| Clip point hunting knives are the perfect knife for | | | | general duty tool. Both blade designs are curved |
| the dedicated sportsman who is looking for a solid | | | | to make skinning game easier, but the clip point |
| knife that can be used both for hunting and | | | | design is otherwise a basic work knife with an |
| general tasks. While the design of the clip point | | | | otherwise traditional blade. Drop point knives, on |
| blade gets the job done when it comes to | | | | the other hand, are a little better for most hunting |
| skinning, cleaning and butchering wild game, it is | | | | tasks but not as useful for more general tasks. |
| also designed with a fatter blade than some | | | | Clip Point Uses |
| hunting knives. This thicker blade makes it a little | | | | Due to this hybrid design, these hunting knives are |
| less efficient than a truly dedicated hunting knife, | | | | useful for just about every back country task. |
| but the same feature lends it to being easier to | | | | While they are a great knife, they are also very |
| handle for other outdoor tasks, making ideal for | | | | useful for fishing tasks such as filleting fish or |
| the occasional hunter. | | | | cutting bait, as well as all camping and backpacking |
| Clip vs. Drop Point | | | | tasks. If you are looking for a single knife to use |
| There are two primary blade designs when it | | | | for all of your outdoors adventures and plan on |
| comes to hunting knives: drop point and clip point. | | | | squeezing in the occasional hunting trip, a clip point |
| A drop point knife is specifically designed with a | | | | blade is almost always the best choice. Clip point |
| curved blade for efficient skinning that makes it a | | | | blades can be found on both fixed blade hunting |
| perfect knife if it is only going to be used for | | | | knives as well as folding hunting knives, but a |
| hunting. The clip point design, on the other hand, | | | | fixed blade knife is considerably more robust and |
| only is only curved right near the tip of the blade, | | | | easier to use on big game. |
| leaving the rest of the blade similar to a typical, | | | | |