Jul 15, 2007 · Has enough of a point to pierce. Has enough belly to skin. Has a fair amount of straight area for making straight cuts. That's why they are found on working man's knives like the stockman and trapper patterns. "Bowie knives" typically have some sort of clip point because, according to tradition, Jim Bowie's famous knife had large clip point blade.

Feb 12, 2010 · for a given bevel angle on the upswept portion of the edge, a clip point has a thinner exposed spine than a drop point. however, it has a better blunt-side (edge-down) penetration when stabbing. regarding field dressing and butchering, i honestly don't see any advantages a drop point might have over a good and sharp clip point.

Jan 30, 2010 · Clip-point blade (3) A clip-point blade is like a normal blade with the back "clipped" or concavely formed to make the tip thinner and sharper. The back edge of the clip may have a false edge that could be sharpened to make a second edge. The sharp tip is useful as a pick, or for cutting in tight places.

Jul 29, 2014 · I think the usual discussion relative to bushcraft is spear point vs drop point, not spear point vs clip point. Drop point (top) Clip Point (bottom) Buck 110 and Opinel #10 by Pinnah, on Flickr Small clip point... Schrade-Walden H-15 by Pinnah, on Flickr...converted to drop point (and much more useful, imo) Schrade H-15 Modified by Pinnah, on ...

Oct 2, 2019 · The only knives I ever sharpen were Victorinox and a Higonokami japanese knife (pretty straightforward as you just have to keep the blade flat on the stone). I'm using Japanese 800 / 6000 whetstone. The problem I have is to sharpen the end of the blades. The sheepfoot is easy as it is straight but I can't get the tip of my clip point sharp.

Mar 26, 2003 · A bowie knife is a type of knife, not a grind, and a bowie knife is a big a$% clip point blade, that was large, even in their standards back in the day, blade heavy, etc ---So a "bowie grind" is a clip point designed to imitate the clip points found on a bowie knife. My guess

Jun 4, 2010 · Clip point is common on knives like Bowie. Bill Bagwell praises benefits in knife fighting of the clip point. The clip point allows one to cut an assailant as knife slashes in both directions. Bagwell's book on knife fighting is very informative.

Dec 20, 2004 · A clip blade on a slipjoint is a good one,'cause you can choke up & pinch the blade & use the tip section ,using it for some things a small pointy pen blade could be used for.Use the belly of the blade for slicing cuts.You kinda could consider it 2 blades in one.A single blade clip point trapper is a real good all around pocket knife

Jun 9, 2011 · Well, I own a spear point (it is my favorite shape) and that would be my recommendation. If I had to choose tanto or clip point, I'd choose tanto. That nature of the tanto design is for poking, ie. a strong(er) tip. I will echo what jbmonkey said, try …

Jan 23, 2011 · Drop point seems to be able to do everything well without really being bad at something. Tantos apparently have a stronger tip because of the 2nd grind starting higher up. I don't really like tantos that much because it kind of scares people. Clip points have so many different variants but i guess it can stab better. Finer tip