Knife supply Kit knives (part rant part food for thought)

[Shotgun]

BUT, thickness as follows: 3-7 inch length is 3/16"; 7.1-9" is 1/4"; and 9.1-14 is 5/16". Thank you all for taking the time to read my rant post. Comment/reply if you like.

This is your opinion. My opinion is that 3/16" is overkill for a 3-6 inch blade and a 12"+ blade shouldn't be thicker than 1/8". I personally have no use for blades in between. Different strokes for different folks.

 

[G2k]

dude, if 1/4" knives is what you like then cool. however, you make it seem like it should be common sense to have the same opinion. I've never owned a knife over 1/8" and I've never had one break. I think any average cutlery steel properly h.t. and given a proper temper would be fairly difficult to break. I've chipped out edges before under heavy use but that's no big deal. If you want unbreakable then get your blanks spring tempered.

My apologies if I made it sound as if only a fool would have a different opinion. I CAN make knives that are near indestructible, but you have to admit it would be cool if say knifekits had a $200 fixed blade that was 440c, all american everything 11" blade 3/8" thick with Texas somewhere in the name...lol. It wouldn't necessarily be YOUR first choice for a weekend camp trip, but I think alot of people would like to have it hanging on the wall. But...that's just MY opinion, and I definately realize that.

 

[G2k]

As far as the Delta5 situation goes, I still like knifekits.com. I still plan on buying ANOTHER batch of supplies from them. I do work on a shoestring budget (my fault not knifekits). I could return it, and I'm sure the next one would be "scar free". In all reality I will probably cut the handle off and make it a folder. Since "beefy" is what I like the delta 5 folder would definately be "obnoxiously heavy duty"

 

[leifjl]

It wouldn't necessarily be YOUR first choice for a weekend camp trip, but I think alot of people would like to have it hanging on the wall.

I think that both these statements are probably true.

Honestly, with the whole bushcraftiness craze I'm kinda surprised they don't make something in 1/4" yet.

And yes, name it "The Texan".

 

[G2k]

Honestly, with the whole bushcraftiness craze I'm kinda surprised they don't make something in 1/4" yet.

Yeah pretty much what I'm getting at.

Although I know of 2 videos, maybe 3 where a Cold Steel trailmaster in sk5 did break during batoning.

ANY knife can be broken, what bothers me about it is that Cold Steel labeled batoning as "abusive activity". They did however replace the knife.

I personally try not make batoning with a knife an everyday thing, but for a 5/16" thick blade that runs $135, yeah it had better be able to be batoned with...lol

 

[tltt]

Or maybe it's just that 1/4 inch is not necessary, and never has been. As for why there aren't "thousands and thousands" of blades from 1860 around, I'd hazard a guess that corrosion is a bigger factor than breakage.

Yes corrosion and sharpening wear are the main reasons for older knives deteriorating, mostly the former. You actually don't see many full on destructive breaks, mostly tip breaks, which are still a problem today.