fat GW pros and cons

Moloko Plus

Moloko Plus

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What would be the added benefits of a fat GW over a skinny one?

I understand the benefits of fat knives - added heft for chopping or extra lateral strength for prying, for example.

But I don't know why anyone would use a fat GW for prying or how much chopping you could really do with one. So why would one use a fat GW over a thinner one?

Thanks for your help.
 
You can use them as boat anchors in a pinch:cool::cool:
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- Prying Jerry from the Blue Label...
- Railroad Spike replacement...
- Scaring sheeple...
 
I've used my standard for prying around the house on fixer up projects. I used it a little to dig some holes while camping. I'd happily have used my fatty if i needed something a little stronger. I believe someone here broke there GW because they were doing too much bending/prying with it, so they could have benefited from the fatty!
 
They look cool:cool:



But if you don't think you would ever need it for anything but cutting the .140 GW will smoke the fatty's.
 
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I use mine to pry up railroad stakes so I can collect "scrap metal" and buy more Busses. :D
 
if your like me and carry 2 knives, one thin and one prybar, but want them as edc's. a full sized prybar knife that would be better for chopping makes for a very difficult edc for most city situations. you can pocket a game warden.

I would much prefer a killer bee, but they are much harder to get ahold of :(
 
Last Visible Canary said:
if your like me and carry 2 knives, one thin and one prybar, but want them as edc's. a full sized prybar knife that would be better for chopping makes for a very difficult edc for most city situations. you can pocket a game warden.

I would much prefer a killer bee, but they are much harder to get ahold of :(
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So basically a fat GW is an EDC prybar? Huh, that's actually an interesting way of looking at it. And since I am mostly in urban environments most larger knives are mostly useless to me since I never have them with me except at home or "school", for combat training and just playing around.

I would also imagine a really sharp fat GW would leave quite the nasty gash on anyone if you ever used it in combat. A stab wound would be pretty serious business as well.

Thanks LVC!
 
Jeepnut22 said:
- Prying Jerry from the Blue Label...
- Railroad Spike replacement...
- Scaring sheeple...
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They even work great as a Fogo steak knife if ya put a convex edge on it. My user fatty GW is sharp enough to shave with, and yes, I used it at Fogo while in Atl. :thumbup:
 
Moloko Plus said:
So basically a fat GW is an EDC prybar? Huh, that's actually an interesting way of looking at it. And since I am mostly in urban environments most larger knives are mostly useless to me since I never have them with me except at home or "school", for combat training and just playing around.

I would also imagine a really sharp fat GW would leave quite the nasty gash on anyone if you ever used it in combat. A stab wound would be pretty serious business as well.

Thanks LVC!
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the only real benefit in a fight that the fatter gamewardens would have would be in two potential area's, both of them stabs. the wound has to be pushed apart farther - wich in reality with such a small knife won't make that big of a difference anatomically- but it would in perception. when you get a sewing needle straight through the pad of your finger, it's painful and you think "aaaaaaaaaw come on", but when you have the prong of a large fork go all the way through the pad of your finger you think "omg is my finger going to be okay?". the feeling of something wide being inserted is entirely different then something very thin. splitting is one of the most intense injuries the body can experience pain wise. the mind kinda rejects it as being wholely unnatural and wrong.

and the very vague potential of weight impact induced local damage, if your hammer fisting into the guy. think hitting him with 1lb kubuton, but on a stab wound.


but for me thicker small knives are purely utilitarian for prying/stupid heavy use like cutting potentially hardened metals, since they aren't my main cutters anways. kinda like the sheepsfoot on 3 bladed slip joints. (spay for skinning, bowie for utility, sheepsfoot for abuse). they are also more likely to come away from batoning without a toqued or bent edge and tip. not like theres any chance of a 3/16" infi gamewardned having that happen, but the forces of hammering the tip of a knife for 30 minutes are on the hard side.
 
Last Visible Canary said:
the only real benefit in a fight that the fatter gamewardens would have would be in two potential area's, both of them stabs. the wound has to be pushed apart farther - wich in reality with such a small knife won't make that big of a difference anatomically- but it would in perception. when you get a sewing needle straight through the pad of your finger, it's painful and you think "aaaaaaaaaw come on", but when you have the prong of a large fork go all the way through the pad of your finger you think "omg is my finger going to be okay?". the feeling of something wide being inserted is entirely different then something very thin. splitting is one of the most intense injuries the body can experience pain wise. the mind kinda rejects it as being wholely unnatural and wrong.

and the very vague potential of weight impact induced local damage, if your hammer fisting into the guy. think hitting him with 1lb kubuton, but on a stab wound.


but for me thicker small knives are purely utilitarian for prying/stupid heavy use like cutting potentially hardened metals, since they aren't my main cutters anways. kinda like the sheepsfoot on 3 bladed slip joints. (spay for skinning, bowie for utility, sheepsfoot for abuse). they are also more likely to come away from batoning without a toqued or bent edge and tip. not like theres any chance of a 3/16" infi gamewardned having that happen, but the forces of hammering the tip of a knife for 30 minutes are on the hard side.
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You have such a way with words. That totally made me cringe at just the thought of being stabbed by a blunt object. Maybe I should start using a railroad spike as a combat knife. Now THAT's separation!
 
Why use a Fat GW over a thinner one? :confused:

That’s an easy question and here are the answers: :thumbup::)

1.) A Fatty GW feels great and looks cool and sexy!

2.) It’s ready for any urban area emergencies (small and easy to carry, but can basically be used to cut yourself out of a car wreck).

3.) A proper sharpened Fatty performs great during normal daily cutting chores (cutting fruit, open mail and packages, cut rope etc). As good as any of my other knives.

4.) Whatever happens, you know that this knife will never fail you!
I will give you a real life example that happened to me last Tuesday! My company had a big presentation in a hotel venue. Big crown and when I was done with my presentation I left the scene and obviously took the wrong turn, since I ended up in a very small corridor with 2 doors- one in each end. This corridor connects 2 ballrooms, but I couldn’t go back from where I came since the door was now locked. And I couldn’t open the other door (swing door) since it goes only one way and had no door handle from the inside! Solution: I just took my Fatty GW and pried up the door. I doubt I could have done that with a key or a knife with a thinner blade... It was a thick solid wooden door.

Boar-gen
 
Boar-gen said:
Why use a Fat GW over a thinner one? :confused:

That’s an easy question and here are the answers: :thumbup::)

1.) A Fatty GW feels great and looks cool and sexy!

2.) It’s ready for any urban area emergencies (small and easy to carry, but can basically be used to cut yourself out of a car wreck).

3.) A proper sharpened Fatty performs great during normal daily cutting chores (cutting fruit, open mail and packages, cut rope etc). As good as any of my other knives.

4.) Whatever happens, you know that this knife will never fail you!
I will give you a real life example that happened to me last Tuesday! My company had a big presentation in a hotel venue. Big crown and when I was done with my presentation I left the scene and obviously took the wrong turn, since I ended up in a very small corridor with 2 doors- one in each end. This corridor connects 2 ballrooms, but I couldn’t go back from where I came since the door was now locked. And I couldn’t open the other door (swing door) since it goes only one way and had no door handle from the inside! Solution: I just took my Fatty GW and pried up the door. I doubt I could have done that with a key or a knife with a thinner blade... It was a thick solid wooden door.

Boar-gen
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Thanks Boar-gen! Good answers.
 
ktk said:
Nice grind. I love that. Can you post full picture, please?
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Thats not a GW.. its an OD


A hollow Grind would vastly help in the slicing department . That paticular grind is not nearly as strong when compared to a full height though.
 
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