![]() Still a very respectable amount of sharpened blade, in this range of overall size. On this particular variant, the cutting edge is minimized slightly by the presence of a forward choil, that’s too small to be safely used, giving the blade an overall cutting edge of 3.13”. The blade thickness comes in at a beefy 0.16”, with a blade width of 1.13”. Sitting just below the jimping is the dual blade stops, which double as thumb studs for deployment. The spine of the blade also has some rather heavy jimping notches, which follow the overall “overbuilt” design of the XM series knives. Our variant is using CPM-20CV, a common high end stainless steel, with great wear resistance, decent toughness, and high corrosion resistance. ![]() ![]() The show side of the blade boasts Hinderer’s maker’s mark, and the lock side informs you of the blade steel. And the spine gains a swedge up near the tip, leaving a very hefty amount of blade material for light prying jobs. It’s got a flat grind, ending in a higher saber grind near the spine. It’s not especially thin behind the edge, but it’s good enough for most harder use pocket knife tasks. ![]() The spear point we’re focusing on today has a very neutral, simple look and design. Other available blade shapes are slicer, tanto, spanto (tanto grind with a spear point belly), sheepsfoot, harpoon tanto, and harpoon spanto. Our review knife is utilizing the non-flipper spear point blade, with the stonewashed finish. The hard part is deciding which blade shape to go with. The XM-18 comes in two sizes, the 3.5” blade featured today, and the 3” version, both of which are usually available in one form or another. ![]()
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