Edge thickness

[Everglade Blade]

I want to get some feedback from everyone. What is a good edge thickness for a EDC/utility knife? I want to see what thicknesses others are using.

 

[SBuzek]

1/8" stock,.010 edge. I take my folders down to about .005. But on hunters,skinners and the like I use .010.

Stan

 

[Everglade Blade]

I'm using 5/32 stock

 

[SBuzek]

Still take it down to .010

Stan

 

[Everglade Blade]

I'll try that, I'm at about .018

 

[SBuzek]

What kind of steel and have you heat treated it yet?

Stan

 

[Everglade Blade]

It's O1 and yes, I've ht it. I'm talking about final edge thickness.

 

[SBuzek]

Ok, anywhere around .010 will do fine,be careful not to over heat the edge. It's easy to do on thin edges.

Stan

 

[Everglade Blade]

Thanks, I did find that out the hard way, I was grinding and going too fast, next thing I know, the edge had changed colors.

 

[Everglade Blade]

Also, one knife that I was carrying as a EDC with a 3 1/2 in blade, kind of a hard use EDC, the thickness was about .02 right before the primary cutting edge, then it got a lot thinner. I guess I'm just trying to see what thickness I like for a good tough EDC utility. Something that cuts, but is also durable.