What is the most user friendly blade geometry for you?

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Hi all, hope everyone is having a great day. Lately I have been thinking about the different style of blades you see and how well they cut compared to others. I'm not talking so much about the edge geometry (flat,convex,hollow,etc..) but more about the actual blade.

Over the years (all 20 of them:D) I have been lucky enough to use, at some point or another, many different patterns of blades. From sodbusters with their big belly and high tip, to whittlers and wharncliffs and everything between. As of right now the knife pattern I have been able to get the most use out of is the GEC toothpick with the high flat grind. For me personally this knife has trumped all other traditional patterns I have come across so far.

Don't really know what I was getting at with that but am just looking for opinions on what blade style you use and enjoy the most :)
 
This really depends on the tasks that you plan to use it for.

For me, I like clip and modified drop point. They give the best belly and point combination.

God Bless
 
lets see mine would be a toss up between the simple sodbuster (a wicked slicer) or the workhouse sheep foot blade on my stockmans, the sheep foot is my go to blade for just about everything, it's the most used blade on my knives:):thumbup:
ivan
 
For me,its the modified wharncliffe
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VCM3 said:
For me,its the modified wharncliffe
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+1 :thumbup::eek: WOW!NICE!



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My most user friendly is Drop point/FFG.

[edit again] I also really like wharncliffs
 
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my current favorite is the modified spear on the gec mdl23. strong & slides thru whatever medium i contact.resistance is minimal.
 
I prefer a two blade knife --turkish clip on one end and carpenters blade on the other end.
 
Case make a nice hollow grind clip on their stockmans. I like a clip because I can use it to cut, and use it to scrape. Flat or hollow, I like both.
 
Aesthetically I have always favored a clip point on folders and fixed, but for grunt work its hard to beat a sheepsfoot on a stockman.
 
I really like a spear point providing it does have a decent point on it but around the house I tend to keep one of the old Elk Horn Sharks close at hand. It's over sized coping style blade is very useful opening boxes and mail, cutting cord, trimming wood...just does an all around good job.

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I like a conservative clip point. Spear points are nice also, but I prefer the piercing power of something like a peanut or small texas jack clip point.
 
Hi,

I like a good clip point for most heavy work. And perhaps a bit differently than many here, I also like to use the spey blade on my stockmen and trappers. A good spey should be a thin, fine blade. Like the scalpel it's supposed to emulate. Great for slicing through surfaces and around curves.

dalee
 
I love thin, Turkish clip point blades. Something about a thin, long, slender knife, especially if it's hollow ground. Haven't seen anything cut quite so well.
 
This particular blade combo fits my current day-to-day cutting needs to a tee, as I tend to need a fine, easily-controlled X-acto-like point almost as often as I need an edge. The Wharnie's point is set low on the blade's axis, so it 'points' as naturally as a finger and always feels completely predictable. Both blades are ground nice and thin, and the small clip is all I usually need for fine slicing and carving duties. I keep my other EDCs in the rotation, of course, but if I had to choose one knife from a purely utilitarian standpoint, this would probably be it.

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Rick said:
This particular blade combo fits my current day-to-day cutting needs to a tee, as I tend to need a fine, easily-controlled X-acto-like point almost as often as I need an edge. The Wharnie's point is set low on the blade's axis, so it 'points' as naturally as a finger and always feels completely predictable. Both blades are ground nice and thin, and the small clip is all I usually need for fine slicing and carving duties. I keep my other EDCs in the rotation, of course, but if I had to choose one knife from a purely utilitarian standpoint, this would probably be it.

Rick that's beautiful! Which Case pattern is that?
Best, Steve
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Sheepsfoot as my go to working blade
Easy to sharpen
Easy to use as a working marking knife
Cut small detail, paper, leather, and clam packs
Skinning cable....

Any place you would use a box cutter the sheepsfoot does it better!!


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+:thumbup:What Neeman said! Whenever I carry a stockman I find I use the sheepsfoot a lot for little odd jobs; cutting paper, tape, etc. For fruit any blade with more length will do, though I like a thin blade as they just slice a wholelot better.:D
 
I spent so many years using a stockman that a flat-ground clip blade is ingrained into me as being the standard tool for all cutting jobs.

Like these:
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