What is the most user friendly blade geometry for you?

[Franciscomv]

I love wharnnies and sheepfoot blades for almost everything, except for hunting. I like a little belly on my hunting knives.

 

[Rick]

Rick that's beautiful! Which Case pattern is that?
Best, Steve

Hi Steve. It's the W.R. Case/Tony Bose collaboration knife for '09; the Norfolk. Here's a thread about them:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=681703&highlight=norfolk

 

[joe-bob]

I prefer a drop point or a clip for most general uses.

 

[SWATZO]

Hi Steve. It's the W.R. Case/Tony Bose collaboration knife for '09; the Norfolk. Here's a thread about them:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=681703&highlight=norfolk

Thanks Rick..a real beauty..

 

[tiguy7]

I like a sharp clip point right on the axis of the blade. If I did more skinning, a drop point would be better. Hollow ground for general use , flat ground for heavy use. Convex edges are great, but I am not handy enough to produce a consistent edge. Also the necessary equipment for convex edge maintenance (slack belt grinder) is not very portable.

 

[synghyn]

I carry mostly Stockmen and Whittlers for the variety and sharpen them for the particular tasks I like to use each blade for, so I guess maybe I'm a little spoiled on blade geometry

If I had to pick one style, I guess it would be a slim turkish clip. Nice long cutting edge, flattish but long belly profile and a great precise tip. And all in in what to my eye anyway, is an elegant, aesthetically pleasing shape. '

Syn

 

[StuntDouble]

I prefer the flat ground clip points or sheepsfoot blades like on the Schrade 8OT or 34OT. I also like the hollow grind that Case puts on their knives. As much as I like my Buck 301, I think its saber ground blades hamper its cutting ability in the end.

 

[Ed Gordon]

Wharncliff flat ground and the beautiful hollow ground serpantine blades. The serpantine blade is my favorite for utility and I just like the shape that gives a nice pointed blade.

 

[HAKnPocket]

If I had one it would be the Norfolk pattern. But since I don't I am going with the Sheeps foot followed by the drop point.

 

[Peter Parker]