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Went up to SMKW this evening to get my dad a new Case pocket knife as a Christmas present for my dad.  Got that and then started looking around.  Finally made my way to the CRKT counter.  Checked out the Hissatsu and it's big brother the Otanashi Noh Ken. Really like the style, but they are a bit bigger than I like to carry, especially the Otanashi Noh Ken.  This may be the biggest practical EDC folder I've ever handled!  Absolutely a wicked looking blade!!!  Definiteky looks like it would do the job it was designed to do, which is a tactical folder, designed for SOF work!  $99 was a bit more than I wanted to pay though. 

 

I moved down the counter a bit and there was the Little Folts Minimalist with the Warncliffe blade.  I asked to see it and was really impressed!  This is a super light and handly little blade!  Very sharp too!  I suspect the steel is a little on the soft side, but that's ok.  I like to sharpen knives.   It relaxes me.  :)  It really fits my hand like a glove. Long store short, I walked out with it for a total of $21.94, tax and all. I have it around my neck as I type this.  I'm probably going to replace the cord with some real paracord.  This is a stiff. 

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Been pocket carrying mine the last two days, along with a Wenger L.L. Bean Edition Swiss Army Knife (a TSA special that I picked up in an antique shop in Eufuala, Alabama back in August).  You seriously do not know you are carrying it!  So far I have opened a few boxes and cut ip my lunch with it.  Works great!!!

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What's the purpose of the type of tip on that knife as compared to a more "normal" tip like on OS's knife?

Its called a Wharncliff and makes the point a leading point which is better for self defense. The edge drags the point into the cut as you cut.
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What's the purpose of the type of tip on that knife as compared to a more "normal" tip like on OS's knife?

 

In utilitarian terms a wharncliff lets you get a lot of pressure on some stuff to cut through, think a push or pull cut on loop of rope or whatever, pretty good leverage and the straight blade not as likely to slip off it, while the Bowie style is more optimized for long deep slices. The curved part of the Bowie style makes for smooth slice from base to tip of blade on cut of blade length or continuous long cut on larger expanse.. Of course either will do a decent cuttting job on about anything, But of course a 2" blade ain't gonna finish Big Bad Bubba by stabbing him with it, but they'll slice down through meat much deeper than they will stab through it.

 

They also make the Minimalist in a Tanto, but I don't think as much of it overall. Probably a decent utility knife for various stuff though.

 

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- OS

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I personally think that a Tanto/Western Tanto are the most versatile blade types. I have carried these nearly exclusively for 15+ years. While I do have a SAK Tinker and a stockman in my extended EDC, I find that a partially serrated tanto is a true jack of all trades knife.

 

I have carried a Benchmade Type 44 since the late 90s or thereabouts and I now carry a Kershaw Blur.

 

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