What blade design really scratches your itches?

Pete1977 said:
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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I love my Wharncliffe blade that's on my leather knife. It was in a kit that a Telephone lineman gave to me that had a sheath and scissors with the blade. I gave it to my dad and after he passed away, I could only find the knife. But it's real nice for cutting leather and has a nice grippy rubbery strong handle. It is also easy to keep straight up and down which helps with leather.

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000Robert said:
I love my Wharncliffe blade that's on my leather knife. It was in a kit that a Telephone lineman gave to me that had a sheath and scissors with the blade. I gave it to my dad and after he passed away, I could only find the knife. But it's real nice for cutting leather and has a nice grippy rubbery strong handle. It is also easy to keep straight up and down which helps with leather.

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I have one of those and you are right, the long handle and short sheepsfoot blade make precision cutting very easy.
 
I really dig clip point blades, especially Rambo-style ones with sawteeth on the spine, although to be honest, I've never tried to scratch an itch with one before, just seems dangerous...

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000Robert said:
I love my Wharncliffe blade that's on my leather knife. It was in a kit that a Telephone lineman gave to me that had a sheath and scissors with the blade. I gave it to my dad and after he passed away, I could only find the knife. But it's real nice for cutting leather and has a nice grippy rubbery strong handle. It is also easy to keep straight up and down which helps with leather.

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Worst thing I ever lost was my Klein version of this. They called it a wire knife but I used it for everything but that. No idea what steel. It WAS US made though. It got stolen from my tool bag on a job site, along with a few other tools. It still blows my mind how useful a short, stubby blade with a huge handle can be.
 
AdamFuzzyballs said:
Worst thing I ever lost was my Klein version of this. They called it a wire knife but I used it for everything but that. No idea what steel. It WAS US made though. It got stolen from my tool bag on a job site, along with a few other tools. It still blows my mind how useful a short, stubby blade with a huge handle can be.
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Yep. That good handle with the small blade is easy to control.
 
Almost anything that's not scandi/puko grind! I hate those knives just thinking about them! it's almost verging on a irrational hatred! :)
 
Wharncliffe designs look naturally sexy to me.

The “Harp” grinds that wajgy wajgy makes are super sick too. Microtech “bayonet” grinds and Hinderer “Harpoon” grinds have also always caught my eye.
 
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