Featherweight Knives

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Are there people out there with EDCs that are less than 2 oz? That seems to be the sweet spot for me.

These are two of my favorites:

1. Svord Mini Peasant
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2. Victorinox Bantam and Classic SD
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What do you folks like in this weight class? Maybe you'll get me to buy another knife :)
 
My exercise knife is a CRKT Eros Titanium 3" weighing in at 1.59 ounces. It's the larger one in the picture below.

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I just ordered a 3.5" titanium lockback from AG Russell, 2.5" VG10 blade and 1.3 oz. I also recently received a Victorinox Cadet with the alox scales which weighs in at 1.65 oz.
 
My favourite featherlight:


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Al Mar Falcon Ultralight

Around 1.25 oz, really light for a 3.15" blade

/ J
 
Spyderco SPY-DK
Spyderco Roadie
Becker BK-13
and I think all the Opinels up to the #8, maybe even bigger. My 7 carbone is only 1.1
 
Boker Plus Urban Trapper strikes me as a good one. I think all 4 variants are under 2oz and get you a pretty impressive blade at that weight. The Spyderco Salt series has some very lightweight options as well. Admittedly the one I'm about to pick up is 3oz rather than 2, but that's pretty damn good for an almost 4" blade.
 
Spyderco ARK weighs .9 oz according to Spyderco, which sounds right. It really feels like it weighs nothing. :)
 
Here are three light ones that I like to carry:

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Spyderco C25 Centofante - 2 oz.

CRKT Eros Ti - 1.4 oz.

Brad Zinker flipper - 1.5 oz.
 
My William Henry B-15 weighs in at 55 gm. This includes the pocket clip I installed.
 
The blade on that Zinker flipper looks perfect.


My lightweight is an Opinel 9 (2 oz), but I have big hands. The 8 (.18 oz) will probably be to more people's size pref.

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Some of the 2 ounces or less folders I have (weights from BladeHQ):

  • Chris Reeve Mnandi: 1.50 oz.
  • Benchmade 480-1 Shoki: 1.8 oz.
  • Benchmade 482 Megumi: 1.85 oz.
  • Spyderco Air: 1.27 oz.
  • CRKT Eros Titanium 3": 1.40 oz.
  • Spyderco Des Horn: 2 oz.
  • Al Mar Falcon UltraLight: 1.25 oz.
  • Benchmade Pardue: 1.88 oz.
  • Spyderco Kiwi4: 1.90 oz.
  • Fox Elite: 1.58 oz.
  • Boker Plus Urban Trapper CF: 1.77 oz.
  • Spyderco Squarehead: 1.08 oz.
  • Spyderco Dog Tag: 0.88 oz.
  • Boker CLB Subcom Titanium: 1.96 oz.
  • Spyderco Dragonfly 2 Salt: 1.20 oz.
  • Spyderco Manbug FRN: 0.70 oz.
  • Opinel No. 8 stainless: 1.60 oz.
  • Spyderco Ladybug 3 Salt: 0.60 oz.
 
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I don't know if it counts as featherweight but the full size Buck Bantam is so light I can carry it without the clip...

I also like the full size Peasant (I like mine in orange)

And a small Case lockback that I have to check periodically just to see if it's still there. ;)

That said I've been carrying bigger, heftier folders of late.
 
Insipid Moniker said:
Boker Plus Urban Trapper strikes me as a good one. I think all 4 variants are under 2oz and get you a pretty impressive blade at that weight. The Spyderco Salt series has some very lightweight options as well. Admittedly the one I'm about to pick up is 3oz rather than 2, but that's pretty damn good for an almost 4" blade.
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The Boker Plus Urban Trapper is one of my all time favorites for EDC!
Light weight yet very long, and one of the sliciest blades I own!
 
I have a G-2 (first gen) Delica Clipit which should clock at less than 2 ounces, not quite sure about the exact weight but the 3rd gen is 1.9oz so it should be somewhere around there.
 
tiguy7 said:
My William Henry B-15 weighs in at 55 gm. This includes the pocket clip I installed.
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I'll broaden that to include practically the entire line of William Henry knives. The B12 Atlas, William Henry's largest and heaviest folder, weighs 2.0 ounces. There's even a Sebenza that weighs just a scant more than 2 ounces. It's the KnifeArt Exclusive Small Carbon Fiber Sebenza and it tips the scale at 2.3 ounces.
 
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