I had no Idea were this blade design came from.

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While the story is true in part, its got nothing at all to do with that knife design. The knives used by 18th or 19th century English sailors were square tipped so they wouldn't accidentally stab themselves with their own blade while working in the rigging.
The knife in the video is a reverse tanto design like the Benchmade Contego. Quite pointy and very stabby.....
 
I read in a post, years ago, that they were square tipped, so that they would not stab each other easily.
 
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calm said:
I read in a post, years ago, that they were square tipped, so that they would not stab each other easily.
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I'd say that's a popular modern made up story. As I see it, first and foremost reason for a square tip on a sailor's knife is to avoid accidental self-injury using a knife on a moving ship (works on a height, during a storm, etc.). Second reason might be to not to accidentally poke and tear a rope during the rigging works, same reason marlin spikes have rounded tips. Given that people back then weren't so afraid of pocket cutlery as they are nowadays, for them jackknives were considered merely tools, I would assume nobody seriously thought about "mutiny" cause.

Everything as A Arathol said. Let me just respectfully point that "reverse tanto" is also sort of a made up marketing term. Modified sheepfoot that is, methinks.
 
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I'd automatically discount everything a person has to tell you about knife history if they think that a blade with an intentional curved edge can be a sheeps foot blade, and trust me I know from her other content that she thinks a sheeps foot blade can have belly.
I have seen content from her in the past because she's easy on the eyes, but I did not find what she had to say to be easy on the ears or brain.
 
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Chui said:
She’s a prolific social media influencer in the Knife community………certainly not manager of the Blade Show.!
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"Melissa's passion for wilderness survival progressed into a passion for blades. She began reviewing knives in 2017 on her Instagram channel and Facebook. In 2018, she became the social media manager and digital marketing director for the world's leading knife publication, BLADE Magazine along with the world's largest knife show series, BLADE Show."

Her bio says shes is the social media manager and digital marketing director for Blade Show
 
calm said:
"Melissa's passion for wilderness survival progressed into a passion for blades. She began reviewing knives in 2017 on her Instagram channel and Facebook. In 2018, she became the social media manager and digital marketing director for the world's leading knife publication, BLADE Magazine along with the world's largest knife show series, BLADE Show."

Her bio says shes is the social media manager and digital marketing director for Blade Show
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- yes, she’s very good at that sector……..but not the manager of The Blade Show
 
Chui said:
- yes, she’s very good at that sector……..but not the manager of The Blade Show
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And only because people enjoy looking at her.
From what I've seen she's not knowledgeable or qualified enough, I'm not qualified either but at least I know more basic historical knife convention.
She might be more qualified than me, but that's not really saying much because I have a fairly narrow field of interest that doesn't remotely include 98% of the contemporary knife industry.
 
I only watched a couple of her shorts but if you look at her usual thumbnail you'll see what she wants you to focus on first. As the others said shes a knife themed social media socialite. Not interested and im primarily not interested in a lot of them as they are starting to shill for companies in exchange for free knives
 
It's totally irrelevent above all else. A Modern knife having no connexion with Traditional blades apart from make believe story , still less any 'influence' on the type of knives under discussion in this part of the forum.
 
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