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I was with my kids at the park and sliced some apples with the Buck 112 slim. Hollow grinds have many great uses but slicing apples or potatoes aren’t one of them.
Any folders that are good for slicing apples? I’d think SAKs but I don’t know if the blade lengths are long enough.
 
I'm a bit surprised, assuming it is sharp.
I've always peeled all my apples since I discovered as a young kid that eating the peel would make me at least feel nauseous and sometimes barf.
I can peel an apple very quickly and usually in one long piece of peel.
I favor a Wharncliffe blade, flat grind, carbon steel.
 
RugerNurse said:
I was with my kids at the park and sliced some apples with the Buck 112 slim. Hollow grinds have many great uses but slicing apples or potatoes aren’t one of them.
Any folders that are good for slicing apples? I’d think SAKs but I don’t know if the blade lengths are long enough.
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For years, the only knife I carried was a Victorinox Spartan SAK. I used it for everything I needed a pocket knife for. Including cutting apples. The slightly-over 2.5” blade length was fine. If the apple is large, simply turn the apple as you’re cutting it. You don’t need a 4” or 5” pocket knife blade to cut an apple.

Jim
 
RugerNurse said:
I was with my kids at the park and sliced some apples with the Buck 112 slim. Hollow grinds have many great uses but slicing apples or potatoes aren’t one of them.
Any folders that are good for slicing apples? I’d think SAKs but I don’t know if the blade lengths are long enough.
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The Bugout is slicey and long enough to cut most of the way through most apples.
 
I'd probably trigger a "Karen" if I pulled this out at the park to slice an apple 😲. But at home it works great on tomatoes 😁.

Full hollow-grind. Very slicey.

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RugerNurse said:
I was with my kids at the park and sliced some apples with the Buck 112 slim. Hollow grinds have many great uses but slicing apples or potatoes aren’t one of them.
Any folders that are good for slicing apples? I’d think SAKs but I don’t know if the blade lengths are long enough.
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SAK works great. I've peeled many an apple with the main blade on a Tinker. Agree that hollow grinds, such as those on current Buck knives don't work well.
 
In my experience - full flat grind and 2.5mm (~0.1") or thinner works best. So yeah, Delica as B bolabeenz said. Some 3mm knives still do well as long as it's a full or nearly full flat grind on a relatively "tall" (edge to spine) blade. Spyderco Domino, for example.

Saber and hollow grinds are more likely to crack/split the apple open unless it's a really high hollow. Large Sebenza 21 works ok in my experience. 0.125" saber grinds do not...sorry, Benchmade 940, 525, 710, etc.

I've cut myself pretty well before when applying too much force to cut an apple in half with an overly thick blade. Not fun. Now I use an appropriately thin folder or just grab a paring knife off the block.
 
I used an old Case Sodbust Jr. to eat my dinner tonight. I'm celebrating Mother's day with my family so we had steak, baked potatoes, and some other stuff, but that's what I used it to cut. I couldnt believe how well the Sodbuster sliced through the steak. It wasnt even that sharp either, it just has incredible geometry. I bet itd work good for apples too.
 
Case Tear Drop Jack because I also like to peel the apples. The big blade is good enough for slicing, and the small one excel in peeling.
Nobody suggested "Smatchet" yet - maybe because the OP did not ask for peeling?:) And, somebody mentioned the Opinel which is really good for apples, but strangely this is the only knife I feel uncomfortable to slice and peel apples, kind of scared to cut a finger. For other tasks I am fine with my Opinels though.
 
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