Why are we drawn to fat blades?

[tuica]

Because they’re just so damn capable.

 

[dogboye]

I'm with resTHINguy. I'll take thin over thick any day. But that is not to say I will turn my nose up at THICC.

Wait... what were we talking about????

 

[SpyderPhreak]

Because they’re just so damn capable.View attachment 1981855

That Elk I killed last weekend... When we got back to the truck, I used my NMFSH to easily chop the sternum out of the chest, and to part the pelvis in order to splay open the body cavity more to aid in cooling. She may be ~0.33" thick at the spine, but that tall, full flat grind gets the job done! My buddy was shocked at how easily it cut right through those bones...

 

[TENTEX]

 

[polskiogorki]

Not everyone likes em fat... I prefer skinny. Wish my hog badger was same thickness as my cabs

 

[Boss1911]

My first Busse was the Trough Raider and while I have compiled a respectable collection in the last year, I have just put together my first "Set". I just added a Mega RatManDu to my Mega Swamp Warden and Mega Ratweiler set. I wounder If I should get a Triple Sheath made?

 

[ferider]

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Because they’re just so damn capable.View attachment 1981855

I remember that one

 

[Nismo17]

Don't lie...yer all popping wood over my fat azz steel right now, aren'tcha? lol

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Yowzaaaa! Are those the Off-Duty variants of the active duty ?

 

[Jaxx]

Yowzaaaa! Are those the Off-Duty variants of the active duty ?

Yes, including the only 2 OD's with machined Snakeskin micarta, of which the prototype is one of them (middle OD)

 

[tuica]

I remember that one

I figured you might enjoy a Sentimental Journey.

 

[RobStanley]

Fat is flavour...

Streaky bacon is best...

 

[RobStanley]

 

[nerv102]

Some guys like thick chicks, i like my knives thick

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Thanks! If you can't bend or break a 3/16'" thick knife with a 6" blade, why do you need it thicker?

Geometry cuts. Geometry cuts. Geometry cuts. What I tell you three times is true.

People who need over 3/16" are overcompensating

 

[UDDwaine]

Personally, I am not. To me the best looking blades are not "fat", or "skinny" . Just normal.
With the strength and durability (and warranty) of ALL of the "kin" blades, there is no needs to carry fat knives, IMO.

I love my Rat Daddy and Rat Mastiff - and will never part with my special Tank Buster that the shop engraved for me.

 

[ron finkbeiner jr]

We like our blades like we like our women.....

 

[Volk]

Yeah...yeah...yeah....we all know it's because fat blades make us look slimmer next to them...

 

[AntDog]

Meh. Thin cuts better. Thick survives better. Both have their place but I’m digging the thin.

 

[Father & Son Traditional Sharpening]

Meh. Thin cuts better. Thick survives better. Both have their place but I’m digging the thin.

Thin does cut better in general unless you are doing deep cuts on something like wood. In that case the added thickness really does increase the cutting ability and fluidity of the knife in the cut. For me this is the pretty much only reason to have a thick knife beyond the additional lateral strength. What many don't also realize is that a knife which is twice the thickness as another does not equal a knife with twice the strength at the spine. It is nonlinear and the added strength is many times more then the knife half the thickness. So it doesn't really take a knife being .33" thick to be unbreakable when it's made of Infi. I'd say anything over 3/16" to 210" will be virtually indestructible no matter the blade length.