Your preferred blade thickness for an EDC folding knife

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As the title says, just want to see what is your Your preferred blade thickness for an EDC folding knife.

thinner than 1/32
1/32
1/16
3/32
1/8
5/32
3/16
1/4 or thicker
Don't care, will carry whatever....

Ooops ment to make it a Poll....
 
It is about status. We are lowly registered users. -read the top of a BF page where you can choose General, Community, Makers, et cetera -at the second line it says a few things that you get to do when you upgrade your membership.

For general EDC I prefer the slim blades on my victorinox knives. When I dont know exactly where I will end up, I will bring a little more knife with me.
 
I don't have a preference for any particular blade thickness, as long as it fits the design.

If I have a 2" blade, I for sure don't want that blade to be 1/4" thick.

If I were carrying a 6" monster of a blade (and some folks do), 1/4" thick might work just fine.
 
The Government said:
It is about status. We are lowly registered users. -read the top of a BF page where you can choose General, Community, Makers, et cetera -at the second line it says a few things that you get to do when you upgrade your membership.
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Oh.. Thanks. Didn't know that. Not ready to upgrade yet (too many memberships already) :)
Can somebody resubmit this kind of poll? I think it might be interesting. I will delete this thread (if I can) later on.
 
Thickness is kind of a misleading factor to the performance of a knife better to judge it by the grind. For example: spyderco millie 4mm thick and cuts like a dream, then u have the 2.5mm delica that could only wish to cut as well. Thinner knives usually cut better but a lot of that has to do with the grind.
 
I'd like to have two EDCs:

1/16" 3" inch blade - only a couple such folders exist, and none in high end steel. What I do is buy a 1/8" folder I like and grind it down to 1/16" flat grind.

1/8" 4" inch blade with strong lock - a lot of good ones exist on the market. My favorite is the Benchmade 710.
 
I measure by millimeters, but I digress. I generally carry 2.5mm, but I really want something around 3.2-3mm. I like my blades flat ground and thick with a good amount of belly, which I noticed makes it very versatile for multiple tasks.
 
knifenut1013 said:
Thickness is kind of a misleading factor to the performance of a knife better to judge it by the grind. For example: spyderco millie 4mm thick and cuts like a dream, then u have the 2.5mm delica that could only wish to cut as well. Thinner knives usually cut better but a lot of that has to do with the grind.
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Exactly. The grind matters every bit as much as the thickness of the stock material.

I prefer a thinner grind myself for easier slicing, and I have no need for a thick slab of sharpened prybar in a folding pocket knife. Thick blades with dramatic hollow grinds might look nice, but aren't as useful to me.
 
No thicker then the full size Military but most of the time I want thinner on folders. No thicker then the Mark II on a fixed blade.
 
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