Are most knives today too thick.

[Cobalt]

If you look for where folders actually break, it turns out you are wrong.
LOTS of broken blades; almost zero broken pivots.

What people "know" is the weakest point is not always correct.

While I agree with you for the most part, I think he meant blades like the one below where the chances of breaking the blade before the pivot is nil

 

[stabman]

While I agree with you for the most part, I think he meant blades like the one below where the chances of breaking the blade before the pivot is nil

I have a couple of those.

When that Russian guy tested it out in his "hard use" series of tests, it just didn't break at all.
Stabbing, prying, and general extreme abuse...the part that took some damage was the stop pin.
But it still didn't fail.

I could see that particular knife possibly failing at the pivot before the blade...maybe someone will test it out sometime (not me though ).

 

[Cobalt]

yeah, might be the toughest folder Buck has ever made. Good little knife for sure.

 

[Hacked]

This thread has been entertaining. Yes many production blades are too thick, and or have poor edge geometry (to thick behind the edge). It's good to see more and more folks coming to that realization. Obviously thicker blades have their place but I don't think that it the point the OP was making.