Please Explain Recurve Blades

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Lenny

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Besides making the blade more difficult to sharpen, what benefits if any, does this blade style have?:confused:
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Lenny
 
It is like one big serration, provides more drastic angle change than a standard belly, and if you are performing a pullcut, the recessed portion of the blade traps the object, resulting in a deeper cut.

Basically it is a more aggressive cutter than a similar blade shape that is not recurved
 
res1cue said:
It is like one big serration, provides more drastic angle change than a standard belly, and if you are performing a pullcut, the recessed portion of the blade traps the object, resulting in a deeper cut.

Basically it is a more aggressive cutter than a similar blade shape that is not recurved
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However, with most of the things that you are going to cut, this will not make much of a difference and it will make more sense to have a very sharp blade than one with a recurve.

I am not hating on recurves, I own several, I am just saying that they do not seem to offer much of an advantage.
 
It depends on how dramatic the recurve is. The recurve on a Benchmade 710 or 930 is subtle. You get a slight bit more belly, and for draw cuts you get a bit more angle. Personally I don't care for these kind of recurves. Then there's recurves like a Kershaw Bump or Offset. I can understand the appeal of these knives. Multiple cutting angles, some serious draw cutting ability, and still some regular belly. Not my thing either, really, but I can understand why some like blades like this.
 
Some people really enjoy them for reasons already mentioned and possibly design-wise also. Some people cant stand them.
 
Yep, I personally like them, but I use a sharpmaker, so recurves dont bother me sharpeningwise

Its all personal preference, no real right or wrong, like tipup vs tipdown
 
thegeek574 said:
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However, with most of the things that you are going to cut, this will not make much of a difference and it will make more sense to have a very sharp blade than one with a recurve.

I am not hating on recurves, I own several, I am just saying that they do not seem to offer much of an advantage.
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I like them! They're not a great advantage but they're nice to use :)
 
For the most today's recurves are just for looks. A big recurve ground blade can be an incredible chopper and there probably is no better fighting blade.

The down sides are that they can be considerably harder to sharpen. They also don't make great utility or general purpose blades unless the belly grind is very shallow.

So unless the blade is large and the grind is deep you will see a loss of utility. Many of them are so pleasing to the eye being reminiscent of the great fighting blades of the past that the trade off is more than worth it to some.
 
I've heard it said that recurves are basically hawkbill blades with belly added on the end, or a cross between a hawkbill and a drop point. I like them, depending on the application. Actually, recurves are, for me, the only time I want a partially-serrated blade. Still hard to sharpen, but it really increases the power of the serrations, without compromising utility.
 
Recurves work well for me, especially on bigger blades.





As I've stated before, I don't see them making much difference on smaller blades.


When it comes to sharpening, I don't have any problems sharpening mine.









Big Mike
 
The fastest skinner in own is a radical recurve Dawson drop point in 52100 and second fastest is my 710 in m4 . Idont know how but when Im done Im always suprised .
 
I agree with what has been said before. To me, they slice a little better and I don't have much trouble at all sharpenning them. I also think they look nice on top of performing well.
 
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