5 MOST POPULAR BLADE GRINDS

A knife’s ability to cut is often laid at the feet of whether it is sharp. In fact, being sharp is only part of a knife’s proficiency in being an effective cutting tool. Cross-section geometry also plays a large part—what style of grind the knife has and how well it is executed. Make no mistake, the same principles that apply to a boat or plane apply to a knife. Each must move through a medium with the utmost effi ciency.

In the case of a blade and its cross-section geometry, five popular grinds and the knives sporting them—flat (Giant Mouse Biblio); convex (Kizlyar Supreme Bushmate); chisel (Emerson Knives, Inc., Bulldog); hollow (Bear & Son Executive Lockback); and Scandi (Boker Plus Bushcraft Next Generation)—are the focus this time. We will outline each grind and how it works.

FLAT: UTILITARIAN

The blade of the Giant Mouse Biblio is flat ground, meaning the major bevel spans all the way from the minor bevel to the spine. In the case of the Biblio there is a bit