THICK smaller folders... why?

Eh, I prefer thick, overbuilt, bombproof blades to skinny slicers myself... don't have much use for thin, gentleman's folders, though I have plenty in the collection.

Part of the reason is I tend to carry very large folders, and the blades are just naturally designed to scale. Weight is irrelevant to me when I go hiking and camping because I'm never in a race to get there or leave.

I typically like a substantial folder EDC, especially where/when firearms and fixed blades are prohibited.
 
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Maximumbob54 said:
Jokes aside, and besides being harder to break, does a thicker blade in a small folder do anything better?
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Better may be subjective. More material generally means more strength, so not only harder to break but harder to bend. I bent thin blades as a kid doing stupid things. I might not have learned the hard way if the blade was thicker.

They can do more fancy aesthetics things with thicker blades, like the semicircular spine profile and roller-coaster jimping, plus that canyon carved into both sides. It looks better than it would on a thin blade.
 
I looked at this model back when it was first released around 2019, it is pretty. then when I saw the 4mm thick blade for a knife less than 7.5cm, it turned me off. Yes, thick stock is more durable, but my Cold Steel folder is plenty tough with its 3.5mm thick. Most my fixed outdoor knives are not that thick.

One advantage of thick blade that i don't see anyone talk about is the allowance to wear in for the frame/liner lock design. Generally speaking, it will take more time to wear off and more durable compare to a thinner blade of the same lock type. It is not an issue to other kind of locks.

By the way, and other point that turn me off for this model, multiple European reviews said that due to the flip tab design, it might open itself in the pocket.
 
I carry mostly traditional knives and, in general, they use significantly thinner stock than modern knives, even 0.1" is relatively thick on a traditional knife imo.

I started out with modern one-handers but once you notice how thick most blades are it's hard to un-notice. For the stuff I do edge geometry isn't going to get tested so it just makes cutting things more difficult.

I've realized how much blade *height* matters as well, though. The Vosteed mini-Nightshade and the Oknife Parrot aren't particularly thin at the spine, but they have about as tall an aspect ratio as I've seen and also taper nicely to the tip, both slice very nicely. The Kizer Original (just because I also have one) is about the same at the spine but is probably my worst or amongst my worst slicers (not that it's bad)
 
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