Point on a knife..Important or not?

[luresalive]

How important is a point on a knife to you?
I often see knives like the Falky F1 and think it's a decent knife except it doesn't have a good point.. I tend to use the tip of a knife a lot for holes, carving and delicate work so I value a knife with a decent pointed tip.. any other people think a point is important?

[jus_young]

I bought the opinel safety knives for my kids as their first proper blade. What a stupid decision that was! The amount of things you can't do without a decent point really start to become obvious when you don't have one.

[FishyFolk]

I bought the opinel safety knives for my kids as their first proper blade. What a stupid decision that was! The amount of things you can't do without a decent point really start to become obvious when you don't have one.

How do you teach the kids what they have to be carefull with, if you remove all the bits that may harm them?

Yeah, point is very usefull. Specially on a Bushcraft blade that needs to be a jack of all trades.

[jus_young]

How do you teach the kids what they have to be carefull with, if you remove all the bits that may harm them?

Yeah, point is very usefull. Specially on a Bushcraft blade that needs to be a jack of all trades.
That is why they very quickly became a second knife and got replaced with fixed blades courtesy of Dave Budd and a few hours of work by myself.

[Valantine]

If it has no point it's not multipurpose

[FishyFolk]

That is why they very quickly became a second knife and got replaced with fixed blades courtesy of Dave Budd and a few hours of work by myself.

I'll probably give the runt the Helle Scout. That was my first knife. It's sort of the traditional first knife here.

http://www.canadianoutdoorequipment.com/store/images/P/Helle-Speiderkniven.jpg

[JEEP]

A knife without a point is... pointless... ;)

[midas]

For a hunting knife!I prefer a Tanto blade,get the best of both worlds then.

[OakAshandThorn]

No point on a knife...well that makes certain carving tasks out-of-the-question, especially anything to do with making a depression or gouging. So no kolrosing, etching, spoons, hearth-board drill socket, no birch or sycamore tapping, no splitting fresh willow for basket weaving,...and come to think of it, making sparks with a firesteel would be difficult unless the rest of the knife's spine was squared-off (or if you use the sharp bit of metal that comes with firesteels anyway :p).
That's all I can think of at the moment, but I bet there would be a lot more to add above.
As Jus and JEEP stated, it would be real downside for a knife to be without a decent point.

[Silverback]

Sometimes a point is a no no its all contextual. For example I wouldn't have a point on a knife fitted to a PFD...but for butchery of an animal a point is essential

[Midge_Fodder]

For me a point is essential. I use it more for feather sticks than any other part of the blade, makes them resemble 1980s Kevin keegan.

[Fellows]

I've got a buck red point folder that I use as a day knife and the end snapped off a long time ago. can't say I've missed it ti be honest, quite useful as a screwdriver at time though!

[headshot]

i'm with midge fodder on this one,to me its one of the most important parts of the knife doing what i do.
i have took the point of my mora filleting knife a few times though on the steel and to be honest i dident miss it for the job in hand...atb kev