Bought a Mora & question about thin knives

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I was ordering a Thai Enep from Baryonyx and decided to throw a Carbon Companion MG on the order because...well they're cheap. :D I also wanted to see what all the hub bub was about. I was pleasently surprised to find from my interwebs search that this model was thin. 2mm which is somewhere between 1/16" and 3/32". I've had a 1/8" thick Koster scandi and while a good knife I found the scandi to be TERRIBLE at cutting things like onions. So I sold it. I'm hoping that the thinner stock will perform better and expect it to really. It's coming tomorrow so we'll see. I'm actually getting mora (;)) excited about this knife then I am about the original purchase of the enep.:rolleyes::D


I've been on a thin kick lately, choppers excluded, and can't seem to find any high end knives with thin stock. It's either custom or cheap. I may end up making a camp knife out of one of my trams. 1/16" thick is just calling to me. Any good quality 1/16" knives out there for around 100 bones?
 
I am a thin scandi lover as well :)

You pretty much pointed out the big draw back of the scandi ground knives. I find that the thinner stock still gives you a wide enough bevel to have the scandi control, and also to carve like you expect it to, but still thin enough to slice through less deformable objects.

My current favorite scandi/carver is 3/32".

I tried going down to 1/16" and while it cut like a demon, I wasn't happy with the bevel size (and loss of control) with that thin of stock. Although, it was one heck of a cutter for sure!

My latest 1/16" project was an Ulu. Of course, it is not a scandi, but it one heck of a cutter. I love the thin : )

Most makers will make anything you request. So, I don't think you will have issue finding someone to make what you want. The price point might be a little harder. I know I can't work that cheap :o

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Yeah I'm not necessarily looking at scandi for my next thin knife but at that thickness I think the grind has less of a role to play in overall performance. Or at least that's how I perceive it would be. I may end up getting the Green River Belt knife to try out. I'm just not ready at this point for the wait time or the price of a custom. Plus, out of all the knives I've had the customs have been my least favorite. Funny but true.
 
Thin is in, baby! :D

I like thin blades in all things except dedicated splitting tools. If it's more than 3/32" at the spine I'm usually not too interested. :)
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Thin is in, baby! :D

I like thin blades in all things except dedicated splitting tools. If it's more than 3/32" at the spine I'm usually not too interested. :)
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That's the conclusion that I'm more and more coming to. The BHK Boat Tail Scandi is a great knife ruined by the propensity for "bomb-proof apocolypse knives."


God bless,
Adam
 
1/8" is now good for my heavy duty fatties ! For real woodwork I love my 3/32" Pitdog Mora ~

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Flat ground and thin?

I suggest that you take a look at Blind Horse Knives (BHK), well made and affordable outdoors knives.
 
Green River blades are pretty decent.
Dexter Russel commercial knives are also low cost - but your only option is a polypro handle. (just like the Mora clipper)
they are thin, though.
steel and HT are fair - these will be knives designed to get sharp very easy but will require frequent touchups.
 
Same with Lamson Sharp. Thin good quality industrial knives that get sharp easy and take abuse, but need touchups a bit more frequently.
 
neeman said:
What thickness is Ontario Old Hickory?
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Generally, the Old Hickory is thinner than the Green River. These thin high carbon knives cut real well although they require more care than modern quality stainless knives. I gave a friend one of the Mora Scout knives (yellow handle. 2mm stainless). He uses it for food preparation at home and for camping.

I have a couple of the Green River belt knives and I think they are a good all around (Jack of all trades) pattern (kitchen, camping, hunting, fishing).
 
A carbon Mora 711 MG has a bit thicker blade than the carbon Companion MG and feels great in the hands. The blade is still thin. Not sure if they make the 911 anymore but that has the same blade as the 711.
 
just ordered myself a Mora Companion carbon blade from Amazon. Hoping to mod it kinda like how Pitdog has done to his mora...which reminds me, what did you do to that mora :)
 
Past couple years my favourite all around user is a Bruce Culberson drop point

5 1/4 in blade, flat ground 1/8

The stock tapers quickly to 3mm at 2.5 in, 2mm at 4 in, and 1mm and a bit at the last 1/3 inch.

An absolutely wicked slicer with enough stock near the handle for wood work etc.

Would I batton with it? No!!

Would I use it to carve, prepare food and clean fish and game, YOU BET.

Far too many people touting the values of thick blades that are never or seldomly used for 90% of real knife usage and do a poor job at that.

Way too many people raving about how well a bk-2 or similar sized blade carves and slices. I own a bk-2 and wish I did'nt, add 2 to 5 inches to it and
now you have a real chopper.

Not a beckerbasher btw, I like and use my bk-9 and bk-11 as they are better designed for my usages.

Love my trailmaster and you won't see me carving and cleaning fish with it, limbing, chopping and clearing trail is its game. The slicy millie in my pocket rounds it out.

THIN IS IN
 
I am a thin knife user and lover, not a fighter!

Bryan Breeden made me my own designed custom knife out of 3/32" stock and he also gave me 1/16" version of it. I have done lots of cross grain battoning with them with ZERO issues, it's a piece of steel after all! JK knives also made me a straight back Kephart a few years back and I had to have it in 3/32" also. The main reason I like the ESEE/RAT-3 knives is because of how thin their 1/8" stock is, seems on the thinner side of 1/8" to me.

Most machetes are around 1/16" thick and they do just fine, think about it.

-RB
Breeden C.U.B.
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Thin knives rock, they can take it!
 
H0tR0d said:
just ordered myself a Mora Companion carbon blade from Amazon. Hoping to mod it kinda like how Pitdog has done to his mora...which reminds me, what did you do to that mora :)
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That's a custom knife he had Mark Wolwhend (Sp?) make for him. It's not a mora.
bearthedog said:
Most machetes are around 1/16" thick and they do just fine, think about it.
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That's exactly it. I've been playing around with a couple of Tram machetes and beat them to hell. They slice well and will baton wood so why not a belt knife in the same vein?
 
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