HINDERER no choil wharncliff

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Cowboyfromhell666

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I'm on the fence with this blade shape. I would like to know from other owners how they like theirs. Did you wish you got the spanto blade instead? I'm worried about the tip snapping off on a hard use knife ...thanx for input
 
How hard do you plan on using it? It's not meant for stabbing. If you want to do that get the spanto
 
I was on the fence too and had my wife pick the blade shape.
She picked the wharncliffe and I'm glad she did.
For general cutting it's perfect, very sharp and the tip is pretty strong too.

I wouldn't use it for prying , but it cuts real well ( and IMO looks good too).
If it was going to be my only knife, I would have gotten the spanto, but I already have a few thick bladed knives.
It begs to be used....

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Cowboyfromhell666 said:
I was under the impression that wharncliff blades were also utilized as a "stabby" weapon for self defense?...
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I wasn't thinking of self defense, I just meant stabbing things in general. So harder media will definitely stress the tip much more and could possibly deform or break it. For example, say you wanted to open a coconut. I stab into the top then pry it open with my Umnumzaan. I'm pretty sure the fine tip on the XM-18 wharncliff would not fare as well as the spanto grind or my tanto tip.
 
It's a wonderful blade-shape and great cutter. Think oversized box cutter. You want to stab and slice, that's the best use of it.

It's difficult for some uses, like hollowing out an apple, for instance. Not a Swiss Army knife .... For this, the slicer, spear-point or bowie are better. (I don't do Spantos, don't see the point)
 
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I love mine. I’m a pretty big fan of wharnies tho. They do have the rare limitation, but for the majority of EDC tasks they are a winner. I get a lot of use out of that stabby tip.

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unwisefool said:
I wasn't thinking of self defense, I just meant stabbing things in general. So harder media will definitely stress the tip much more and could possibly deform or break it. For example, say you wanted to open a coconut. I stab into the top then pry it open with my Umnumzaan. I'm pretty sure the fine tip on the XM-18 wharncliff would not fare as well as the spanto grind or my tanto tip.
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Don't do that, with any knife - even a Hinderer. Believe me, I tried in my early twenties. Needed mid-night micro-surgery in my left hand, the 5 stitches are still visible. :eek: :)
 
ferider said:
Don't do that, with any knife - even a Hinderer. Believe me, I tried in my early twenties. Needed mid-night micro-surgery in my left hand, the 5 stitches are still visible. :eek: :)
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I've done it many times, the key is to put the coconut on something and not hold it in your hand.
 
I think Hinderer's is my favorite production rendition of a wharncliffe blade and the one I owned seemed to be a decent slicer. That sharp, acute tip is very effective if rotated downwards thru a cutting stroke, which is where I think it's purported self-defense acumen is derived. I'd be all over a skinny, no-choil version with flipper delete :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Mine is choiled and I love it. I'm sure choil-less ones are great too. However, owning a wharncliffe XM-18 won't scratch off your itch for a Spanto. So my sense is that it is a matter of which one to get first than which one to get only.
 
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