Thoughts on the " Besh Wedge" edge ?

[Rick Marchand]

Shhh ... don't say "little guy"! Rick is very sensitive about the top of his head only coming up to a dwarf's armpit!

Hey, that dwarf was tall! That's why I married her..... she can reach the cookie jar.

 

[BMK]

The design is intuitive and makes sense (to me). No secondary bevel - I like it!

 

[JScottB]

Since it isn't pointy, does that sacrifice any penetration ability? Seems like it would...but I could very well be wrong.

 

[Remyrw]

from the write ups and looking at it, yes, relative to a conventional dagger. But only until the dagger's tip breaks or bends, at which point the Besh Wedge has every advantage.

To me it's a great example of real world function and effect beating theoretical performance.

 

[Hesparus]

see: http://www.beshknives.com/besh-wedge.php
It apparently doesn't penetrate as well as traditional daggers, but still better than a lot of other knives. Everything is a compromise.

- Chris

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Since it isn't pointy, does that sacrifice any penetration ability? Seems like it would...but I could very well be wrong.

There are Besh Wedge daggers. Not a needle point, but a needle point has its own fragility problems, which the wedge does not. Penetration is not among a knife's finesse functions. The wedge's penetration sacrifice is negligible in this context.