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

89 knives · 2.14″–6.5″

5 knives · 2.4″–3.94″

Spear Point

5 knives · 1.25″–4.25″

Leaf

3 knives · 2.25″–3.58″

Wharncliffe

3 knives · 1.96″–3.11″

Reverse Tanto

2 knives · 2.92″–3.4″

Tanto

2 knives · 3.3″–3.38″

Trailing Point

2 knives · 3.3″–6.08″

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