strongest tips on Spyderco folders ?

The waved paramilitary 2 has one of the stoutest tips I’ve seen. It’s Sabre ground and the tip is very beefy.
 
I carried a Imperial KampKing (similar to Pioneer -'cept for Victorinox's much better steel) from age 10 until my early 20's -it got stolen and replaced with another until Blackie Collin's Gerber LST came along about age 30-those took care of me until one hand opening and locking/unlocking knives were inrouduced about my middle thirty's (really handy when you spend too much of your life on a ladder ) - so the virtues of multi-bladed knife/tools are appreciated -but trumped for me by one hand operation and the convenience/utility of being able to discreetly have the knife in the same spot- clipped to my right pocket (my pockets are ridiciously overloaded by 1/2 hour into a work day). I'm lucky to have a local independent outdoor/surplus store that carries a bunch of Spyderco's (about a 8 foot long display case full of hole in blades) -this gives me some idea what to look for/at when I go visit.
 
My STR/ATR (stock VG-10 blade) has gotten lots of use -many ,many holes bored into plastic boxes -it's thick enough and maybe the VG-10 steel is forgiving enough ? that I've not had a tip fail yet -so no need to regrind the tip. Whole bunch of Spyderco models I'm not familiar with -gonna do some window/screen shopping.
 
You know, ANY Spyderco will do what you want. All you have to do is spend a few minutes with the diamonds and regrind the tip. Any knife can be given a more robust tip at the expense of what, maybe 1/8" of blade length? Sacrifice, say, a 1/4" at most and you can give any Spyderco a much stronger tip.
 
Not for nothing, but its pretty easy to reprofile the tip of the spine and drop it a bit to create a more stout tip
 
No seriously; if your daily task at work is drilling holes in things why not use a drill?

As for other notes; the stouter the tip the less effective it will be at drilling holes in stuff. Example below (middle). Strong tip, great blade, lousy drill.

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Danke42 said:
No seriously; if your daily task at work is drilling holes in things why not use a drill?
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audiopile said:
Been using knives for this routine job task for decades -drills are heavier-tend to over torque screws when used as screwdrivers and are more of a hazard when dropped off a ladder (plus might not bounce well).
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Not saying it would be my choice as well, just that he already sort of answered the question.
 
David Mary said:
Not saying it would be my choice as well, just that he already sort of answered the question.
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Well I guess I just have a drill with adjustable torque for hi/low. Along with clutch to fine tune the slip, a battery so I don't trip on the cord and a clip to attach it to a a belt.

It's fine for someone to look for a knife with a strong tip or use a knife to cut a hole in a pinch but I now what I'd be saying if I saw someone constantly boring holes in boxes up on a ladder and I can't post it verbatim in this section.
 
Danke42 said:
what I'd be saying if I saw someone constantly boring holes in boxes up on a ladder and I can't post it verbatim in this section.
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I'd say "fill your boots" 🤷‍♂️
 
SteelPanther said:
how has there been ZERO just the tip jokes?
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Going out on a limb, but possibly because not everybody feels the need to debase every discussion in the family friendly sections of the forum with innuendo that doesn't demonstrate intelligence or contribute anything useful.
 
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