Mora killers?

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flybynight

Quote from: Moab on December 04, 2023, 12:56:19 PMThis might be it. Comes in orange and wolf grey.

SOG Tellus FX Fixed Blade Knife. $24.99.

Weight 6.7 Ounce
Overall Length 9 Inches
Folding or Fixed Blade Fixed
Blade Length 4.2 Inches
Blade Finish Stonewashed
Blade Steel Cryo 440 Stainless Steel
Blade Shape Clip Point
Serration Type Plain
Handle Color Wolf Gray
Handle Material Glass Reinforced Nylon (GRN)
Sheath Included Yes
Sheath Material Nylon

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102442486?pid=213282

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I like it. I like it alot
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12_Gauge_Chimp

SOG usually makes pretty good fixed blades. Even their budget lines are decent.

Their folding knives, though, can be kind of hit or miss.

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12_Gauge_Chimp

What would you guys say would be the max/minimum spine thickness for a bushcraft knife ?

I'd think something like a kukri at about a half inch would be the max thickness I'd go for with a bushcraft knife. Anything over that and you've basically got a pry bar with a sharp edge on it.

Moab

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on December 04, 2023, 05:35:31 PMWhat would you guys say would be the max/minimum spine thickness for a bushcraft knife ?

I'd think something like a kukri at about a half inch would be the max thickness I'd go for with a bushcraft knife. Anything over that and you've basically got a pry bar with a sharp edge on it.
For regular wood work .12". But if you want to pry open doors or something .25".

Thickness on the above SOG Tellus was not listed.

Edit. The Tellus is .157. I'm liking it even more.
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Lodewijk

Depends on the tool since, as you said, some of them can be very thick on purpose.

I like 0.18"-ish for a knife that will get abused, and a lot of popular ones fall around there. I wouldn't go far below that, but I baton a lot and don't do a lot of things where a thinner knife is better. I popped the feet off my moose with a Jääkäripuukko when we quartered him this fall and despite being "wrong" for that kind of thing it did fine, so it's not like thicker knives are unusable.

0.25" is probably the upper end for me, but it depends. Ontario kukris are pretty great and obviously the BK2 is a very popular knife.

The RTAK II is about 0.19" with a full flat on a 10" blade, and in limited use that's been pretty sweet. But I wanted a "big knife" to use in conjunction with a saw for crosscuts, and I don't chop a lot.

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