A while back, like at the beginning of 2020, I saw that another author had posted this pic–a blade classification–in his group. I don’t really agree with some of these classifications. For instance, a sheep’s foot should curve back. A trailing point and a clip point can really be considered the same thing by most people.
Anyway, for fun I got some of my knives together to match the blade profiles in the chart.
*Note the knives on the right side that have different blade shapes that are not in the list, including (moving up):
-Spanto
-Slicer (this one w/ recurve)
-Reverse Tanto
-Skinner
-Complex grind (reverse tanto)
-Pukko
-Recurve spear point
-Multiple complex grind
Granted that last one is not likely to be encountered in the wild, much less in history or in a fantasy world, but it exists now…and actually works better than you might imagine.
-BC
Oh, by the way! If you’re interested in higher quality knives, especially folding knives, you can check out a group I made for it on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/HigherEndEDC/
See, a lot of knife groups I’ve found so far have mostly been populated by elitists (I am not one, even a crappy gas station knife still cuts), or people who scream about how anything over $10 is a waste of money. Since both perspectives annoy me, I just made my own group. 🙂
Higher End EDC — it’s an EDC group for folks who appreciate quality gear.
