Canoe Question

[zippin44]

I'm curious how thin the pen blade is on Canoe models with a single back spring. I got a Schlieper Canoe recently, and the pen blade is paper thin. You can bend it all over the place. I have never seen the Case equivalent with a single back spring and was thinking about getting one instead if the pen blade is stiff enough not to bend real easily.

 

[FLymon]

I have a Queen Canoe, single backspring, and the Pen blade (really more like a mini spear) is really thin for such a beefy knife. A real slasher it is, scares me sometimes. I never should have sharpened it at about 20 degrees inclusive. It has an edge now like the Spear blade does in this photo:

It does not flex like the Coping blades on my Eye Brand Congress, but it seems close to the same thickness. It is probably thicker at the spine and just being so wide is ground real thin by the time you get to the edge. That, and the D2 steel may be stiffer? I don't really know, I just know it is one of my favorite blades on any knife.
Thanks again Neeman!!

 

[indian4]

Is the blade bending or does it just have alot of side to side play?
My queen is fairly stout, no bending or play whatsoever

 

[wintermute]

My Queen canoe is more like a Dreadnought than a canoe.

 

[thejamppa]

My (Gap) Queen Canoe has really thin pen blade too. Its thinner than pen blade on Case pen knife (single spring) and its thinner than my German eye Canoe's pen blade

 

[zippin44]

Is the blade bending or does it just have alot of side to side play?
My queen is fairly stout, no bending or play whatsoever

No, absolutely no side to side play. It's a solid knife. The pen blade bends pretty easily though. I can easily bend it 20-25 degrees of center by pushing at the tip. At the spine it is about 0.035" or 1/32". I just never witnessed such a thin delicate blade before, but my experience is pretty limited.

Flymon - that Queen Canoe is REALLY NICE! Great grinds.

 

[tomcrx]

I have noticed on some less expensive imported slip joints that the secondary blades of certain patterns, i.e. whittlers, canoes, etc, tend to be made of really thin flexible blade stock.

I think this is to help in fitting the knife so crinking, offset grinds etc. are not needed. This may be a cost saving measure??

 

[zippin44]

Interesting Tom. There's definitely a lot tucked in there and it is pretty slim.

 

[DennisStrickland]

many users like a super thin pen blade for delicate work. besides a pen blade needs flexibility to do the job required of the pen. one doe'nt cut up heavy cardboard or try to slice thick rope with a pen.
dennis

 

[hunterfisher808]

The Queen SFO Cozy Glens have pretty slim blades....I wouldn't say that you can bend them all over the place though. Slender blades= superb slicers!

 

[neeman]

On the Queen the main spear is quite thick on the spine, so it is a very sturdy cutter.
In stark contrast the small pen/spear blade is very thin and a super slicer.
I have no side movement in the blade

 

[neeman]

I just compared both the Canoe and Mini-trapper Queen D2 and the Queen Cozy Glen in carbon
The Carbon blades on both are significantly thinner than the D2

 

[zippin44]

I just compared both the Canoe and Mini-trapper Queen D2 and the Queen Cozy Glen in carbon
The Carbon blades on both are significantly thinner than the D2

Do those carbon blades bend a lot?

THose Queen SFO Cozy Glen's are nice.

 

[george65]

Case canoe w/single backspring - its thin, but the swedges kind of make it look even thinner from this angle...
I don't have any of the other brands mentioned