"Super Thin" Folders?

Go over to the for sale folders and you will see two Rick Menefees just put up for sale that are true wicked sharp
 
I haven't seen any factory locking knives that are very thin just above edge.

The thinnest behind the edge knive's I've ever had or seen would be one by Jerry Halfrich. Close to a folding razor!
Bob Dozier's are also very thin edged, along with most any of the custom slipjoint makers.

All traditional style knife makers take pride in the thin edge, but many makers of modern locking knives could also do you a thin edge on request.


edit- just read your post again, and noticed the factory only and FFG only. Sorry about that. I've never seen any super thin factory blades with a FFG, but I've found spyderco's the be the thinnest in general.
 
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Ken44 said:
I haven't seen any factory locking knives that are very thin just above edge.

The thinnest behind the edge knive's I've ever had or seen would be one by Jerry Halfrich. Close to a folding razor!
Bob Dozier's are also very thin edged, along with most any of the custom slipjoint makers.

All traditional style knife makers take pride in the thin edge, but many makers of modern locking knives could also do you a thin edge on request.


edit- just read your post again, and noticed the factory only and FFG only. Sorry about that. I've never seen any super thin factory blades with a FFG, but I've found spyderco's the be the thinnest in general.
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Yeah Spyderco would be the thinnest FFG blades above the edge in general in production blades.

The thing is once the blades start to get really thin the steel needs to be really good, run right up around MAX hardness to support that thin grind and that would make the knives slicers, cutters for the most part depending on how thin they are.

And that's really a good thing because they will cut like nothing else will performance wise and they are VERY easy to maintain and sharpen.

Like I always say there are always trade offs when talking about steels and knives.

A thin ground blade in the hands of a moron would be a disaster and there are a lot of them out there.... The main reason why we DON'T see really thin grinds above the edge. ;)
 
CS HoldOut III, is wafer thin, super strong and extremely lite wt. It ain't VG10 though. I have both the II and III and really like them especially the III and I don't like small knives. keepem sharp
 
longbow said:
CS HoldOut III, is wafer thin, super strong and extremely lite wt. It ain't VG10 though. I have both the II and III and really like them especially the III and I don't like small knives. keepem sharp
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Thin is in the .010" - .015" above the edge range, or thinner, less than .010"....
 
I love the guy with the box cutter pic. Now that is thin! You may be the winner of the bunch, but such cutters are utterly devoid of sex appeal. What they do offer is economy and no worries if you misplace the thing at a job etc.
 
Like Ankerson said you are not going to find a production knife as thin as Phils' knives behind the cutting edge with out having them reground. They just don't make them
 
The thinnest production folders I now are Opinels. Much thinner than any of the modern production folders.

JD
 
I'm glad I stumbled on this thread, it inspired me to take another look at my M4 Ritter grip. I put it away after I got it because I didn't really like the looks of it, but it does have a real thin grind behind the edge and it's a wicked slicer. Makes a good case for the large belly on it.
 
My advice is to find one you like, and either grind on it yourself, or find someone with the equipment and talent to do it for you. Personally, I like to tailor my knives to fit my preferences, and don't care too much about the way they look (otherwise I'd be very unhappy with some of my results). My Military is pretty dang thin now (don't have a caliper handy), and my full convex Native III slightly more so. Also, it may just be me, but in my experience 440C seems to cut better than the edge thickness would suggest. One of these days, I'm gonna get a good 440C candidate to experiment on.
 
krakoa said:
My advice is to find one you like, and either grind on it yourself, or find someone with the equipment and talent to do it for you. Personally, I like to tailor my knives to fit my preferences, and don't care too much about the way they look (otherwise I'd be very unhappy with some of my results). My Military is pretty dang thin now (don't have a caliper handy), and my full convex Native III slightly more so. Also, it may just be me, but in my experience 440C seems to cut better than the edge thickness would suggest. One of these days, I'm gonna get a good 440C candidate to experiment on.
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Militaries are usually in the .025" .029" range, same with the Para 2...
 
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