Most Bizarre Blade Shape Awards

jbmonkey said:
most seem to be less about cutting well and more about uniqueness in design. which i guess lots of folks like or they wouldnt keep churning them out.

the odd part is i see folks say how great they cut. has anyone ever had a more traditional blade shape not cut well that was thin stock and geometry? i sure havent. hate to admit it but thin stock and geometry of slip joint designs almost always beat every newer design i own. some traditionals are so darn thin and such good geometry they cut better than of these newer fancy design blade shape folders even when completely dull.
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Yeah, that was the threads title. It wasn't about the best cutter.
 
Cobalt said:
Yeah, that was the threads title. It wasn't about the best cutter.
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yeah and yet we already at least one folk in this thread and other threads on the same type of designs comment on how great of cutters they are...hence my post.
 
jbmonkey said:
most seem to be less about cutting well and more about uniqueness in design. which i guess lots of folks like or they wouldnt keep churning them out.

the odd part is i see folks say how great they cut. has anyone ever had a more traditional blade shape not cut well that was thin stock and geometry? i sure havent. hate to admit it but thin stock and geometry of slip joint designs almost always beat every newer design i own. some traditionals are so darn thin and such good geometry they cut better than of these newer fancy design blade shape folders even when completely dull.
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If you're talking about me, I only mentioned that the knife I posted cuts well because with the oddball blade shape it surprised me how well it did. The Gambit blade really only has an oddly shaped spine, though, and it's thin behind the edge (deep hollow grind on it) so I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that it cuts well for a thick-bladed knife.

Were you implying that I think the oddball knives in this thread feature superior performance somehow? That certainly wasn't my intent . . .
 
Minnesota Man said:
The Michael Hawke "Hawkchete"! My very post was on where to find one, you guys talked me out of it.... First ever attempt at leaving an image.... Hawkchete https://imgur.com/gallery/gxA5E
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Suck to be named Mike Hawk, either that or it is badass!......

Definitely one of the other. I wonder how many times people thought he was trying to prank them when he was filling out forms.
 
:D I had to spin the wheels hard on this one, and even then Urban Dictionary is how I got it. Their example seems to work better, atleast for the accent in my region.
 
Cobalt said:
Ok, if you look at the first half of this knife it looks normal, then it looks like it went into a time warp and turned right. Crazy.
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Yes, that is a very odd looking knife with that curve.

Its a knife shaped for a specific purpose.
 
evilgreg said:
If you're talking about me, I only mentioned that the knife I posted cuts well because with the oddball blade shape it surprised me how well it did. The Gambit blade really only has an oddly shaped spine, though, and it's thin behind the edge (deep hollow grind on it) so I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that it cuts well for a thick-bladed knife.

Were you implying that I think the oddball knives in this thread feature superior performance somehow? That certainly wasn't my intent . . .
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Cobalt was wondering why i spoke about the topic i did. so i mentioned why i did. more about odd blade designs and shapes and my belief more about folks like the unique designs over cutting use. i see claims in threads like these often that they cut well and i question if they cut better than thin stock good geometry and traditional blade shapes. if they dont then its got to lean towards wanting uniqueness. dont read too much into what i say. im focused in this thread on topic not individuals. in hindsight should have started my own thread on that somewhat related but still a sub topic.

people like what they like, so be it.
 
Reposting for pics of the 940/810 spey blade. Oh, wait... I mean "Reverse Tanto"...
With pics of spey blades included.
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jbmonkey said:
the odd part is i see folks say how great they cut. has anyone ever had a more traditional blade shape not cut well that was thin stock and geometry?
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Yes.
Had a few that showed up so damn dull I could use the edge as a worry bead if I'd wanted to.
Wouldn't cut paper.
Wouldn't cut tape.
Wouldn't catch on a thumbnail.
The point wasn't even fully pointy.

After I spent a bunch of time turning them into actual, functional knives, then they worked fine. :thumbsup:
But it would have been nice to buy a knife, and have it actually able to cut things...I thought that's what knives were traditionally for. ;)
 
stabman said:
Yes.
Had a few that showed up so damn dull I could use the edge as a worry bead if I'd wanted to.
Wouldn't cut paper.
Wouldn't cut tape.
Wouldn't catch on a thumbnail.
The point wasn't even fully pointy.

After I spent a bunch of time turning them into actual, functional knives, then they worked fine. :thumbsup:
But it would have been nice to buy a knife, and have it actually able to cut things...I thought that's what knives were traditionally for. ;)
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There is a term that has sprung up in the traditional subforum; "GEC sharp". In other words, not very...

Aside from their more recent knives (85eo and newer) most have been ballpark to the sharpness stated above, possibly slightly better, but not much.

That being said, they have come quite a ways, and have been putting out some knives that will shave hair with a factory edge. That doesn't mean it can't be improved, but it is a change for the good.
 
NJBillK said:
There is a term that has sprung up in the traditional subforum; "GEC sharp". In other words, not very...

Aside from their more recent knives (85eo and newer) most have been ballpark to the sharpness stated above, possibly slightly better, but not much.

That being said, they have come quite a ways, and have been putting out some knives that will shave hair with a factory edge. That doesn't mean it can't be improved, but it is a change for the good.
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That is good there has been improvement.
I don't need to be able to shave my face with it, but any knife sold as new should at least be able to cut paper and tape.
That is not asking too much.
 
Icehawk said:
The purpose being to serve up human tripe :eek:

Here is an interesting post with some (super racist) early 20th century excerpts detailing the corvo & it's relation to Chilean culture.
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I know.

But as this isnt PracTac, I didnt want to link to any unsavory content.
 
fastone052 said:
It has the same purpose that all daggers do.
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Wrong.

Where as for example an EK dagger and some other daggers are both functional and good looking in their simplicity, the Jagdkommando is an overpriced useless POS mostly appealing to the keyboard dork ops commando with delusions of grandeur. That to the tune of app $900.

Its a silly useless chunk of twisted metal.

The blurb is silly as well; "Named after the Austrian Armed Special Forces Operations group, the Jagdkommando really lives up to its elite namesake."

People can buy, what ever blades they want - but for $900, there are several other blades, that Id rather own.
 
BladeScout said:
Wrong.

Where as for example an EK dagger and some other daggers are both functional and good looking in their simplicity, the Jagdkommando is an overpriced useless POS mostly appealing to the keyboard dork ops commando with delusions of grandeur. That to the tune of app $900.

Its a silly useless chunk of twisted metal.

The blurb is silly as well; "Named after the Austrian Armed Special Forces Operations group, the Jagdkommando really lives up to its elite namesake."

People can buy, what ever blades they want - but for $900, there are several other blades, that Id rather own.
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No, it's not wrong. It's intended purpose is for putting a hole in someone. This one would be more effective because the hole would be much larger and would potentially cause more internal damage.
 
I refer to the word 'useless' in my previous post.

fastone052 said:
It's intended purpose is for putting a hole in someone. This one would be more effective because the hole would be much larger and would potentially cause more internal damage.
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This is General Knife Discussion. We dont discuss unsavory subjects such as 'putting holes in someone.' Putting holes in someone with the Jagdkommando, is a discussion you can take to PracTac, where you can discuss your views/experience in the field of putting holes in someone with the useless 'shank-a-tron.'

It will no doubt be entertaining.
 
BladeScout said:
I refer to the word 'useless' in my previous post.



This is General Knife Discussion. We dont discuss unsavory subjects such as 'putting holes in someone.' Putting holes in someone with the Jagdkommando, is a discussion you can take to PracTac, where you can discuss your views/experience in the field of putting holes in someone with the useless 'shank-a-tron.'

It will no doubt be entertaining.
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We are discussing daggers, everyone knows a daggers intended purpose. And as I said this dagger is not useless, because it would be a more efficient dagger.
 
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