KA-BAR BK-9 blade thickness

[Bridgeman]

I find different info in several places, and no info in many. Can anyone with a KA-BAR 9 please mic it and tell me blade thickness?
Thanks,
Greg

 

[Bladite]

officially i believe it's 0.188 inches


Bladite

 

[Bridgeman]

Phew... I'm glad you didn't yell at me again to check the FAQ.
0.188" is what Tomar's site says.

Don't be offended, but if anyone could put a micrometer or caliper to one I'd really appreciate it. My old Camillus Campanion was advertised as 0.250"... right. Turned out to be 0.210".

Thanks,
Greg

 

[Bladite]

Phew... I'm glad you didn't yell at me again to check the FAQ.
0.188" is what Tomar's site says.

Don't be offended, but if anyone could put a micrometer or caliper to one I'd really appreciate it. My old Camillus Campanion was advertised as 0.250"... right. Turned out to be 0.210".

Thanks,
Greg

READ THE FAQ

yeah, a lot of the older stuff WAS advertised at .250, but it's not. you can look at the actual printed official literature even. maybe with coating?

.21 is pretty close though

good old slipstick math 2 places of accuracy was good enough for most architecture...


Bladite

 

[survivaledge]

The bk9 KABAR is .188
The old Camillus BK9 is .210
the old BK2 Blackjack is .250
the camillus BK2 is .210
the KABAR BK2 is .250
any more??

 

[GrinderMcgee]

the extra .02 makes a bigger difference than one might think.

 

[Bridgeman]

The bk9 KABAR is .188
The old Camillus BK9 is .210
the old BK2 Blackjack is .250
the camillus BK2 is .210
the KABAR BK2 is .250
any more??

Phenominal! Thanks.
As much as everyone loves the KA-BAR BK-9 as a chopper, I bet that Camillus kicked butt with the additional 22 thousandths!

Thanks guys. That was more info than I asked for but it is what I needed.

Greg

 

[GRIM 62]

The old Camillus BK9 is still kicking butt around my yard.It's one hell of a working chopper!