is 1/4 inch necessary?

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The spoiled kid of Yojimbo and Ronin?
 
Freman Bloodglaive said:
Being pedantic, force is mass times acceleration. Mass times velocity is momentum. Of course the rest is correct. The more acceleration you provide to an object the more force will be delivered to the target. For kinetic energy E(k)=1/2mv^2 so doubling the mass only doubles the energy, doubling the velocity quadruples the energy.

Of course then we run into the limits of biomechanics, and how fast can you move a blade anyway. If you're moving the blade as fast as you possibly can, then increasing the mass will deliver more energy, but if reducing the mass will allow you to move faster it's better to drop the mass.
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You're right--typo on my end. That's what happens when I'm overtired. :p
 
goodeyesniper said:
People survived much MUCH harsher conditions than you or I will ever see with very thin knives of questionable quality. IMO if you are at the point where needing an indestructible knife is somehow the difference between life and death, you are probably in a situation so hostile to human life that you have no hope of survival anyways. That, or you just should have practiced your survival skills a little more before entering this situation...

There are a bunch of things infinitely more important than having a ridiculous blade when it comes to survival, something most knife nuts with "survival" knives often remain clueless and unpracticed with.

Not knocking you if you simply like ridiculously thick knives, we all have different tastes and that's cool, I just think these apocalypse fantasies people have where they need to chop through armored tanks to survive somehow are a bit... entertaining.
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I don't own a single 1/4" knife... I also didn't post anything about armored tanks... Like some of the other posts, I was joking...
 
The thickest in my possession is a 1/2" thick khukuri from H.I. I find comfort in 3/8" tapered tang axe/hawk.

I do appreciate belly these days, since i'm growing one myself.
 
I have no experience in this, but if one were to use a chopper, say a khukuri, then wouldn't a thicker blade be better? 1/8" seems so thin that it might collapse from a bad swing, which is to be expected from time to time with a chopper right? Say if the knife were a little off center, than there would be torque applied to the edge. Would 1/4" work better in this case?
 
Really, only the OP can answer this for themself. I have many 3/16" blades. I have many 1/4" blades. I have broke neither. I have , however broken about 4 that were thinner than 3/16". I use my knives hard. I regularly baton through twisted, knotted firewood. I prefer 1/4" ones for that. You have to decide what you prefer. There is also a LOT to be said about heat treat of any blade of any thickness. Proper heat treat can literally make or break a knife, IMHO more so on thinner blades, yet is uber important on all blades.
 
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