Thin blade stock

I think the light == cheap association came after the widespread use of plastics in consumer products became common. But there's also probably also something about tools that leads to casual users assuming heavier tooling is "better".

I do have a cheap folding crowbar, an Artisan Proponent. And while it is entertaining, there are just so many problems with a knife like that, starting with being drop-shut, it is heavy enough to do real damage to a finger. (It is also a liner lock, but comes with a screw-in lock pin, which... makes me think they didn't have a great deal of confidence in the liner lock.) For folders, I feel like there's a range of reasonable dimensions for everyday knives, and 1/4" bladestock is well outside of that.

Now a huge, thick fixed blade makes a lot more sense for some tasks...
 
3D Anvil said:
Absolutely, light weight does not equal low quality, but some people do prefer the feeling of something more substantial. I've moved a little in that direction. Used to love the ultra-light weight of the Bugout, but now I find it a bit too light for my tastes.

I'd also say that, just because a knife has a thin blade, it doesn't mean that it has to be a thin knife. I'd like to see that little bit of space saving used for more contoured scales, for example.
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+ 100 on the blade to scale thing. I have a thing where I love a nice thin blade but also love hand filling grips.

My perfect knife, at the time being, would be a nice thin quality blade with a nice thick heftier than usual contoured ti framelock.
 
I like knives with different blade thickness. Would be boring if all blades are thin. Thinner blades are better slicers but thicker blades can take more beating, chopping, twisting etc. So my folders span SAK, Delica, Sebenza, PM2, ZT0562, xm-18, and AD10.
 
I'm a fan of thinner blade stocks but woah sub-0.1" blade stocks? That's kitchen knife territory haha.
 
The Manly Knives City isn't particularly thin but mine was ground down to. 010 behind the edge. You almost don't feel it going through materials. It's insane.
 
I definitely prefer thinner blade stocks. I've sold many knives over the fact that they're just too damn thick for what they're suppose to do best, and that is cutting.
 
I am always on the quest for thin bladed knives because I don't like my apple halves to fly away when I try to cut it with a splitting-maul-geometry-blade-like-object.

One of my first suggestions was going to be the Spyderco Centofante 3, but it has been mentioned already. The Stretch is also another good slicer from the Spyderco lineup. Opinels for sure!

Mikel
 
Civivis hollow grinds are great for this. Both thin stock and deep hollows. Take a look at the baklash, shredder, vagabonds, appalacian drifter, hadros, etc. Their flat grinds are also really nice and thin.
 
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