Your opinion?

[EZ Cad Blades]

I'd like to ask any of you who have an opinion as to what features about a given knife style would put it into a particular class of knife style (i.e., Bowie, Fighter, Hunter, Skinner, Utility, etc.) and why you think so? Can be in regard to shape, size, weight, etc. Thanks.

Larry

 

[Frank Niro]

That's, in my oopinion, just about impossible to answer. Would you mind telling us why you need that? Frank

 

[Peter Milner]

The best you can say to your request is the knife "works" for its intended purpose. Example, I make kitchen knives. It doesn't make any sense for me to make the most beautiful chef's knife in the world if my wife, who used to be a professional Chef, says the knife doesn't work.

 

[Will Leavitt]

Ummm lessee......

Bowie anything that's fairly large can be and will be called a bowie by someone.

Fighter, usually a slender bowie with modern materials.

Skinner, hunter with belly

Hunter, skinner with less belly

Utility, ain't a hunter or a skinner

Chef's knife, anything you can use in a kitchen

Dirk, bowie or fighter without a guard lessen it's one of them Scottish Dirks cause the other ones usually ain't got one


It doesn't matter what you call it, what matters is what the customer sees. I'll give an example told to me by my teacher. He had a nice knife at blade, mammoth ivory, blued fittings and was calling it something like a vest pocket gambler's bowie. Some lady asked how much and paid 4 figures for it, he was handing her the sheath and she said for him to keep it cause it was the best looking steak knife she'd ever seen..... so to repeat myself...... doesn't matter what we call it, what we think it is, what matters is what the customer thinks.

 

[GHEzell]

Dirks are pointy, bowies are big, fighters are both big and pointy?
Those 3 are very hard to define.

Skinners are specialists, hunters are more general purpose but still able to skin, kinda a crossbreed between a skinner and a utility. A utility is a jack of all trades that can do anything, just not as well as a specialist...

A tactical is any of the above colored black....

 

[EZ Cad Blades]

That's, in my oopinion, just about impossible to answer. Would you mind telling us why you need that? Frank

Frank Niro,
I don't "need' it, just wanted to see what perspective others might hold. A person never knows where, when, or how they might learn something beneficial. Curiosity, nothing more.

Larry

 

[EZ Cad Blades]

Ummm lessee......

Bowie anything that's fairly large can be and will be called a bowie by someone.

Fighter, usually a slender bowie with modern materials.

Skinner, hunter with belly

Hunter, skinner with less belly

Utility, ain't a hunter or a skinner

Chef's knife, anything you can use in a kitchen

Dirk, bowie or fighter without a guard lessen it's one of them Scottish Dirks cause the other ones usually ain't got one


It doesn't matter what you call it, what matters is what the customer sees. I'll give an example told to me by my teacher. He had a nice knife at blade, mammoth ivory, blued fittings and was calling it something like a vest pocket gambler's bowie. Some lady asked how much and paid 4 figures for it, he was handing her the sheath and she said for him to keep it cause it was the best looking steak knife she'd ever seen..... so to repeat myself...... doesn't matter what we call it, what we think it is, what matters is what the customer thinks.

Will Leavitt,
Good response. :thumbup: I think most would probably agree with your perspective. Thanks for posting.

Larry

 

[Rusty McDonald]

Will pretty much hit the nail on the head.
But you can call it what ever you want fighter or bowie, a bowie is just a different kind of fighter, a hunter is a different kind of skinner.
just my opinion