The Allure of the Fat and Chunky

Dadpool said:
This is my thinking as well. I've got more than enough knives; slicing performance is well-covered across various sizes in my collection. Every knife I own doesn't need to be a practical, no-nonsense all-rounder. Where's the fun in that?

I'm not sure why I find chunky knives appealing, but the lizard brain that makes my knife purchasing decisions knows what it likes. They're fun to own. I enjoy carrying and using them. :D

It's kind of like automatic watches, really. One, my phone negates 95% of my need for a watch, and two, my solar quartz G-Shocks do everything an automatic watch does, except better. But what's on my wrist? An automatic watch, because it brings me joy. ;)

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Artisan Proponent (added bonus: weighs nearly a pound!)

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Cold Steel AD-10

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Cold Steel 4-Max Scout

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I concur. I have plenty of thin knives that are great at slicing. But I like my collection to be diverse. And although I don’t have anything Medford thick , my Adamas is one of my favorite EDC’s. Overbuilt , chunky knives appeal to me.
 
I don't like thick bladestock. But I do like thick (thicc?) handles!

All these fancy slim EDC knives are optimized for carrying and maybe a few cuts here and there. But if you want to do prolonged work with a knife, like in whittling, nothing beats a handle that nicely fills the hand.
 
Where are we drawing the line? 0.19 is my "default" anything thinner is a "thin" knife to me. I guess only the big ol 0.26 falls into chunker category for me. Had a Strider DB and HT in that thickness. Had to reprofile both to 30dps (!), but shockingly the cut well after that. Again, I don't do any slicing. My EDC tasks consist of stripping cable, cutting heat shrink, e tape and box tape. Even cutting some thinner gauge wire if I forgot to bring cutters to the wire cart. Cutting open dozens of parts bags/cable bags and other industrial activities. I'll admit to a little prying, or opening a control panel door using the swedge to turn the flat head lock. I think you can even get a good edge with a flat grind at 0.19. I need to get calipers, but my Stitch-A is flat ground (I think, too stonewashed to tell) and it feels nice BTE. The "FFG" (more like 85%FG) 0.19" SNG's get nice and thin.
 
Wasty said:
For that one I'm gonna reply with Boris The Blade from the movie Snatch:
"Heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work... you can always hit them with it."
Admittedly, that's for a gun, but it fits here quite good.
The solid feel of a chunk of metal always reassures the neanderthalbrain in us.

There is an inherent lack of strength in all folders, (it folds) and therefore all folders will fail at a point where a fixed won't.
So folders with thick blade stock will protract that point to where a person cannot use his own muscles to reach that.

However I actually like the concepts of redundancy and utility - this is the reason I EDC a small fixed knife + a slicy folder to have it all covered.
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One of my favorite movies. Haven’t thought about it in a long time

scottyj said:
When I saw the thread title I thought this was gonna be about girls.
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Had a buddy we called the “Buffalo Slayer” back in our wilder days :D

I’ll admit Medford has made me glance at them a few times over the years. Never bought one or really even got close but I’ve entertained the idea. Price kinda puts me off on them.

I haven’t had too many thicker knives. I’d say my ZT0450 and ZT0609 would be my thickest ones. I really didn’t work the 450 much but I did the 609. I do remember it sliced through 1/2 nonmetallic seal tight pretty easily tho. I prefer a little meat behind the edge. The Inkosi is my go to work knife
 
Oh man, so much hate. :(

I like chunky knives: XM18 3.5 Spanto, SnG, Umnumzaan, Emerson Commander, ZT0550, Spyderco Military... in Reverse chronological order are my last regular carry knives that come to mind.

I find that these knives fit my needs. Yard work type stuff for example cutting some trimmer line or sprinkler pipe. Cutting those thick nylon straps on bundles. Opening boxes or those awful tamper resistant plastic packages. I like that the fat knifes offer a secure grip, solid feel, and durable edge.

I love my Small Inkosi but if I find it in my pocket when I’ve got zip ties or trimmer line to cut then I’m heading for the tool box to get a utility knife so I don’t roll the edge on the CRK.

So if a bunch of apple slicing critics don’t like my knives then I don’t care much. I’ve never sliced an apple to eat in my life but I i start then I’ve got a kitchen drawer full of knives. I’m certainly not going to use my carry knife on food. Gross.

I don’t understand poo pooing someone else’s choice of knives. Does it cause anyone problems if I like a different type of knife than you?
 
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The greater mass allows for more radiation to soak into the blade, giving me greater destructive power for the end times. ;)

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When I was working at the lab, a French guy in the lunch room had forgotten his knife. He borrowed the Medford Marauder to slice up his apple.
The slices were not as pretty as when he used his thinner knife, but it still worked. :thumbsup:
 
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