| Purchasing a knife may seem like a simple | | | | be used to sharpen chainsaws. Emergency |
| prospect. However, there are many different | | | | technicians and paramedics use sheepsfoot blades |
| types of knives as well as blade types, making it | | | | to cut through seatbelts quickly and efficiently |
| a more difficult choice. You'll need to determine | | | | without injuring the patient. |
| what you plan on using your knife for, kitchen | | | | Other blade types for knives are fixed blade, |
| use, hunting, fishing, miscellaneous, paring knife, | | | | folding blade and sliding blades. A fixed blade is |
| etc. | | | | just what it says. The blade does not move, fold |
| One popular choice for deep cutting is the drop | | | | or slide, but is fixed in one position. The knife with |
| point blade. This point of the blade has a slow | | | | the fixed blade is usually stronger because of the |
| curve that gives you a good amount of control to | | | | lack of movable parts as well as the way the |
| cut deep. This is a great hunting knife because the | | | | blade is extended into the handle. |
| point of the blade has the extra strength you | | | | A folding knife is useful in that the blade folds into |
| need. The curved of the drop point blade makes | | | | the handle, making it more compact and easy to |
| it easy to use and well as powerful. | | | | carry. Folding knives usually have some sort of |
| Another choice for knife blades is the clip point | | | | locking mechanism, although usually lack a guard. |
| blade. With a clip point blade, you have exactly | | | | You will not get the power and sharpness you get |
| what the name implies: a clip within the blade. This | | | | with a fixed blade, but it does have a lockback |
| allows the user to have as much control as they | | | | with a pivoted latch that allows you to disengage |
| need over the knife, giving you more precision | | | | the knife simply by pressing the blade down. |
| with your cuts. Your clip point blade will also have | | | | Sliding blade knives are opened by sliding the blade |
| a curved belly to give you better ability for slicing. | | | | out of the front of the handle. One type of sliding |
| With the improved slicing ability and better control, | | | | blade knife is the gravity knife. The blade comes |
| you'll be able to make adjustments and perfect | | | | out of the gravity knife point-first from the |
| cuts easily. | | | | handle and becomes locked in place. Another form |
| The sheepsfoot blade is great for the occasion | | | | of sliding blade knife, the out-the-front switchblade |
| that you want a good slicer. The blade of a | | | | opens with the push of a button. With the push of |
| sheepsfoot knife is much more effective for | | | | the button, the knife comes out of the handle and |
| slicing food than a clip point blade. But it should not | | | | is locked in place. |