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Do most knives need points?

00 Offline SgtTowser

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Re: Do most knives need points?
Reply #60 on: June 04, 2021, 06:49:43 AM
I sold it a long time ago. The wood (old barn oak) was untreated from the factory and so soft a fingernail could mark it. After 6 months it was a wreck. I restored it to new condition by sanding out all the marks then stabilizing the wood with a mixture of linseed and tung oils to harden it but I hate having to do that kind of thing. If I wanted a hobby project I'd have bought one, this was supposed to be a knife off the shelf. I also missed having a point and I kept rounding off the 'tip' which on a knife like this does almost all the work when cutting on a flat surface. Having a spear/clip blade means that there is belly and more of the actual blade is working into the cut on a flat surface (food/hobby, etc).

In any case the knife was a 2.8" ish blade. Wouldn't have suited your uses. I'm the kind of person who uses the small blade on their SAK far more often than the main blade.

Yup, u were in knife hell for sure at 2.8 square end easy open. It was Jack of none and master of none.

I really like the soft wood handle on mine. It is crucial to controlled cutting for me. It helps my hand feel what is happening. Dont mind the dents. Mine is even missing a chunk and I like it even better. It’s a familiar landmark in my palm. I know where is am on the handle. No sharp edges on the handle. Everything I like about it was wrong for you. That’s part of what fascinates me so much about knives and users.


us Offline nate j

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Re: Do most knives need points?
Reply #61 on: July 06, 2021, 05:55:52 AM
Opened some new hairbrushes today for my wife and daughter.  The hairbrushes were zip-tied into the package.  The clip point blade of a Buck 301 stockman made short work of the zip ties.

Could this task have been accomplished with a blade that didn’t have a point?  Perhaps, but having an acutely pointed blade that slipped easily into the small gaps between the zip ties and the hair brushes made the job easy.


 

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