Skeleton knives: what they are and why they are needed

  • Oct 20, 2021
Skeleton knives: what they are and why they are needed

The man came up with a huge number of forms of blades and hilts for edged weapons. However, skeletal knives are a completely different story. Here is enough of the fact that they themselves look extremely atypical. Was this design and construction invented just for the sake of the colorful appearance, or is there something more behind it all? Alas, many myths have formed around skeletal knives.

These knives look cool. / Photo: wolf-age.ru.
These knives look cool. / Photo: wolf-age.ru.
These knives look cool. / Photo: wolf-age.ru.

Any knife, with the exception of a penknife, is made from a single piece of metal. Therefore, this "feature" is not the lot of skeletal knives alone. In fact, any skeletal knife is a cutting and stabbing tool that has two important properties. The first is the lack of a traditional handle made of wood, metal, plastic, or any other suitable material. In a skeletal knife, the handle is always metal. The second important property is the presence of perforations, holes. Most often they are made in the handle, although there are also knives with a preformation in the blades.

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The main feature is the presence of slots. / Photo: ruknife.com.
The main feature is the presence of slots. / Photo: ruknife.com.

Thus, the entire "skeletal" of the knife, in fact, comes down to the specifics of the design of the structure of its handle: the absence of overlays on the handle and the presence of perforations. Some owners use holes for household needs. For example, hiking skeletal knives allow you to wind a rope around the handle, which later may come in handy in some way in nature.

Recesses to facilitate construction. / Photo: ruknife.com.
Recesses to facilitate construction. / Photo: ruknife.com.

Skeleton knives have one more important feature, which directly stems from their design. In most representatives of this family, the balance of the instrument is strongly shifted towards the blade, which is not surprising given the serious lightness of the handle. All other characteristics and "miracle properties" directly depend on what material (steel) the blade is made of. At the same time, perforation, contrary to the popular misconception, does not add reliability to most knives, and in some cases can even reduce the strength of the structure. In fact, it is needed only for two things: reducing the mass of the tool and improving the aesthetic properties of the knife.

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Another show off, although it looks beautiful. / Photo: urunurunler.me.
Another show off, although it looks beautiful. / Photo: urunurunler.me.

Skeletal knives also have a big drawback. Most often, the perforated handle is not only not very strong, but also not very comfortable. Therefore, ropes are wound on many camping knives instead of traditional overlays. From which a natural question arises: why do we need a skeletal structure at all, if you have to make handicraft linings. Unfortunately, it can be noted that skeletal knives for the most part are not so much a utilitarian thing as a product of successful advertising and PR.

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