Best thin/light fixed blades?

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That looks really good. Is it recently that they started selling them with a sheath? Don't recall them doing that when I got my Elmax(?) BRKT Bird and Trout a few years ago... The BRKT has great stain resistance and toughness but miserable wear resistance. So now it's my loaner for people who cut food on ceramic, or need to do some picking on a deer skull they're boiling for a euro mount, and I use the Sprig for my hunting fixed blade.

For $74 with the kydex I might need to get a North Arm...

 

15v at 68rc

Rex 121 at 70rc

52100 at 66rc


K390 at 66rc


Vanadis 4 Extra at 67rc

S125v at 63rc

Nitrobe77 at 63rc

S60V at 60rc

 

A small hess .

 

I wish I could tell you when they started selling the knife with the sheath. It was after I bought my paring knife because I'd have gone with it as well.

Notice that the Mallard has a lanyard hole too. The Trilium paring knife does not.

 

Yes I forgot about Opinel. I just cut myself with one of mine this week in fact! Scary sharp that thing!

 

I wish opinel made more types 9f knives too,some kind of plastic instead of wooden handles,it would be awesome.

 

Absolutely love the trillium. That mallard looks like it would be a great lite fixed blade.

 

Working on this batch of 23 right now. Just finished the first stage of handle shaping on the grinders when these pics were taken yesterday. Got em finshed up on the grinders yesterday and will start handsanding today. Anyhoo, thin? Lets see:






A Poco:






A Gordo:





Thicker knives.

A Buckaroo:





A Castrator:





All measurements taken right in front of the bolster or handle, (ricasso). Even the thickest in this batch still right around 1/8th of an inch.

 

Grohmann Knives of Pictou, Nova Scotia, maker of the famed D.H. Russell Canadian Belt Knife, features relatively thin blade stock, 1/8" or so.

 

Surprised no one has offered up the fixed blade version of the Skyline

 

Nothing beats a full flat grind ...

On a more serious note, try an Ontario 6" cabbage knife or a Russell Green River 4 1/2" sheath knife. (10311 /#2212) Cheap and slicey.

 

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Everyone knows, if you hit the woods with a knife thinner than .25 thick, you will die, nearly immediately!!!

Even holding a thin knife in the comfort of your own home, can be a terrifying experience.....


What if a car suddenly plunges into your heated pool, and you have to spring in to action and pry the door open?? Is your thin, high hardness, excellent slicing knife going to work??

What if the microwave won't open.... how are you going to pry your way to your Hot Pocket before it cools off???

Thin knife, that cuts amazingly, and holds an edge for a long time? Light, and easy to cary? No thanks!! Give me a .32 thick tank, with 50-70 degree inclusive bevel.... thank you very much!!!




On a more serious note, the older I get, the more I really appreciate a thin, light, high hardness cutter! I find when camping and whittling, Opinels and such get more use.