Whoever is designing all these new EXTREME drop points..

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Lavan

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A POX on em!

It's getting ridiculous. I will (hopefully) and PROBABLY ...NEVER... hafta cut anyone out of a seatbelt.

I WILL have to cut a tie or string or tape or do some whittling or slicing and do NOT wish to have to hold the knife at a near 90 degree angle to do so. AND get about 1/8" of usable blade to do it with.

STOP IT!

The point being lower than center even reduces piercing capability.

If I want a Wharncliffe, I'll BUY one.

IMO!

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A wharncliffe blade is much different than a drop point as in the point type I use on most of my hunter blades. A dropped point done correctly with a distal taper will pierce with the best of them. You can even ask my Master Hunter! Hey man keepem sharp

PS I myself have never seen much use for a wharncliffe style blade. Don't get the point of them so to speak, so I agree to some extent with what ya said.
 
Can knife manufacturers PLEASE stop using 6061-T6 aluminum for handle material? I understand it's easy to mill, but it SUCKS! IMHO it was the worst thing to ever happen to folders.

Ti or G10 over stainless or ti liners only, pretty please?

:)

Professor.
 
YEAH! What he said about aluminum handles. Cold, nicky, look awful with abrasion.
Metal is for BLADES!

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Lavan said:
A POX on em!

It's getting ridiculous. I will (hopefully) and PROBABLY ...NEVER... hafta cut anyone out of a seatbelt.

I WILL have to cut a tie or string or tape or do some whittling or slicing and do NOT wish to have to hold the knife at a near 90 degree angle to do so. AND get about 1/8" of usable blade to do it with.

STOP IT!

The point being lower than center even reduces piercing capability.

If I want a Wharncliffe, I'll BUY one.

IMO!

:grumpy:
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Actually, wouldn't a Wharncliffe work mighty well for those things you said you WILL have to do? I don't get the point of this rant, quite honestly, especially since none of the things you say you WILL need a blade to do involve piercing. BTW, drop points can pierce just fine, as long as they're not overly thick.
 
Goofy rant. There are so many different designs on the market, one shouldn't feel forced into buying anything you don't like.

:cool:

Andy
 
I'd like to see an example of what you are talking about. When I think drop point, I don't see seat belt cutter. Maybe you are talking about a hawk bill or something like a linoleum knife, or like the busse sus scrofa- which by the way makes for a fine blade for cutting ties and strings or doing detail cutting where only the very point need penetrate. In my world, limited though it may be, cutting strings and ties is more efficiently done with a wharncliff blade than a drop point because only the tip is really useful if the tie or string is holding something. Likewise, a linoleum knife type blade works well for cutting ties and string too because it gets the rest of the blade out of the way of the tip, which again is the only part of the blade that is really useful.

But like was said above, there are so many styles and makers out there, getting bent out about one is silly.

Drop Point Hunter
http://www.agrussell.com/dozier-lov...-hunter---green-canvas-micarta/p/DKLV-05DPGC/

Linoleum Knife
http://www.drillspot.com/products/117681/Stanley_10-509_Linoleum_Knife

Hawkbill
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...ssories&psid=FROOGLE01&sid=IDx20070921x00003a

Busse Sus Scrofa
http://www.bussecombat.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=002531

By the way, hawkbills and linoleum knives are very old patterns, and I would imagine would serve admirably as a whittler if called into that service. Having a severely dropped point means that you can still hold the knife by the handle and use the point for detail work perpendicular to the work surface. Detail work with a drop point ususally means holding the knife by the blade, like a pencil. Not very comfortable or safe.
 
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Actually the ones I was referring to are like the Griptilian (not Ritter) and a new Spyderco auto that I can't find listed but was on a knife rag cover.

But it's just me I think. I don't even REALLY like the modification to the Delica 4 and Endura 4.

I like peenty pointy knives.

:)
 
If you do not like them do not buy them. To be distressed by a picture of something is a bit nuts.
 
Lavan said:
Actually the ones I was referring to are like the Griptilian (not Ritter) and a new Spyderco auto that I can't find listed but was on a knife rag cover.

But it's just me I think. I don't even REALLY like the modification to the Delica 4 and Endura 4.

I like peenty pointy knives.

:)
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Spyderco Embassy perhaps?
(picture, which I believe is Mr. Blonde's, borrowed/linked to from the Spyderco Forum)
SpydercoAdam2008_Embassy.jpg


Or the Spyderco Citadel?
(picture, which I believe is Mr. Blonde's, borrowed/linked to from the Spyderco Forum)
SpydercoAdam2008_Citadel.jpg


Regards,
3G
 
Lavan said:
Actually the ones I was referring to are like the Griptilian (not Ritter) and a new Spyderco auto that I can't find listed but was on a knife rag cover.

But it's just me I think. I don't even REALLY like the modification to the Delica 4 and Endura 4.

I like peenty pointy knives.

:)
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Modified sheepsfoots?

Every knife produced doesn't have to be the same. If you don't like a specific style don't buy it. :confused:
 
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