Why so few straight edge folders?

[Nifelheim]

Hey, guys you are forgetting the CRKT Tuition which also sports a wharncliffe style blade... Here's an image:

 

[kozak6]

Straight edges are great users. I think the market is heavily influenced by looks at the moment ... not function.

Yeah. The layman is probably more willing to buy a sexy recurve bowie or tanto, even if a wharncliffe is more practical.

However, wharncliffes seem to be making some headway in the tactical knife direction. It seems like all of those have a straight spine at an angle to the blade like a box cutter as opposed to a graceful curve.

 

[KennyB]

That large Boker in the first post looks great. Is that the Rhino? I like the jimping too.

Anyway, I really like straight-edges, but the Wharncliffe's point can be troublesome sometimes. As useful as it is, it's so sharp and pointy it gets "snagged" on things a lot. Plus have you ever tried to clean your fingernails with one?

I've found that the 3" spey blade on my Case trapper is a good mix. It's got the big ol' belly at the tip, and a nice straight edge on the rest of it. No point, but I generally don't need one.

But, yeah, Sheepsfoot, Spey and Wharncliffes all have nice straight shapes that I like., but honestly I can't get used to now having a belly for some tasks.

 

[dantzk8]

Two modified wharmcliffes:

dantzk.

 

[wongKI]

I find wharnies really heavy on tip use. They're great, but I personally prefer a blade with more curve to it.

 

[GrinderMcgee]

What is the general consensus on the 440A on the Kershaw Centofante?

 

[DoctaD]

The new Spyderco Yojimbo 2 is a mere 6 months away.

Tell me more. I had no idea they were coming out with v.2
I missed out on the first one, and definitely would consider picking one up.

 

[Joben]

I like straight edges too...also hawkbills.

CRKT Folts Minimalist. This one comes in several flavors now, but this was the first one, a warncliffe.

 

[Modoc ED]

My Schatt & Morgan File & Wire Swayback (their description) Wharncliffe.

 

[Cynic2701]

You know, straight-edged tanto blades are essentially a wharncliffe with a triangle added to the end...

 

[cutter17]

I really use my slipjoint knife for most of my day to day knife needs. I started carrying a Steel Warrior Cigar Whittler a ciouple weeks ago as a test to see how well a Chinese slipjoint would work. Works very well. The most used blade is the small wharncliffe. This, along with the other small blade are very thin and sharpen up like a razor. It slices through about anything I use it for.

I have come to like this style knife, wharncliffe that is. Even though this would not be a true wharncliffe blade, I really like the blade shape that Jeff Hall sometimes uses which is a slightly curver straight razor sytle.


http://www.knifeart.com/tanandgrjeha.html.

Link courtesy of Knifeart

 

[Rick]

If you like a hint of belly on yer Wharnie, Hiroaki Ohta makes an affordable custom Higo no Kami-ish friction folder with great lines. This is the small version, weighing in at under 1 oz.

 

[Foremast Jack]

Myerchin makes a smaller almost-straight-edged folder with a marlin spike, but it does sit in the pocket quite well.

Traditional sailor's rigging knives have a straight edge, I have even taken to bobbing the point off of the Cold Steel Thrower to make it a sheeps-foot. I like the way one can get a square cut on a heavy piece of line with a straight sharp edge and a block of wood to back it up.

Linder makes a beautiful boat knife with a straight edge. Hopefully the Mods will let me post this pic.

 

[goodeyesniper]

You know, straight-edged tanto blades are essentially a wharncliffe with a triangle added to the end...

which takes away the needle sharp point, and nice, ergonomic low axis tip.

no thanks.

 

[DennisStrickland]

rick your pics are so great that i'm afraid to show in this thread. if the distributors possessed these abilities i think their sales would greatly increase.
dennis

 

[wongKI]

I would like to add the Spyderco Perrin PPT to the list. I got to handle one recently-it is very, very comfortable and the almost-wharncliffe blade is excellent! It just feels ready to cut.

Sadly I am left handed so it was a no go

 

[Andrew Colglazier]

Hey, guys you are forgetting the CRKT Tuition which also sports a wharncliffe style blade... Here's an image:

I like the lines of this knife. Make it bigger and improve the materials, and I'd be all over it!

Andy

 

[softrockrenegade]

 

[Blue Sky]

A modified Opinel #12. I did this one on a whim and was very surprised to see how useful it was. I do just about everything around the house with it these days.

 

[Reeek]

I am devoid of any Wharnies right now. I sold my last one a while back and regret it.

I was just about to pull the trigger on the Boker Plus Elegance Nopal yesterday but forgot it was chisel ground right up to almost clicking Buy Now on the link. I remembered just in time. If that sweet looking little knife were V ground I'd own it right now. And you get 440c for a nice, low price. Too bad.