Tanto tip and single bevel

[dcmeckel]

I am wanting to have a knife made and was wondering if any knife makers out there have put a Tanto tip and a single bevel on a knife.I have seen good reports about this style of tip,but rarely see it on a custom.
The single bevel broad head was such a rage a while back,I'm thinkin maybe it would work o.k.on a knife blade.Sure would be easier to sharpen.any suggestions would be welcome,Thanks.

[TheBigRedArcher]

I cannot speak for the others, but I honestly don't like single bevel on my knives. It works great on broad heads but I being a hard user of knives feel the single bevel edge, while VERY sharp, doesn't hold up to what I put my knives through. A few years back I worked at a camping store that sold a good deal of knives. We had a pretty good number of people come in for help sharpening their single bevel edges, I guess the word SINGLE didn't catch in the heads and 75% of them had tried to sharpen both sides. A single bevel is, As you know, only sharpened on one side and if you sharpen it on both you throuw the angle off and therefore the sharpness of the knife. I would go with a double bevel. That is unless you know how so sharpen wood working chisels real good.

JMHO

TBRA

[Lin Rhea]

I agree with BRA.

The priciples are a little different from broadheads to knives. Single bevel will work well on some special use knives. Slicing meat on a cutting board for instance. But, by making your everyday carry knife single bevel, I believe you are lessening it's effectiveness.

The Tanto tip would work fine for any knife though.

[Ragnarok Forge]

There are folks that make them in the knife making world.  Not to many bladesmiths make them.  If you poke around on Don Foggs site there is a forum where they sell quite a few of them.

[SourOwl]

I HAVE USED BOTH; SINGLE BEVEL'S GOOD FOR SOME THINGS, DOUBLE BEVEL IS MORE USEFUL OR ALMOST ALL THINGS.  DRAW KNIVES, PLANE BLADES AND SCRAPERS WORK WELL WITH A SINGLE BEVEL, BUT FOR GENERAL ALL-AROUND USE I FIND A DOUBLE BEVEL DOES MORE JOBS BETTER.

[Jason Jelinek]

I have a single bevel knife and prefer double bevel knives.

I prefer single bevel broadheads though.  The bone splitting aspect is proven in my eyes.  A friend hit a deer femur and split it, passed through it and through the other leg.  I also like the broadhead rotation in soft flesh.  This is precisely why I don't want single bevels in my knives when I want a straight cut.