How important is the POINT of your knife to you?

[PWork]

I like a "middle of the road" tip, not too thin, not too thick. It must be SHARP. Most of my cutting is done with the tip.

Paul

 

[Trout Tamer]

Well, I'll side-step the issue for a second by saying that I prefer to have 2 knives; at least, in the wilderness. I like a pointy, fine smaller knife for fine work and a beefy, tough large blade for the heavier chores. However, if I only have one knife on me (which is the case of my EDC and usual day), then I like a pokey-but-strong tip, sacrificng some of the tip's needle-like sharpness for thicker toughness.

 

[AntDog]

I like a "middle of the road" tip, not too thin, not too thick. It must be SHARP. Most of my cutting is done with the tip.

Paul

What are you guys cutting with the very TIP of your knives?! Unless I'm cutting something thin laying on a cutting board, it's very hard for me to cut something with the very end of my knife. Even then, most of the time I'd use the belly of the blade.

Seriously, I can't think of even one thing I'd {CUT} entirely with the very tip end of my knife. Most of my real cutting is done with the rest of the blade.

Now if stabbing things was my main concern, I'd make sure every last little bit of my knife was razor sharp... all the way down to the point.

 

[Johnny Cash]

I'd place blade point at an 9 on the importance scale, and sharpness at a ten.

 

[PWork]

What are you guys cutting with the very TIP of your knives?! Unless I'm cutting something thin laying on a cutting board, it's very hard for me to cut something with the very end of my knife. Even then, most of the time I'd use the belly of the blade.

Seriously, I can't think of even one thing I'd {CUT} entirely with the very tip end of my knife. Most of my real cutting is done with the rest of the blade.

Now if stabbing things was my main concern, I'd make sure every last little bit of my knife was razor sharp... all the way down to the point.

Notice I said MOST of my (EDC) cutting. My knife gets used far more for those "little" jobs than it does the bigger ones. Cutting out magazine/newspaper articles, detail whittling, and picking splinters are some of my most common uses. Even back when I trapped the very tip of the blade was used more when skinning furbearers than any other part of the blade.

Paul