Odd Slip Joint Knife???

[rprocter]

I don't like it enough to buy if it were for sale.
I prefer a blade profile with some curve. This one is all straight lines.
The tip could easily be damaged.
I cannot think of any type of cutting that i might do in which this profile gives an advantage over Traditional profiles.
It throws off the 'flow' of the knife and i find it no where near as attractive as your other knives.
all said with respect for your abilities as a maker of superior Custom folders.
roland

 

[kingsqueak]

You think that is because they didn't make them a 100 years ago and it just looks odd? Or is it you just don't like it?

Because God forbid it doesn't look like a limp pair of safety scissors. Maybe if you etched a baby bunny or a daisy on the blade it would be "appropriate"?

It's nice to see new twists on 'tradition'. This was a nice knife.

 

[LifeBlade.net]

I love it Todd. Very nice workmanship and I'm a huge fan of the choice of blade geomoetry.

I'm sure it's a great tool, but I think the blade shape looks a little... inappropriate for a slippy.

The tip could easily be damaged. I cannot think of any type of cutting that i might do in which this profile gives an advantage over Traditional profiles. roland

I wholeheartedly support everyone having an individual taste, or "eye" for the design of anything. That's why it's not all chocolate; we have vanilla and strawberry to choose from too.

With that said, I always try to remember that form follows function.

Most folks probably get tired of me stating this, but I love the Wharncliffe blade geometry for an all around EDC. Short of skinning an animal, there's not much it doesn't do as well as, or better than a blade with pronounced belly. During the cutting stroke, the edge of the Wharncliffe remains in contact with the material being cut longer than any blade style (short of a hawkbill) allowing for a far more efficient cut. I think there's probably a reason most utility knife blades share the same shape.

As for damaging the tip, if you use the right tool for the task, there's little prospect of that happening with this size knife. I guess an accidental drop would be the exception, but that's the case with pretty much any knife that comes to a point at the tip.

I'm all for choosing a knife based on the preference of your eye, but until you've used and evaluated a Wharncliffe for yourself, the old saying of "don't knock it 'til you've tried it" comes immediately to mind.

Taylor

 

[rprocter]

The blade in Todd's knife is not a Wharncliffe pattern. The sloping spine of a Wharncliffe gives more steel over, and just behind, the tip, making for a stronger tip.
I use and like Wharncliffe blades, including my Swayback Wharncliffe made by Todd.
I do not see this blade's profile as an impovement over a Wharncliffe.
roland

 

[T.A.DAVISON]

Not to be disrespectfull, but to understand better:
If a 14" wheel gives a grind almost like a flat grind, why use a flat grind?

I realy appreciate a maker like yourself explaining why you make things the way you make them.

I have been grinding blades for close to 30 years now and have done most all of them free hand on a round wheel. (No jigs or arm rest and NO variable speed - just full blast)
Yes I have flat ground a few blades - had to try it, right? Hollow grinding is just what works for me.
On all my pocket knives now I hand finish most all of them, some I go with just a belt finish, very few of those though.

I do appreciate the feed back here on this knife, I new some would not care much for it, that's OK too.

I thank you for your comments.

Have a great evening,

Todd



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