Best flat ground Spydie?

[Peterka]

It´s my Military BG-42 and the Chinook 3.

[Peter1960]

Peterka, welcome to the forums adn enjoy your stay here in Spydieville :D

Back to the topic:

For me it's the following ranking -

Military
Lil'Temperance
Police G-10
Calypso's
Kopa's

[Peterka]

Peter1960, many thanks for your welcome in Spydieville. I also enjoyed just
your pictures of the knives. So long.

[Peterka]

It also may be the new Chinese Folder for what I am waiting (but including the
Military BG-42 and the Chinook 3).

[thefly01]

JD is right. The C-54 Calypso is up there right along with the Lil Temp :D My PE C-54 took me alot longer to acquire so your not alone JD.

[TK]

Para-Military, period. :D

[kbuzbee]

Probably because the general public tends to believe the "infomercial" hype on TV that says hollow ground is "sharper". :rolleyes:

You see stuff on TV talking about how sharp hollow ground blades are??? What shows are you watching?? :D

Ken

[dialex]

I just remembered there is a G-10 Police in full flat grind... :D

[catamount]

Now that I have one, I gotta say Caly 3. It is Sal's masterpiece of functional art.

[poodle]

who said flat ground blades cut better than hollow ground blades? it seems to me the opposite is true.

[hornshwangler]

I'd have to agree with catamount, the Caly III is hard to beat but the Lil' T comes very close. Both are great knives.

Dan

[bh49]

Lil Temp for heavy duty
Caly3 for everyday use
Kopa for dress up events

[cobrajoe]

who said flat ground blades cut better than hollow ground blades? it seems to me the opposite is true.

Well I guess it's all opinoin. Maybe it depends on what you are cutting. I find that for deep slicing on thick items flat ground is better. My Salsa goes through cardboard easier than my dodo, even though the blade is the same thickness on both. Also, the salsa has lesser steel.

I could see how hollow ground could be better as long as you don't need to cut deeper than approx .5 inch, before you get to the top of the grind where I find that most hollow ground blades "stall" a little bit. Flat ground blades don't have this problem.

I'm still highly confused to why flat ground blades are considered stronger than hollow ground. According to my classes (mechanical engineering major), the bending moment (basically the resistance to bending) of a beam is lessened by removing material. Given two blades with the same initial thickness, a hollow ground blade has more metal than a flat ground. Could someone please enlighten me on this?

[cobrajoe]

Different note:

The caly 3 and lava both came out recently. I'm having a really hard time talking myself out of buying both. Lava will probably come first, but I'm resisting as hard as I can, I just bought a car that needs a little fixing :D