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A knife whose blade is at an angle bringing it lower than the pivot or centerline of the handle, and thus lower than the user's hand. Increased cutting leverage by way of solid edge contact to the cutting medium, without the need to bend the wrist to get there. A design element very common among Spydercos and Ed Schempp designs. It has found its way into many of my designs as well, notably the Prevail, my favorite large EDC design.


It's also present, though somewhat less so, in the Spyderco Resilience, my favorite large EDC folding knife, and its little brother the Tenacious.


It's also quite a nice feature to have on tactical knives. The Ka-Bar TDI knives and many karambits feature it in its more extreme iterations. Here are a few I made sporting said feature:



And of course it is a great design element for chopping knives, with the most obvious example I can think of being the khukuri:

So if you also like a knife or knives with a negative blade angle, which ones make your palms sweat and your heart race? Please share photos, why you like them, how you use them, etc. You know, the good stuff.


It's also present, though somewhat less so, in the Spyderco Resilience, my favorite large EDC folding knife, and its little brother the Tenacious.


It's also quite a nice feature to have on tactical knives. The Ka-Bar TDI knives and many karambits feature it in its more extreme iterations. Here are a few I made sporting said feature:



And of course it is a great design element for chopping knives, with the most obvious example I can think of being the khukuri:

So if you also like a knife or knives with a negative blade angle, which ones make your palms sweat and your heart race? Please share photos, why you like them, how you use them, etc. You know, the good stuff.