What's your fav. blade shape?

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Phillip Jones

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Is it...

drop point
bowie
tanto
warnecliff
sheepfoot
recurve
hawkbill


Tell me why.

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If a man can keep alert and imaginative, an error is a possibility, a chance at something new; to him, wandering and wondering are a part of the same process. He is most mistaken, most in error, whenever he quits exploring.

William Least Heat Moon
 
Bowie (clip point) for balance between beauty and function

Spear point/drop point for practicality, most versatile of blades

Warncliffe for fine detail work, picking spinters, penetrating blade. Also wickedly sexy good looks

Tantos (I like them to not be chisel ground) for when you need a strong tip for penetration or what have you.

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At this point in time my vote goes for a good drop point for overall strength and utility.


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For general use, I too really like drop points. However, I like having a sharper point, and am willing to give up some of the point strength of the drop point to get it. As a result, my fave general-use blade shape is a clip-point with a *straight* clip that's long enough to leave a good sharp penetrating point.
 
Drop point for hunting and some other utility knives. They are easy to make so the price can be kept lower. It lets you easily control tip penetration when using the knife edge up. In general the tip is easy to control.

For fighters, and some other utility knives the clip point (bowie) style is great. It makes it easier to balance the knife, gives you a leading tip for the back cut (If you really want such a thing) and is just a very apealing shape. If carried to the point of looking like a cutlass (Case comes to mind) or too deep (Rambo), then it just looks dumb.

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A big honkin bowie knife!!!! Any time any place.

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Hmmm...
I have rarely found it necessary to poke holes in material (aka stabbing), and the favored pull-cut of my curved blades have gotten me through all media I have wanted to separate.
I suppose there might be some legitimate use for, say, a drop-point, but when I carried a large bowie on a camping trip, it was WAY too big for the chores I had to do. The hatchet did the wood-preparation for fires. Give me a good curved blade (preferably one with serrations and another without) and I'll be just fine, thanks.
 
Clip points for the needle like point and resulting better penetration.

Drop (spear) point for it's utility.
It does it all for me. It's my favorite.
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That is a tough one.Overall I say Bowie followed by trailing point:i.e.(Jambiyah) followed by tanto and then spearpoint.Can't pick just one.All blades are my friends as long as they aren't cheaply made.
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Objectively, the drop point blade shape is probably the logical choice for the type of chores for which I usually use my knives, but…I have to admit that I've always had an inexplicable fascination with the traditional Bowie blade configuration. I know it isn't the most practical blade shape for most utility applications, but for some reason I'm always more attracted to clip-bladed fighters (and my collection certainly reflects this preference). I guess I was just brainwashed by that ol' Buck 110 I carried around as a youth…

Jim
 
I really like a recurve blade. I thinnk they look really good, but more importantly I like the way they perform. The last few recurve knives I have purchased (Emerson Commander, Benchmade 710, and Rekat Carnivour) are all solid perfomers. There seems to be something inherent in the recurve blade that makes it an exceptional slicer.

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-Dennis


 
Swept point and Major recurves. Flatgrinds that start near the spine and hollow grinds.

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Well, I like a whole lot of shapes, but my favorites are the warncliff style and a drop point. I have a couple of knives though, that sort of fall between a drop point and a clip point(also a bit of blur between some warncliff&hawkbills), so it is hard to pick a single shape as "THE" favorite. Y'know?
 
I am appreciating the strait edge and low, easily controllable point of the Warncliffe profile more of late. Not enough to give up on the versatility of the drop point, though.

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Should have guessed that you all would go for the drop point.

L6STEEL,

It is, in my opinion, un-American to not like a big honkin bowie.



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If a man can keep alert and imaginative, an error is a possibility, a chance at something new; to him, wandering and wondering are a part of the same process. He is most mistaken, most in error, whenever he quits exploring.

William Least Heat Moon
 
Drop point with partial top swedge. Most useful type for me. Excellent examples are Dozier fix blades. Otherwise a broad clip point but unfortunately very seldom seen in quality folders and in fix blades. Its slightly thinner tip is useful for delicate tasks.

L8r,
Nakano
 
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