At first glance, the drop-point blade may not seem very special. In fact, it borders on the ordinary. This type of blade has a slope along the spine that runs from the handle to the tip. Because of the drop of the point, it’s aligned with the center axis of the handle and makes for a tool that’s very effective at stabbing.
A drop point is distinctive from other knife designs in that the top curve of the tip is always in a convex shape. This allows for a good hunting or camping knife in the field.
The late custom knifemaker, Bob Loveless, popularized the hollow-ground drop-point blade to a degree that these types of knives are often referred to as Loveless style. Yet, Loveless took his designs slightly further by making full-tang knives out of one entire piece of steel, as opposed to cutting it in half and gluing the knife together. He’d then taper the tang, similar to how he would taper the tip, and the finished piece was perfectly balanced.
One of the advantages of a properly made drop point is that they look fairly innocuous
