What blade design really scratches your itches?

Bob Denman said:
I think you just have to buy some boots... First!!!
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I'd have to buy a lot of boot knives for all my boots: alpine and trail hiking boots, steel toed work boots, lined rubber boots to survive the winter monsoons, and even some well worn Danners I can't quite find it within myself to ever part with. I did part with my old steel toed cowboy boots, but only after a Belgian/Morgan mixed breed horse stepped on my foot and bent the steel plate.
 
for me the hinderer xm-18 with slicer grind, love this blade shape, and I don't mind its flipper either ! over all the 3 1/2 fits my hand like a glove.
 
Bowies are nice and sexy, but nobody has spare some love for the humble Warncliffes?

About twice a month, I end up doing work involving wiring, including cutting open bundles of it in cramped quarters, sometimes when I can't really see what I'm doing. I've been carrying a Pena Swayback for that - it is the right size, and it is easier to control the point in close spaces. But the clip those X series knives turns out to be light-duty, I've damaged the screw holes in one already, so I'm looking for a similar knife made for actual use.
 
snuffle said:
Bowies are nice and sexy, but nobody has spare some love for the humble Warncliffes?

About twice a month, I end up doing work involving wiring, including cutting open bundles of it in cramped quarters, sometimes when I can't really see what I'm doing. I've been carrying a Pena Swayback for that - it is the right size, and it is easier to control the point in close spaces. But the clip those X series knives turns out to be light-duty, I've damaged the screw holes in one already, so I'm looking for a similar knife made for actual use.
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Too many to list .... see post #37. If you are OK with the cost, I suggest a Hinderer XM18 (3 or 3.5"), Halftrack or XM24, depending on size requirements.

Lot's of Spydercos in good steels. Endura, Endela, etc., come in WC, and there is the Yojumbo/Yojimbo, but they are hollow ground, so a little less sturdy.

Roland.
 
000Robert said:
That doesn't qualify as a Bowie to me - the clip point is not defined enough. But it looks like a good fighter.
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Well the James black knives (purported to be the Bowie knife originator) didn’t have a defined clip point. They didn’t have a guard either. The only generic Bowie feature they had was a large blade. The handles were coffin shaped with brass pins.
 
coolbreezy37 said:
Well the James black knives (purported to be the Bowie knife originator) didn’t have a defined clip clip point. They didn’t have a guard either. The only generic Bowie feature they had was a large blade. The handles were coffin shaped with brass pins.
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I've heard that before and I don't doubt it. I think that the well defined clip point is pretty cool looking though and what I think of when I hear the words, Bowie knife.
 
000Robert said:
I've heard that before and I don't doubt it. I think that the well defined clip point is pretty cool looking though and what I think of when I hear the words, Bowie knife.
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I must agree, a well defined clip catches my attention as well. I’m actually a fan of a well made Bowie knife with a coffin handle.
 
Right at this moment? It would be the Grimsmo Norseman. Not sure why… kinda looks like an albatross…


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All I can really say at this juncture is that I generally enjoy boring Ti framelock flippers in either S35vn or CTS-XHP if I can get it. I'm a big fan of droppoints, wharncliffe/sheepsfoot, or spearpoint blade shapes.

As for what I don't like, I have general rules of thumb, but of course own knives that I like that break those rules.
 
I'm a drop point guy myself. But I'm really digging the Hinderer slicer grind on my ZT 0526. I think technically it's still a drop point but the grind is just so nice.
 
I failed to include the sheepsfoot/wharncliffe in my earlier post in this thread. For rope cutting in a maritime or nautical profession the are unrivaled. They are excellent when doing fine work with the point and I have found that in a knife like any of the Spyderco/Byrd Rescue knives, the blade is angled to keep the edge in contact with the medium for the entire duration of the cut, allowing you to pull through the cut similar to a hawkbill blade.
 
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