Pocket knife weight (and size)

I prefer a 4" folder for my daily cutting tasks, and as I am daily in scrubs it means the knife has to be thinner. Scrubs have actually gotten me to carry single bladed slipjoints, which is odd for me until I realized I classify slipjoints in two categories: primary blade and backup. Anything less than around 3.5" seems more as a backup to a primary blade (usually a pocket clipped folder or mid sized fixed blade; where anything over around 3.5" is big enough for a primary blade. I do a fair amount of food prep with my knives, so thin blade and light profile tend to go well with a long knife.
 
CUTS LIKE A KRIS said:
I prefer a 4" folder for my daily cutting tasks, and as I am daily in scrubs it means the knife has to be thinner. Scrubs have actually gotten me to carry single bladed slipjoints, which is odd for me until I realized I classify slipjoints in two categories: primary blade and backup. Anything less than around 3.5" seems more as a backup to a primary blade (usually a pocket clipped folder or mid sized fixed blade; where anything over around 3.5" is big enough for a primary blade. I do a fair amount of food prep with my knives, so thin blade and light profile tend to go well with a long knife.
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Do you have any experience of/with a Mini Copperlock (3.5") or Copperlock (... bigger than 3.5 ;-)? I have a Mini. I really like its slim profile, and to me its locking feature helps its fine blade feel even bigger in use than it might otherwise. The latter is probably entirely psychological-- blade size is blade size-- but I appreciate its form factor very much.

~ P.
 
Thickness is the most important issue for me. My Buck 500 is nearly 4" long and is quite heavy, but it is also thin and flat. The worst pants I wear for knife carry are Dickies style chinos and would much rather carry the 500 than any slip joint that I own, including a tiny peanut style jack. The flat shape combined with the rounded bolsters make it ride easy, while I still notice the slippie.

With baggier pants, I can carry a buck 110 in my RFP. But I do prefer a lighter knife, even if it is just as long. My slimmed down Opinel 9 is an easier carry than the 110.
 
mnblade said:
On the top end, I can carry my large, locking Victorinox Adventurer ...

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... in pocket when I'm wearing jeans. But my preferred max size is just over 3.5 inches. And 9.9 days out of 10, I'll have a Case peanut in my pocket and a Victorinox Rambler on my keys.

Years back, I would carry a Buck 110 or Schrade LB7 in my back pocket. But these days, in pocket or on a belt sheath, that's just too much knife for me. In fact, I'm about to mail the LB7 to my nephew since he just made Eagle Scout.

-- Mark
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That looks like one well loved SAK. :eek: I love it
 
I have both a Vallotten and an Adamas.

The latter carries much better than the former altho it weighs an ounce more.

YMMV
 
I like three inches overall or under for front/watch pocket carry because otherwise it feels like that horizontal rebar that other feller was talkin about. If it's bigger than that, then I clip it on my front pocket or slide it next to my wallet in my back pocket. Weight isn't an issue for me with sub-3" knives. I can handle them lil peanuts day in and day out!
 
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