Why is Scandi grind everywhere?

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When you see a good price, nice blade shape, good handle, good steel (like 1095 or similar carbon steel) - but scandi grind.
Then - disappointment.

I understand that bushcraft is "the thing" now, and also that scandi grind is the easiest and cheapest to grind out... but why put it on everything? Even on blade shapes that aren't really bushcraft types???

Leave that crap on puukos and leukus...

I stopped buying knives months ago, and the more I look at the prices and stuff market currently offers - the less I even want to buy anything. I used to enjoy at least looking at knives in the past, but lately it's just cringe fest.

1. The pricing is crazy
2. Scandi where it shouldn't be
3. Just ridiculous designs
4. Manufacturers swapping their former premium steels such as 3V with Magnacut and then driving the prices into the space


At the plus side, this is very beneficial to my finances.
 
Bob Denman said:
It's not quite as bad as you think: there are lots of choices without it.
I've got one Scandi knife, and it's... okay.
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Choices without it cost significantly more. If I had no knife right now - I'd pay that much just not to have a scandi tho.

I need knives to actually cut, not carve or wedge...
 
Bob Denman said:
What is it; that you are actually cutting?
My Scandi knife is a much better slicer than my Hinderers.
But they were bought for a different use...
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Fruit, food, plastic tubes, cardboard, rugs, sometimes rubber mats or garden hose...

Scandi grind can be a slicer only if it's very thin stock.

But thicker knife with different grind will slice as good as scandi with thin stock, while being a lot sturdier...

Try cutting an apple with Mora Robust for example...
 
Much ado about nothing.

Scandi grinds are small percentage of available options out there. To say they are "put on everything" is a bit of unnecessary drama, and simply not true.

No one's forcing you to buy a scandi grind. There appear to be a few other knives out there that have conventional grinds. :rolleyes:
 
shane45-1911 said:
Much ado about nothing.

Scandi grinds are small percentage of available options out there. To say they are "put on everything" is a bit of unnecessary drama, and simply not true.
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More and more new fixed blades that I'd otherwise consider has scandi grind...

Might be different in US, but here, everything is either overpriced or scandi... at least to me.
 
DMG said:
IPAs, Bushcrafting, Overlanding, Scandi knives they are all the cool new things for gear nerds and others to spend money on. There are so many great knives that aren’t scandi that it seems like an odd thing to get worked up about.
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Ahem...have you forgotten where you are? This is bladeforums. This is what we some do.

(Much to the mods' lament.)
 
LostCause said:
More and more new fixed blades that I'd otherwise consider has scandi grind...

Might be different in US, but here, everything is either overpriced or scandi... at least to me.
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I agree.... I don't like scandi either.
I only have one knife with the grind. It Would be an almost perfect knife, and I thought about regrinding it.... but it's not a very common knife, so I kept it as is, and it sits on a shelf unused.

I've actually seen many makers here in the US stopping the scandi love and float more towards a flat/convext style grind (myself included)
So maybe there is hope for where You live?
 
Bob Denman said:
To my simple mind: this is nothing more than basic decision-making.
Either be willing to pay for non scandi grinds...

...or find a hobby that costs less.
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I likes scandi grinds. I don't believe the scandi is overabundant. There are plenty of makers who use V grinds and some who use convex. Where do you live?
 
The irony of the OP and "bushcraft is 'the thing'" is there is a thread over on the bushcraft forum of some people discussing how bushcraft is a dying past time. About a week prior, pretty sure there was a thread based on an article about all "these new bushcrafter who knows nothin'" because COVID pushed many people to be outdoors and away from people instead of at the clubs or wherever people gather, besides church.

I'm not a fan of scandis myself, for most uses anyway, but I've never really had a hard time finding FFG, or sabre grinds. Hollow grinds, now that can be challenging as a thicker hollow grind, like some of those on cold steels or the Sebenza, as opposed to the thinner hollow grinds on buck or case sodbuster, are pretty nice to use for EDC or medium duty uses, similar to a FFG but different look and has some of the flat still to use.

The options for a scandi folder are really low. Wouldn't mind a few more options for that for fire starting kits and such.
 
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