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minorng

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Ive just noticed that my caly 3.5 blade length isnt 3.5 inches, can anyone who has one please measure it and comfirm this? my knife is more like 3 3/8

thanks
 
singularity35 said:
I really don't care one way or the other so I'm not gonna be measuring mine.
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nice post, really helpful to the guy but hey a postcount is a postcount right? up to 5573 now, you must be very knowledgeable with all those helpful and relevant posts
 
What The Deacon said.

There are different ways of measuring blade length, Brother Minorng. Some folks will look at total length, which requires removing the blade. You may see this measurement in the context of talking about maximum legal lengths. Others will measure the edge length. And because most edges are not straight - unless you are talking about a Wharncliffe or similar - you can either measure the curved edge or a straight line that runs between ends of the cutting edge.

Additionally, a manufacturer may say that a blade is 3.5" when the length is actually less. Again, I think this has to do with legalities, though I don't know this for a fact. If you carry a knife in a jurisdiction which has a 3.5" maximum blade length, having a shorter blade (though its called 3.5") insures compliance. Just as a shotgun manufacturer will produce an 18.5" barrel to ensure that the barrel length does not drop below the magic 18" legal length.

This is my opinion, and I'm sticking with it!
 
powernoodle said:
What The Deacon said.

There are different ways of measuring blade length, Brother Minorng. Some folks will look at total length, which requires removing the blade. You may see this measurement in the context of talking about maximum legal lengths. Others will measure the edge length. And because most edges are not straight - unless you are talking about a Wharncliffe or similar - you can either measure the curved edge or a straight line that runs between ends of the cutting edge.

Additionally, a manufacturer may say that a blade is 3.5" when the length is actually less. Again, I think this has to do with legalities, though I don't know this for a fact. If you carry a knife in a jurisdiction which has a 3.5" maximum blade length, having a shorter blade (though its called 3.5") insures compliance. Just as a shotgun manufacturer will produce an 18.5" barrel to ensure that the barrel length does not drop below the magic 18" legal length.

This is my opinion, and I'm sticking with it!
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And, given that Spyderco knives are initially sharpened by hand, using a belt grinder, I suspect some slight variance in blade length is common. I'd also expect that variance to be more pronounced on blades with relatively acute points like the relatively narrow leaf blade of the Caly 3.5 than on something like a C14 Rescue or Lum Tanto.
 
Caly 3.375 just didn't sound as nice

Mine is over 3.5" from tip to where the metal part of the choil ends (i.e. to the bottom part of the handle), under 3.5" to the middle of it, and pretty much exactly 3.5" to the top tip of the handle (i.e., by the upper jimping)--the moral being it depends how you measure it.
 
FWIW, while there's no "defined standard" way of measuring blade length, the one most commonly used (at least in the US) is the distance from the most forward portion of the handle to the tip of the blade.
 
If you compare it to the specs on a Caly 3, it is indeed about half an inch bigger all around (blade length, edge length, etc.)
 
thanks for the helpful replies i was just a bit confused as to how some of the blades were measured. When measuring to the choil it is exactly 3.5. ive gotten into knives about a year ago and still at a little lost as to how everything works exacly
 
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