Fatty Game Wardens

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For those out there that own them, are they too thick for the size to excel in most knife tasks? Or do they still cut well, taking into consideration the thickness and size of the knife. Any opinions?
 
They are only good for prying and trying to break..
any gw .20" or less is a lot more useful in general cutting tasks.
 
Thanks for the info. That is what I was wondering. As much as I like an indestructible knife, the regular GWs seem more usable for me, and still thick enough to take some hard use. Appreciate your imput. If anyone else has opinions, I would love to hear them.
 
I do not agree that the Fatty GW is only good for prying. I am using a .270” Fatty GW as my EDC and have not seen any major limitations in cutting performance during my daily usage. :)

It’s shaving sharp and cut just fine. I just had to give it a few strokes on the leather strap in order to remove the burr from the factory edge. Actually I had to do that on both my Fatties.

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The Fatty GW is my all-time EDC favorite! :thumbup:

Boar-gen
 
Boar-gen, thanks for the imput. This is good to know as there are not very many knives this size that are this thick. Thanks bro.
 
No worries! If you want me to do some cutting performance tests for you- please let me know. Happy to do it if it will help you to decide what to buy. I also have a thinner GW- Skeleton GW.

This Fatty just feels right and I like this small heavy rugged package! ;)

Boar-gen
 
I always enjoy any type of knife testing, so feel free to post anymore imput you have. I just pulled the trigger on a fatty GW off the exchange, so the decision has been made, but once again, this is a thick ass knife, so any other imput on its perfomance would definately be appreciated.

Once I get this one, I will only have one other knife that is thicker, and that would be an ASH1. This one will be my second busse so I am REALLY looking foward to it.

Thanks for the help.

Steve
 
Some people will knock thick blades but with a nice grind a thick blade will do pretty much everything a thin slicer will do, plus have the added bonus of being able to pry and generally take a massive amount of abuse.

The only downside as I see it is the added weight on your belt, oh well, right?
 
My 0.220" Pumpkin GW in a black Chuddy Bear sheath is my 'go to' blade for Saturday yard work. Trim the rose bush, cut back the dogwood or slice a clean end on the hose for the pond pump it not only does the job it excels at it. I'm pretty sure the BAD will get its turn for some slicing duties but the GW gets it done.
 
Just make sure you convex that bad boy and you will be good to go. I sliced a bunch of tri tip the other night right after I had pryed the hell out of a fatwood stump.
 
I just got a pumpkin GW in satin the other day (I think it is .220 but does not feel super thick). The previous owner had already convexed the edge, but it needed some attention to get it sharper. I stropped it for a while on my 4 sided strop with some polishing compound. Not hair jumping sharp (hair scraping/shaving sharp after a bit of stropping). I peeled some potato's and diced them up no problem. Cut some branches, and batoned a bunch of kindling into really really tiny pieces yesterday night for Scouts (fire building). Sliced cheese very well too. It has been in my pocket since Monday evening. I love it so far. I have hair jumping sharp SS that is great for a slicer, and the much thicker GW does just as well if not better for the potatoes. (the SS has had a nasty run in with some 60 grit sand paper, I am grinding the reverse curve out so it will be a straight edged, convexed warnie when done).
 
Another vote in favor of the plump GWs. :thumbup:

I had a .200 GW and thought it was a good knife, but wasn't crazy over it. I like the feel of the ADs much better. Then I snagged a .27 GW from Skunk and it had such a great feel to it, I ordered another one. I don't know the exact reason, but it's almost like the girth makes up for the shortness of the handle. And the heft feels great, too.

I've used my black G10 a good bit now, and while you can tell you've got a thick-bladed knife, I've noticed no drawbacks or limitations because of it.
 
I've got two of the Fatty wardens. Great feeling knife, I've got one of the two with me just about every day of the week. They've been used in the kitchen and at work for cutting, prying, screw driver, just about anything.
Patrick
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The .140's are the real slicer's and I dought you would ever break one.

.170 seems to fit my hand better though, and the .200's fit my hand even better.

If your cutting with edge only you won't notice much differance if any.
But if the hole blade heigth will be going through what your cutting a thicker blade will cause more blade drag. The .270's create more of a wedge cut.


The .270's are super cool looking though:cool: and can't be beat if you ever do need to pry.
 
Put a full convex and a mirror polish on one and it will cut like a pro,in my experiance.
 

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a few questions...

are all the Fatty wardens satin blades or are there any that have the crinkle coating?
is the company store all out of the fattys?
 
Great advice guys. The one I ordered is satin, as well as most of the other ones I have seen on the exchange. I am looking foward to getting it and putting it through its paces.
 
My favorite Wardens were the .22" satin fatty's. Too bad I didn't keep any.

I like my ,27" fatty. It cuts really well notwithstanding the thickness.
 
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