Both of these designs catch my interest. And both seem to have a certain following on the forum. I'm trying to figure out if its just a nostalgia and personal preference thing...or if there's a functionality to all of it.
I own neither, but reflecting on many hours spent cleaning and boning animals does give me a small point of reference.
Here's the best I can com up with:
Nessmuk: 1)Traditionally it is a thinner bladed knife. Thinner is always better up to the point you have to worry about breaking. In the custom knife world beefy thick spines are a trademark. People come across these thinner nessmuks and are inadvertently appreciating the THINNER blade and not the actual geometry. 2) It's different...and looks neat.
Canadian: 1) There's a lot of variance in what is called a canadian, but in general there's two features that I'm seeing. An obtuse angle formed by the knuckles and the working edge and narrow "necked" handles. I can see the benefit of both these.
Here's what I can't get over. Both have fairly "fat" bellies that are close to the tips. I can usually tell what jobs I'll prefer my clippoint 119 or pocketknives for before I ever "start in". (I often get 2 or 3 of my knives "ready to go" before I pull quarters of the cooler or start in on skinning.) Pretty much anything that requires any type of turning on the axis that runs through the handle I'm gonna prefer the clippoint or a fillet/boner profile. The big bellied droppoints just seem to take that much more effort to twist. Now I know that this "twisting" makes up a incredibly small amount of actual use time...but we're all looking for that "perfect" knife...no?
Here's my dilema: I'm trying to decide what type of knife style I want to *attempt* over my christmas break. I'm lovin' the loveless style handles that Norfleet makes...and I'm loving both the Nessmuk and Canadian belt knives' profile. Should I stick with a good ole drop point if I want to USE this knife extensively?
I own neither, but reflecting on many hours spent cleaning and boning animals does give me a small point of reference.
Here's the best I can com up with:
Nessmuk: 1)Traditionally it is a thinner bladed knife. Thinner is always better up to the point you have to worry about breaking. In the custom knife world beefy thick spines are a trademark. People come across these thinner nessmuks and are inadvertently appreciating the THINNER blade and not the actual geometry. 2) It's different...and looks neat.
Canadian: 1) There's a lot of variance in what is called a canadian, but in general there's two features that I'm seeing. An obtuse angle formed by the knuckles and the working edge and narrow "necked" handles. I can see the benefit of both these.
Here's what I can't get over. Both have fairly "fat" bellies that are close to the tips. I can usually tell what jobs I'll prefer my clippoint 119 or pocketknives for before I ever "start in". (I often get 2 or 3 of my knives "ready to go" before I pull quarters of the cooler or start in on skinning.) Pretty much anything that requires any type of turning on the axis that runs through the handle I'm gonna prefer the clippoint or a fillet/boner profile. The big bellied droppoints just seem to take that much more effort to twist. Now I know that this "twisting" makes up a incredibly small amount of actual use time...but we're all looking for that "perfect" knife...no?
Here's my dilema: I'm trying to decide what type of knife style I want to *attempt* over my christmas break. I'm lovin' the loveless style handles that Norfleet makes...and I'm loving both the Nessmuk and Canadian belt knives' profile. Should I stick with a good ole drop point if I want to USE this knife extensively?
