How about a new Spyderco?

[stabman]

I recently got the P'kal, and the blade geometry is awesome. I think it would work great in a folder designed for regular grip every bit as good as it does for Pakal methods. Maybe a bit of jimping/ridges(whatever they're called) for grip along the spine area, but still with the Wave.

I think it would sell pretty well(I know I'D buy one). So, how about it?

 

[jpatrick]

It probably won't be exactly what you're hoping for, but there are a few new versions coming out with a similar blade shape. Search for the SuperHawk and other hawkbill blades in the works.

 

[The Deacon]

A blade with some "belly" can be used for pull cutting, push cutting, straight down slicing, chopping, shaving and stabbing. Hawkbills, while offering some advantage on the pull cut, are next to useless for push cutting, straight down slicing, chopping, and shaving, and less efficient for stabbing, but they're better at a gathering cut. I probably do as much, or more, push cutting than pull, quite a bit of slicing, and little or any gathering cuts - so hawkbills, even mild ones like the P'Kal blade, do not appeal to me.

 

[JD Spydo]

I respectfully disagree that you can't do any push cutting with a Hawkbill blade. Because just yesterday I sliced up and prepared a huge batch of apples in preparation for making fried and baked apples with. I did all of them with my plain edged Tasman Salt and I really had a very smooth time of it. Now I will admit that I had this puppy sharper than Hillary's tongue and even had the tip super sharp to boot but I did practically the entire chore with only the Tasman. The Hawkbill worked great for coring the apples as well.

I will admit that Hawkbills have their limitations but so does every other blade design. I will also admit that my jury is still out on whether the new upcoming Superhawk with a flat grind blade will be able to accomplish the same chore. But I'm holding out high hopes that it will.

I am finding more and more that getting the tip of a Hawkbill super sharp is the key to a lot of different cutting chores.