Cheap, thin, modern

Here's my cheap/thin/modern...

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Urban trapper is amazingly thin. The kabar dozier is really, really good for a lightweight that's not expensive.
 
Wanimator said:
Too thick for him dude.
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Not really too thick, I just wouldn't find use for a karambit.

Lots of good options here. Mentioning of quite a few things on my list, and I did not know Colt knives were made by Rough Rider, but their slipjoints are pretty impressive so it makes sense. Also quite a few knives I have had and got rid of for some reason or another (like the Knockout) that would have been good options for the thin, cheap, and modern criteria.
 
I'll second the Kershaw Skyline - thin, sharp, great knife. Pocket clip is thin, but easily removed if you just want pocket carry.
Also the Ontario Rat 2 is likewise a great knife.
Rich
 
Small and thin--Dragonfly. Medium and thin--Centofante 3. Both left-hand friendly.

For a thin slicer, I would go with the Centofante although the Dragonfly is my favorite Spyderco.
 
I just got a spyderco chapparral yesterday. So far, it's a little stiff but very well made and very nice. I'm hoping it will break in and loosen up a little. The blade is very thin and sharp. I haven't used it enough to compare it to an opinel but so far it's very nice.
 
As has been said, the Spyderco Chaparral is pretty thin (one of my favorites). The HAP40 Spyderco Delica is thinner than a regular Delica. Another knife you might want to handle and consider is the Cold Steel Tuff Lite. I bought a Mini Tuff Lite because I got it at a cheap price and threw it in my tool box and forgot it. It has a true full hollow grind. One day I needed something with a thin edge to finely cut something and scrap something else. I found that knife and used it. I was simply amazed at how good it was.

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You could grab something light like an Opinel, Case, or FILMAM (Sportive, Iberica are my recommendations, or you could grab a lockless one and open and close it like a Petzl) to go along with your typical one-handed folder.
 
For one-handed operation, I'll third the Spyderco Chaparral. I had both the titanium stealth and the carbon fiber versions, preferred the carbon by a long shot. The TI felt a little slippery to me, and I don't think I'm a fan of metal-handled knives in general. The Chapparal got super smooth after an afternoon of opening/closing and a good washing with hot soapy water + air dry with canned air. Sold mine and kinda wished I kept it. Oh well.

Recently I've been alternating between these two Mokis - the large (3" blade) and small (2.5" blade) Blakiston's Fish Owl. Very classy, simple, but refined. And they're super light - 1.5oz on the large and 1.1ish on the small. Al Mar's ultralights - the Falcon and Hawk, respectively - are versions of these made by Moki for Al Mar that have thumbstuds for OHO, and might actually be a little lighter and slimmer, and with .25" longer blades, and midlocks instead of backlocks. They're almost twice the cost and they don't have the same traditional styling that these do, but that midlock might offer you OHC... I ordered my Mokis as a pair from KnifeCountryUSA for $137 shipped, with a 10% discount that I think they offer most of the time. The Al Mar pair would be around $200.

Thickness on Chaparral blade is 2mm. Large Moki is 2.7mm, small is 2.5. The Al Mar Falcon is 2.5mm and the Hawk is 2mm-ish. Falcon has a pocket clip.

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- Mokis

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- Al Mar Ultralights
 
The Dragonfly and Chaparral would be outstanding as well, they're on my wishlist.

A G-10 Byrd Robin is a solid inexpensive slicer as well, definitely worth having one.
 
timbo813 said:
I just got a spyderco chapparral yesterday. So far, it's a little stiff but very well made and very nice. I'm hoping it will break in and loosen up a little. The blade is very thin and sharp. I haven't used it enough to compare it to an opinel but so far it's very nice.
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My Chaparral was very stiff also when new. At first I was very disappointed. But with a little break in and some oil, it's now super smooth. Not free floating flicker smooth like my PM2, but just nice and smooth with full thumb motion. It's now a favorite light carry secondary blade.
 
DK, I think you will be hard-pressed to find a modern style folder with a blade as thin as a SAK. The SAK is, in my view, the king of slicers.

Maybe you should just carry a SAK, or a SAK plus modern folder. The SAK for killing cardboard, and the modern folder for everything else.
 
Cheap, thin, modern
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OK I heard yah . . . left hand

But if you want thin, for boxes, here’s the Ferrari. Gerber with an old school “fixed blade” Stanley “regular width” blade. Mod the slot with a few swipes of a diamond file to clear the screw in the Gerber. Sharpen it your self from there and you won’t have to put in a new blade for years.

The blade is . . . are you ready . . . 0.4 mm.

Screamin box cutter but only for those who have a flawless form and technique. But that’s you right ?

Ignore the black knife ; that was some other knife for a different discussion.



Can’t change the clip but you can call it a money clip and then it doesn’t matter.
Or take the clip off

It has a frame lock.



Plus one on the Dragonfly but it is no where as good a box cutter but a great, great knife.

 
OK, . . . OK . . . I got THEEEeeeeee knife for you.
It ain’t cheep
It’s very modern
has four way clip mount holes
2 mm thick (the Dragonfly is like 2.5mm)
it looks like a little space ship when closed
but
It’s a Chick’s knife. No disrespect ladies . . . it is just that it was designed by the knife designer to be carried by nurses to be used as a last resort attitude adjustment tool on sick gang bangers etc.
To be carried in ones brassiere if neccessary.
See the story here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOeq9Yp_qjg



Sorry that is not the best photo for size comparison because of for shortening but I am a sucker for edge glint in a photo. Perhaps we should start a whole ‘nuther thread just on edge glint in photos. I think I will . . .

But first . . . back to serious, important matters :

there . . . that’s better




Oh yah, it's called the Balance by Spyderco. May be hard to find but not impossible.
 
Charlie Mike,

Glad to see some one who is not afraid to grind the hell out of their tools to make them better.

One of my mottos is : What ever you buy is just a do-it-yourself kit (especially these days). Take it home and make it into something that is useful to you.

Thanks for the education. I didn't know those were chisel edged (now that I know what a chisel edge is).
 
Wowbagger said:
OK, . . . OK . . . I got THEEEeeeeee knife for you.
It ain’t cheep
It’s very modern
has four way clip mount holes
2 mm thick (the Dragonfly is like 2.5mm)
it looks like a little space ship when closed
but
It’s a Chick’s knife. No disrespect ladies . . . it is just that it was designed by the knife designer to be carried by nurses to be used as a last resort attitude adjustment tool on sick gang bangers etc.
To be carried in ones brassiere if neccessary.
See the story here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOeq9Yp_qjg



Sorry that is not the best photo for size comparison because of for shortening but I am a sucker for edge glint in a photo. Perhaps we should start a whole ‘nuther thread just on edge glint in photos. I think I will . . .

But first . . . back to serious, important matters :

there . . . that’s better




Oh yah, it's called the Balance by Spyderco. May be hard to find but not impossible.
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In thinking of the Equlilibrium mentioned in the link with the Balance is what made me post about the Mini Tuff Lite and Tuff Lite. Cheaper and still nice.
 
powernoodle said:
DK, I think you will be hard-pressed to find a modern style folder with a blade as thin as a SAK. The SAK is, in my view, the king of slicers.

Maybe you should just carry a SAK, or a SAK plus modern folder. The SAK for killing cardboard, and the modern folder for everything else.
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That's what I was afraid of. Lots of thin options, but on the same level as a SAK. It looks like I may not be able to get much more thin than my Twitch 2 or Manix LW.
 
I would go with my personal favorite, the manix, but since it seems to me like you're wanting more of a slicer than a beating worker, I'll go with its brother the sage 3. Takes a little to get used to the lock, but is smooth as heck and slices like any other ffg spydie
 
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