Do you like em thick or thin?

David Lowry said:
It's not what it can cut, it's how easily it can do it.

Ever try to cut cardboard with a thick knife.....then done it with something like a 2mm thick Spyderco? WORLD of difference. Thin knives go through stuff like a light saber....even when they are partially dull.
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I totally understand, I have a 52100 knife that's around 1mm thick, it zips through cardboard and stuff. But my point is, to hear some people say it, it's like they'd starve if they only had a thick knife to cut the apple with.
 
singularity35 said:
I totally understand, I have a 52100 knife that's around 1mm thick, it zips through cardboard and stuff. But my point is, to hear some people say it, it's like they'd starve if they only had a thick knife to cut the apple with.
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Oh... I gotcha. :thumbup:
 
singularity35 said:
I totally understand, I have a 52100 knife that's around 1mm thick, it zips through cardboard and stuff. But my point is, to hear some people say it, it's like they'd starve if they only had a thick knife to cut the apple with.
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Hey, don't mock.
I died of starvation yesterday because all my knives were too thick.
I got better though. ;)
 
sharp_edge said:
if we are cutting tree branches, roots, wires, and similar things, thick blades are preferred.
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For chopping at roots, my fav tool is the Cold Steel Kukri machete. It's too thick (2.8mm, no distal taper) and top-heavy to be used as a machete,
but it's great if you're chopping around dirt and rocks.
Branches, bamboo, and brush: machete.
For wires, I prefer to use someone else's knife.

If I ever find myself with only an apple and a thick knife, I just bite the damn apple.

Aside, I bought my CSKM a few years back from Baryonyx, special grade.
Especially with Cold Steel's 1055, It's worth a few extra bucks to have 42 put an edge on your machete.
 
singularity35 said:
I totally understand, I have a 52100 knife that's around 1mm thick, it zips through cardboard and stuff. But my point is, to hear some people say it, it's like they'd starve if they only had a thick knife to cut the apple with.
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I'd just eat the apple whole before id try to cut it up with a 1/4 inch thick knife
 
When you walk walk 40 kilometers a day, a knife with a thick blade you want to throw in the bushes. If you sit in front of the computer goes the knife with the blade thickness 5 mm.
Sorry.
 
Rostovsky said:
When you walk walk 40 kilometers a day, a knife with a thick blade you want to throw in the bushes. If you sit in front of the computer goes the knife with the blade thickness 5 mm.
Sorry.
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Who the hell walks 40 kilometers a day? :confused:
Even before my back started with wonderful chronic spasms, even before my knees decided that they hated me on many days, I never walked 40 kilometers a day.
Even when I was walking through the woods for many hours at a time, that was not the case.

40 kilometers is the length of a marathon (well, 1.8429 kilometers less).
If you are wanting a thread about what knife to carry while running a marathon, that is a different thread. ;)

(40 kilometers a day...:D )
 
stabman said:
Nah, probably ancient Roman sandals.
I read that they used to do forced marches of about 35 kilometers, after working up to it.
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Haha...

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Rostovsky said:
When you walk walk 40 kilometers a day, a knife with a thick blade you want to throw in the bushes. If you sit in front of the computer goes the knife with the blade thickness 5 mm.
Sorry.
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Exactly . I put cork handles on my knive , 2.5mm thick blade .Dead weight /unnecessary/ kills over a long walk ... I even threw support rod /AL/ from my rucksack :thumbup:
 
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stabman said:
Same here. :thumbup:
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With car in the wilderness , I like that idea :D Well , be my guest, I'll take you to fishing where human foot has not stepped ;) Maybe we may find some mule to carry our thick knive and equipment ;)
 
Natlek said:
With car in the wilderness , I like that idea :D Well , be my guest, I'll take you to fishing where human foot has not stepped ;) Maybe we may find some mule to carry our equipment ;)
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Mule might work.
Or an ATV or dirt bike.

But if you're claiming to walk 40 kilometers per day through the wilderness, well, I have some prime acreage on Mars to sell you. ;)
If someone claimed 20 kilometers, I'd congratulate them on having a better back than me, but I'd be able to believe it.
 
Natlek said:
With car in the wilderness , I like that idea :D Well , be my guest, I'll take you to fishing where human foot has not stepped ;) Maybe we may find some mule to carry our thick knive and equipment ;)
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Why would I want to walk 40km a day through wilderness? I don't even want to walk to my fridge to make a sandwich. :p:D
 
stabman said:
Mule might work.
Or an ATV or dirt bike.

But if you're claiming to walk 40 kilometers per day through the wilderness, well, I have some prime acreage on Mars to sell you. ;)
If someone claimed 20 kilometers, I'd congratulate them on having a better back than me, but I'd be able to believe it.
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No ATV , only mule can go there ....Well about 20 in one way ,with approximately 20 kg weight .....on returns with much less. Because it is difficult to catch fish even there :)
 
Natlek said:
No ATV , only mule can go there ....Well about 20 in one way ,with approximately 20 kg weight .....on returns with much less. Because it is difficult to catch fish even there :)
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Perhaps the mule could carry me on the way out. :D
I might, might, be able to do 20 km in one direction, but going the other way wouldn't work out so great.

On here I look robust, because I can pick what to show. :)
I can show the nice hike in, the sawing, chopping, fire, cooking and all the rest...maybe even crafting something neat out there.

What I don't post are the pictures of me painfully laying in the recliner the next day(s), full of pills, where the walk to the bathroom is a chore. :eek:

Sadly, carrying less doesn't seem to affect the painful outcome all that much.
Carrying too much can make it worse though, I did learn that. :)
The choice of knife doesn't affect the weight enough to go change it though.
 
stabman said:
Perhaps the mule could carry me on the way out. :D
I might, might, be able to do 20 km in one direction, but going the other way wouldn't work out so great.

On here I look robust, because I can pick what to show. :)
I can show the nice hike in, the sawing, chopping, fire, cooking and all the rest...maybe even crafting something neat out there.

What I don't post are the pictures of me painfully laying in the recliner the next day(s), full of pills, where the walk to the bathroom is a chore. :eek:

Sadly, carrying less doesn't seem to affect the painful outcome all that much.
Carrying too much can make it worse though, I did learn that. :)
The choice of knife doesn't affect the weight enough to go change it though.
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Well , I carry a thin knife because I MUST carry heavy machete ;) No machete no life in wilderness :thumbup:
 
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