Modified Spey?
Modified Spey?
Here comes another one of my curmudgeonly rants!
I don’t mean to complicate things, but shouldn’t we be calling this blade shape a modified spey?
You’ve heard my curmudgeonly rants about the use of the term “reverse tanto" when referring to a modern knife blade shape that has a straight spine, a slight belly, and a precipitous drop to the tip.
To me, calling that blade shape a “reverse tanto” is a bit childish, or at best, not telling the whole story, kind of like calling a mountain a reverse crater.
Sure, it looks like a tanto in reverse... sort of.
But it also looks just like another blade that already exists and is the “reverse” of nothing.
Remember the spey blade?
You know, it’s the other blade in a trapper slip joint, and it’s there to separate male cattle from their genitalia (for the record, I use the spey blade to spread peanut butter).
The Spey Blade is an ever-useful and ubiquitous blade shape that seems to get very little respect these days, being overshadowed as the “reverse” of an Americanized version of a Japanese blade shape.
What the, what?
It’s time for the Spey Blade to step out of the shadows once and for all.
When you hold a knife like the Off-Grid Knives (affiliate link) Mamba V3 folder and flip out its 4" MagnaCut blade and you note its beauty and usefulness with its straight spine, slight belly, and precipitous drop, remember that simply noting that it resembles another blade that you know is one-dimensional.
Look further, dig deeper, and you will find this blade shape, endlessly reiterated on modern folders, is actually a Modified Spey, not a Reverse Tanto.
As I continue to be a stick in the mud, I will inform you of other ways you are wrong.
Knife Junkie Out!
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