Most versatile blade profile poll

Most VERSATILE blade profile

  • Clip

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Spear

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Drop

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Spey

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Wharnecliffe

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Sheepsfoot

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Coping

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Hawkbill (Pruner)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    0
  • Poll closed .
FLymon

FLymon

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There is a very popular thread right now where the merits of various blade profiles are being discussed and debated (as is tradition), with the 'versatility' of the blade being a strong focus.
I thought it might be interesting to take an informal, anonymous poll.

We are voting on the VERSATILITY of the selected profiles. Not your favorite necessarily.

Have fun!
 
Clip for me. IMO, it's not the most pleasing to the eye (I like the look of fat spear blades better), but it's by far the most functional.
 
I seem to like a clip blade best, but my vote has to go to drop point. No task I can imagine up that it won't perform adequately.
 
Clip for me. Has a thin sharp piercing point like a wharncliffe but it's protected on heavy tasks by the belly. If I could only have one blade, it would be a clip!
 
Hey, what about a Lambsfoot option?! :D
 
I would say the spear such as on an Alox Victorinox knife.

1. Strong Point
2. Straight Edge
3. Belly

If only one blade were available, I'd opt for the spear.
 
I can't help it I'm a wharncliffe fan But I must admit the clip is a great choice also.
 
FLymon said:
Sheepsfoot, Lambsfoot, potayto, potahto. ;)

Is it more than just a cultural difference?
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Woodrow F Call said:
Ouch! Jack is going to be furious when he sees this. :o
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I demand a re-count!!!

(TBH I'd probably go for the drop-point ;) )
 
Definitely clip. A bit of straight edge, a bit of belly, and a nice pointy tip.

Spears have belly and straight, but lack a very nice pointy tip for piercing. Wharn/sheep/lamb have a straight edge and nice point for draw cuts and the like, but they lack any belly which is required for cutting on certain surfaces (think dinner plate).
 
I refuse to choose. My EDC includes clip, spear, Spey, and sheepsfoot blades in 3 or 4 different knives.
(also a punch/awl, can opener, and a bottle opener/screwdriver combination).
I like a drop point best for skinning critters, though.
 
FLymon said:
Sheepsfoot, Lambsfoot, potayto, potahto. ;)

Is it more than just a cultural difference?
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Besides, a Lambsfoot is really just an abused & oversharpened Sheepsfoot!

I can't imagine why anyone would want to start out a blade that way, it's more something that naturally happens over time..... :rolleyes: :D
 
onespdfrk said:
Besides, a Lambsfoot is really just an abused & oversharpened Sheepsfoot!

I can't imagine why anyone would want to start out a blade that way, it's more something that naturally happens over time..... :rolleyes: :D
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Practically speaking, there doesn't seem to be a lot of functional difference between a clip point, a spear point, and a drop point blade. They all have a good amount of belly, a point, and a straight edge. Any of them could be legitimately claimed as most versatile, I think. The only differences I can see are that the spear tip is stronger but less fine than the clip, and can be more readily used to make centered divots or holes, should you need to do so. The drop point gives you the same pointy but stronger tip, but doesn't drill as well. I do think it's a little easier to control though, and the wide expanse of belly gives spey-like protection against accidentally nicking things with the point, be they animals' 'nads or ripe tomatoes in the garden. I think I'm going to have to vote drop point, but aesthetically I like the spear the best, and choosing between these three is really more a matter of the rest of the knife than the blade per-se as they are very similar.
 
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