I tried the wharncliffe vs the drop/clip point Spyderco Delica, Dragonfly, and Manbug today. I tried them on an industrial paper towel roll inside jeans so that could have had an impact on results since it's hard material, probably significantly harder than flesh. However, with all 3 knives I found the wharncliffe to make more shallow cuts. The wharncliffe cuts were in fact consistent throughout the cut, which played to its disadvantage compared to a drop/clip point. The drop/clip point, on the other hand, started out like the wharncliffe. But because it has a curve the curve actually cut into the paper towels as I glided it across the paper towel roll. As a result the cuts were deeper to begin with, but digged in deeper as the cut progressed. I was pretty impressed when I saw this and wanted to understand why. What I concluded was that the wharncliffe, being straight, the blade was never vertical when slashing, it was always somewhat horizontal. But the clip/drop point used the curve ar the tip to effortlessly dig deeper into the paper towels as I slashed across. The result was that at one point these blades were completely vertical resulting in a significantly deeper cut, at least in one section of the cut.
Supposedly the wharncliffe is supposed to cut significantly better, so is this normal or am I slashing wrong?
Supposedly the wharncliffe is supposed to cut significantly better, so is this normal or am I slashing wrong?
