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The only thing about fullers on knives introduced strictly post 20th century is that application of the specific word "fuller".

 

[DangerZone98]

Probably because the weight saved on smaller knives would be mostly negligible.

 

[greater]

It affects balance too. A well balanced knife feels good. One may have to resort to the use of fullers if they want their design to have the type of balance and feel that thay want.

I think a lot of these heavy thick blade auto openers that open sluggishly could benefit from a couple of deeply ground fullers to promote a nice snappy action if you ask me.

 

[Matthew Gregory]

I doubt they put extra thought/work into it to get it a couple ounces lighter.

Probably thought it looked scarier.

Efficient use of raw materials. As they’re drop forged, it’s simple to make the dies move material where it needs to be, or not be, and perhaps save whatever percentage of steel that would otherwise be wasted in that location.


Even if that works out to be 1%, that adds up when you’re making tens of thousands, or at this point millions…

 

[Synov]

Spear points.......
The part that isn't mentioned is that while that while they make the points more resilient, their actual use was to fasten the point to the hafting in a more secure manner.

The authors of the paper don't seem to give much weight to that idea:

"Yet, unfluted projectile points were mounted on spears for millennia without it, and it seems likely that if fluting did enhance hafting it would have presumably occurred prior to Clovis weaponry."

 

[Boru13]

Edit: I should write a lengthy diatribe about the misapplication of tapered tangs next lol...

I can’t speak for everyone but I wouldn’t mind reading your thoughts this.

 

[SharpBits]

I can’t speak for everyone but I wouldn’t mind reading your thoughts this.

Agreed. That caught my eye as well.

 

[badmatt]

Itty bitty fuller.