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Hey I'm going to begin my 3rd knife as well as a new design. The design is a wider blade 1.5" where as my previous knives were about 1". My question is, do you think that 1/8" steel would be too thin for a blade with 1.5 inch width and a flat grind? The purpose of the knife is a small to medium general use survival type knife.
With that, and I know much is preference/purpose of knife, what would you say is a general rule(or your recommendation) for thickness of blade compared to length and/or width of blade, when doing a flat grind. Not talking kitchen or filet knives but outdoor/camping/hunting blades. Meaning, I'm sure you wouldn't want a flat grind on 1/8" steal if the bade width were 3" or say a 12" blade with 1/8" thickness, or maybe you would, I really don't know, I'm still a newb so wanted some thoughts.
Thanks
With that, and I know much is preference/purpose of knife, what would you say is a general rule(or your recommendation) for thickness of blade compared to length and/or width of blade, when doing a flat grind. Not talking kitchen or filet knives but outdoor/camping/hunting blades. Meaning, I'm sure you wouldn't want a flat grind on 1/8" steal if the bade width were 3" or say a 12" blade with 1/8" thickness, or maybe you would, I really don't know, I'm still a newb so wanted some thoughts.
Thanks