Cliff Stamp
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Traditional knives are often made that way purely out of tradition - that was the way it was always done. This of course isn't how you look at things if you are interesting in advancement.
It is also a very biased viewpoint because at some time, it obviously wasn't traditional and someone had to stand up and say there is a better way to do that. And yes, every time such statements are made the arguement of "tradition" gets used.
I would assume that when man learned how to attach the hand axe to a piece of wood which greatly increased the power, there were lots of people who spurned such newfangled advancements as a normal hand axe was good enough for them.
Can you cut something with a puukko and a stamped machete, yes. Can you sharpen them, yes. Can both be greatly improved with the addition of a parimary grind, yes.
Look at the Busse Combat line of knives, the design has been advanced through extensive R&D at Busse, use in the military, from survival instructors, and just ordinary folks using their knives.
At any point in history Busse could have stopped and said this is the end my knives are perfect and will benefit from no further research as I now know everything about knives and this is as far as it can go.
I would be willing to bet that this never happens, the knives will continue to evolve, and continue to improve.
Jerry :
Its the cold, you have nothing to do but think. Have you tried swimming in a frozen pond. You get friction burn in all the wrong places. I slept in the basement freezer last night to keep warm.
-Cliff
It is also a very biased viewpoint because at some time, it obviously wasn't traditional and someone had to stand up and say there is a better way to do that. And yes, every time such statements are made the arguement of "tradition" gets used.
I would assume that when man learned how to attach the hand axe to a piece of wood which greatly increased the power, there were lots of people who spurned such newfangled advancements as a normal hand axe was good enough for them.
Can you cut something with a puukko and a stamped machete, yes. Can you sharpen them, yes. Can both be greatly improved with the addition of a parimary grind, yes.
Look at the Busse Combat line of knives, the design has been advanced through extensive R&D at Busse, use in the military, from survival instructors, and just ordinary folks using their knives.
At any point in history Busse could have stopped and said this is the end my knives are perfect and will benefit from no further research as I now know everything about knives and this is as far as it can go.
I would be willing to bet that this never happens, the knives will continue to evolve, and continue to improve.
Jerry :
Its the cold, you have nothing to do but think. Have you tried swimming in a frozen pond. You get friction burn in all the wrong places. I slept in the basement freezer last night to keep warm.
-Cliff
