Pics of Wharncliffes

[SkyStream]

I'm a big fan of wharncliffe blades and I just want to see everybody's collections. The Spyderco Yojimbo 2 is my first Spyderco and I'm very impressed with it.

 

[ferider]

Just got some pop-corn. Now I'm ready

 

[CyberRacer]

Kingdom Armory Rook

 

[CyberRacer]

And a couple more for good measure...

 

[Rupestris]

 

[jideta]

 

[jideta]

the rest

 

[awjones]

 

[SpaceGhost88]

 

[knarfeng]

Ah. such incorrect usage of the term, "wharncliffe"
A "wharncliffe blade" has no curve to the edge. It does curve along the spine.

Top down... Wharncliffe, Sheepsfoot, and Lambsfoot

The Wharnclife has a rounded top spine with a very fine point
The Sheepsfoot get wider as you approach the tip and the abruptly turn down
The Lambsfoot gets narrower as you approach the tip and the abruptly turns down

The Lambsfoot is not as fragile at the tip as a Wharncliffe, yet has a finer point than the Sheepsfoot... making it ideal in some eyes.

 

[JohnDF]

A "wharncliffe blade" has no curve to the edge.

I don't believe I ever said the blade edge curved.

 

[knarfeng]

I don't believe I ever said the blade edge curved.

Sorry. I should have been more clear. That part of my comment was addressing the pictures of knives displayed above.
I was using your post to illustrate the blade shape to which "wharncliffe" is actually correctly applied.

 

[JohnDF]

Sorry. I should have been more clear.

I followed the alert and I got very confused, didn't even know I wasn't still on the Traditional forum... Lol

 

[jideta]

I think between all the manufacturers the lines have become blurred.
Wharnie, sheepfoot, lambsfoot, seax...
I think straight to little belly on the edge.
You are correct though as far as a 'real' Wharncliffe.
Last years forum knife would be an excellent example.
I admit to stretching the definition.

Ah. such incorrect usage of the term, "wharncliffe"
A "wharncliffe blade" has no curve to the edge. It does curve along the spine.

 

[ferider]

I think between all the manufacturers the lines have become blurred.
Wharnie, sheepfoot, lambsfoot, seax...
I think straight to little belly on the edge.
You are correct though as far as a 'real' Wharncliffe.
Last years forum knife would be an excellent example.
I admit to stretching the definition.

You are not stretching it, it has changed. Much like “Soda” meant something different 200 years ago.

I suggest to invent just a new word, like “classic” or “traditional” Wharncliffe, and then everybody is right

 

[knarfeng]

I think between all the manufacturers the lines have become blurred.

It's what happens when the folks making the knives are not schooled in traditional cutlery.

With apologies for the adapted quote...
"they keep on using that word. It doesn't mean what they think it means."

 

[jideta]

I think blade designers/manufacturers just don't know what to call the new designs.
Especially seax/k-tip designs that are just designated Wharncliffe.
It's either laziness or marketing. Probably a little of both as most folks, even knife folks, don't know what a seax is.
Come to think of it, the seax probably influenced Wharncliffe when he designed the blade.

 

[SkyStream]

I know the Civivi Mckenna is labeled as a Sheepsfoot but it looks just as close if not closer to a wharncliffe than a lot of blades that are labeled wharncliffe.

 

[sailfish]

My favorite blade shape. One of my biggest regrets was getting my XM-18 with a slicer grind instead of the wharncliffe. I intend my next wharncliffe to be the K390 Delica when it comes out.

 

[DaveReb]

My one and only….so far.