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The factory specs on the length of the blade are given as 4 & 1/2".
The measured length on the cutting edge of both blades came closer to 4 & 3/4" before modifications.
The difference between the factory length and the modified knife is around 0.30" or roughly between 9/32" and 5/16".
The blade with the coating measured 0.16" and the stripped blade measured 0.150".
It is interesting both of you viewed it as more of a Kephart shaped blade. Originally that was my intentions to make it closer Kephart design. But if you look at the modified knife, it stops short of being a Kephart. For it to be a Kephart I would have to grind the tip of the blade lower so that it would line up with the linear line that follows the bolt holes on the handle.
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Yes, I know from the catalog Buck gives the blade length at 4 1/2". But they take the measurement in a straight line. You're now speaking of cutting edge length.? It looked like you removed some. So, the spine thickness is 3/32. Thanks, DM
The blade has a linear measurement of 4 3/4" from the choil to the tip of the blade. But if one measures it from the plunge line on the top of the blade to the tip it measures closer to 4 1/2".
The coated blade measures just over 5/32" and the stripped blade measures just under 5/32" both are taken in front of the plunge line on the spine near the scales.
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Hmmm, it doesn't look like the plunge line goes to the top of the blade. Thanks, DM
No it doesn' t. I used the plunge line as point of reference for my measurement thickness on the spine.
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This was your statement I was attempting to isolate. Were you extrapolating a line where this juncture may occur? Thank you, DM
I am not sure what you mean. I am glad you are asking questions. But this last one is rather vague.
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In post 28 I ask and you answered that the plunge line does not go to the top of the blade. Thus, you're saying, 'you measured from the "plunge line at the top" of the blade'.
So, was this juncture an approximate as the plunge doesn't go to the top of the blade (spine). I just would not say I measured this line from here to there unless the plunge actually went to the spine. That was what I saw which was confusing. DM
So, was this juncture an approximate as the plunge doesn't go to the top of the blade (spine). I just would not say I measured this line from here to there unless the plunge actually went to the spine. That was what I saw which was confusing. DM
OK I see. Yes I guess I should of been clearer and said top of the spine is where I based my measurement.
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Think nothing of it as I'm sure I'm the only one that saw it that way. Keep working on your knife and let us know how it cuts. A 4 3/4" blade and 5/32" spine. Got it. Thanks, DM
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Buckfynn: Your modified version is just as sexy as can be. How's the edge retention with Buck's 5160?
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