How Much Does Your MOST CARRIED Traditional Knife Weigh??

Christian,

You bring up a great point about being educated. Actually, that was part of the reason I started this thread. It was only very recently that I began looking at the weight of a knife. A week ago I could not have told you what a single one of my knives weighed.

I could not have made an educated guess like you did. It was when I kept thinking why do I keep pocketing my 85 that the thoughts came up.

I have gone through quite a group of knives, a lot similar to the 85, but I always end up grabbing it. The main thing is I can carry it in any pants without a hassle. If I can always carry it I end up getting more attached to it. It is lighter than most of my knives. The wood, lanyard and bead actually promote traction inside my pocket. Where as my Case/Bose may slip right out when I crawl under a car/truck/tractor etc.

Its the first time I really started thinking about weights as an important factor.

It made me want to see what others found to work for them.

Thanks again,

Kevin
 
Kevin, you hit upon something Ive found but probably didn't say well.

My experience with weight depends on what I'm doing.

Backpacking and being super active and the knife wont be used often, I want light and thin - the bucklite maxes.

In the office and commuting to work, I want beauty, good worry stone feel and I don't mind the weight - the Schrade 5OT, Buck 500 and Buck 112 work fine, even though the latter 2 have slick bolsters and are very heavy.

On the weekends working around the property I'm more active (does crawling around a LAWN tractor count as manly?) an I want a knife that will be light enough while catching in my pocket more and providing good feel in the hand - the Opinel or Buck Ecolite are great for this for me.

Great thread. Allowed me to think through this more for my self.
 
pinnah said:
In the office and commuting to work, I want beauty, good worry stone feel and I don't mind the weight - the Schrade 5OT, Buck 500 and Buck 112 work fine, even though the latter 2 have slick bolsters and are very heavy.

On the weekends working around the property I'm more active (does crawling around a LAWN tractor count as manly?) an I want a knife that will be light enough while catching in my pocket more and providing good feel in the hand - the Opinel or Buck Ecolite are great for this for me.
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This certainly seems to buck the conventional wisdom.:) When I would be in the office and going about my city workweek, I wanted something capable but light and sleek; nothing more than a 3 3/8" single spring folder with one or two blades. On the contrary, if working around the yard I needed something a good bit herkier--a decent size Buck or sodbuster. And if you are sitting on a mower most of the time, I wouldn't think weight would be any factor at all.
 
Activity certainly is a factor, but dress has as much to do with how heavy a knife I carry as any other factor.

For example, yesterday in dress attire for work I had the peanut because it does not weigh heavy, or print -- broadcasting that I am carrying a large pocket knife -- in the front pocket of my pants.

Today, at home I am wearing cargo shorts, and have the larger and heavier Colonial barlow in my pocket. With this attire I have no worries about weighing down or printing because the shorts are much looser fitting so the knife is not right up against my leg all the time.
 
Nauplios, most of my preferences are out of the norm! Yes for yard work or shop work, I too prefer a substantial knife but not a heavy one as I'm moving around too much. The ecolite 112 is perfect for this, as are my Opinel 8 and 10.

In the office, I mostly want a knife that makes me happy to look at. Usually during a horrible meetin or endless teleconference. Oy!!! In that setting, I'm with Doug. Weight doesn't matter. Dress matters. With dress slacks, the thin 5OT is less noticable than a Peanut, despite being bigger and heavier. It's the flat frame. Bucks 501 is similar. When wearing jeans at the office (most days) the heavy Buck 112 is fine but that's just my pref. the point is with baggy jeans and low activity, I don't pick based on weight.
 
pinnah said:
In that setting, I'm with Doug. Weight doesn't matter. Dress matters. With dress slacks, the thin 5OT is less noticable than a Peanut, despite being bigger and heavier. It's the flat frame.
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We may be going afield from Kevin's weight question here, but you make a good point. My Imperial jack is heavier, and longer by nearly 3/4" than the peanut, but because it has such a slim profile it carries better in dress slacks than the smaller, lighter peanut.
 
Thanks a lot for the thoughts guys. I mentioned under a car or tractor or anything of the sort because those are the times I have had my knives fall out.

Truth be told the only blades I need when I'm cutting grass are spinning under the deck :)

Activities that I stay upright it wouldn't make a difference.

The way it might make more sense would be to say if I have a knife like the Case/Bose in my pocket I will now take it out and sit it aside before doing this kind of stuff. Because I learned from having damaged knives in the past.

It was more to explain that I never really worry about my 85 but other knives I have to.

I hope it makes more sense now and thanks again for the additional thoughtful comments.
 
My Inox Opi 6 weighs .985 oz and my Imperial Hammer Brand Jack weighs 1.4 oz. Just throwing it in there.
 
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Interesting to me that confucious posted so many on the scales, similar to my carries. 3 oz to me is a light knife. Just goes to show how relative it all is. The smallest knife I EVER carry is a swayback jack, and I carry it 2-3 times a year. Most of mine are 3-3/4 to 4-1/4 inch two and three blade knives, which all weigh from 3 to 4.5 oz. But then I am a big guy, and when wearing jeans can carry a GEC Cuban comfortably in my front pocket, with a handkerchief for padding.
 
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