By blade shape

Blade shapes

The outline of a blade is the single biggest predictor of what it is good at. A drop point skins without puncturing the gut; a wharncliffe cuts a straight line on a bench; a sheepsfoot cannot stab at all, which is exactly why some jobs want one.

Drop Point

159 knives · 2.14″–6.4″

Clip Point

35 knives · 2.1″–3.75″

Spear Point

12 knives · 1.25″–4.25″

Sheepsfoot

11 knives · 2.21″–3.06″

Scalpel

9 knives · 2.5″–2.75″

Reverse Tanto

5 knives · 2.92″–3.4″

Tanto

5 knives · 3.27″–3.38″

Trailing Point

4 knives · 3.3″–6.08″

Leaf

3 knives · 2.25″–3.58″

Straight Back

3 knives · 3.5″–3.99″

Wharncliffe

3 knives · 1.96″–3.2″

Modified Wharncliffe

2 knives · 2.99″–3″

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