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Roger Blake

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This is a very well thought out and executed piece but the blade seems very thick. Why? I like the action of the knife. Great ergonomics.

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Roger Blake
 
Hi Beam. The blade is the thickness that it is because that's the way Bob Terzuola designed it. I would assume (scary word) that strength was the issue on this "Tactical" design.

sal
 
Sal, Did Bob T. design it with 440V in mind? The added thickness might partially be off-setting comparitive brittleness in the alloy.
 
When I first held one, I loved the fact that the handle felt thin, light and strong(probably due to the nested liner), but the blade was thick and solid. For whatever reasons Mr. Terzuola had for designing it that way, I think the Starmate has a very nice thick blade to thin handle ratio.

Ken
 
I have a few Starmates, the old Terzoula C-15 and a custom Terzoula ATCF, all have rather thick blade grinds. I think that Robert Terzoula designs his knives with maximum durability and stress resistance in mind. His custom pieces are all ATS-34 as far as I know.
 
I have a StarMate, a C-15, and a C-19. All have very thick blades and I love all of them. I just wish that the C-15 didn't have that damned partly serrated blade.

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Walk in the Light,
Hugh Fuller
 
I really like the Starmate but I find that as blade thickness goes "less is more". Thinner cuts better and less weight too. Tactical seems such an ambiguous term, meaning different things to different people. For myself, I can't see too many reasons for thick blades on folders. Still, I have kept Starmate. It is nice knife.

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Roger Blake
 
That may be true. But if the blade has a nice (high) hollow grind then its edge will be thin enough to cut as well as thinner stock blades. Have you ever seen the discontinued G10 Standards? Thick blade stock for its size but what a slicer! The Starmate seems to fall into this description.

Nakano
 
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