Who would like to see more 2mm thick blades?

[catamount]

One of the things I really like about my Chaparral is the thin blade. I'd love to see a :spyder: with a 2mm FFG blade around 3 1/2".

Anyone else?

[yablanowitz]

2 mm is okay, but I prefer thin blades.

[bh49]

I would love to see 2 mm blade. Will I buy or not depends on overall design. Make Caly3/3.5 with 2mm stainless solid blade and I am in.

[wrdwrght]

I marvel at the Chaparral and have no doubt it can do heavier work than its thin blade would suggest. I've already whittled some hardwoods with it, and it easily handled all the force I wanted to apply.

Still, my overall impression is that the knife is light-duty, even dainty (like a scalpel). Strange to say, my G10 Dragonfly and Squeak, having shorter but thicker blades (and shorter handles), do not strike me as dainty.

While I'm all in for the Chaparral (I look forward to the upcoming steels and scales of the series), I don't think I'd go for a longer 2mm blade. My Spydie collection tells me I'm partial to thickish blades. Hey, I still want a 4mm Superleaf!

[Peter1960]

2 mm blade and 3 - 3.5 " blade length is a long held wish. Thanks for this thread!

[The Deacon]

2 mm is okay, but I prefer thin blades.

I'm with Jack.

2mm is better than thicker, but one of my dream knives is a Stretch with a 1.3mm blade like the K05's. :)

[captnvegtble]

I like thinner blades. I would love to see a smaller version of the Chokwe (~3" blade) with a 2mm thickness. That would be one **** of a slicer!

[Evil D]

I'd be interested, but i'd also like to see it in a very tough steel that is less likely to chip if dropped, and could even withstand some bending/bending back if it was pushed too hard. I've read 3V is an awesome steel for this.

[dbcad]

It would be nice if I felt I could afford it. $100 plus is out of my league right now

[dschur]

I would love to see a Caly 3.5 in full ZDP-189 (not laminated), a 2mm blade and the twill carbon fiber scales!

[bh49]

I would love to see a Caly 3.5 in full ZDP-189 (not laminated), a 2mm blade and the twill carbon fiber scales!

I love the idea, but I would take even VG10/G10 variant. This will be terrific slicer.

[nightburn]

I would love to see more 2mm blades. Especially in the larger variety, 3" to 3.5"

Although, to me one of the advantages of FFG is the blade offers a progressively thinner thickness as you get closer to the tip; you almost get the best of both worlds. The tip area is always extremely good at slicing but I digress, it would still be awesome to have a full 3.5" blade at 2mm thickness.

I believe a lot of us want this type of knife because we often find ourselves using our spydies for food prep, slicing cardboard, etc. Many of my daily tasks do not require 3mm to 4mm blades, I still like the longer length but do I really need the added girth? (twss)

[arty]

I actually prefer 2.5mm in general, but I wouldn't reject a larger bladed pocket knife with a really thin blade. It depends on expected use. For fishing, I can see a 2mm blade thickness - this is about what I have on an old M2 bladed Gerber hunting knife (hard chrome plating). It is thick enough for a relatively strong blade, but good for slicing.
If a larger blade had 2mm thickness, I'd rather see less distal taper.

[dschur]

I love the idea, but I would take even VG10/G10 variant. This will be terrific slicer.

Yep, steel wouldn't matter and I realize mixing the Japanese ZDP-189 and the Taichung twill CF probably isn't going to happen, so I'd be fine with S30V on the twill, or peel-ply on the ZDP. I don't ask for too much :D

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

love to see some thin zdp...be a killer for slicing.

[The Deacon]

love to see some thin zdp...be a killer for slicing.

True, but it also has a reputation of being somewhat brittle, and thin blades tend to flex more than thicker ones, so not sure how well suited it would be for that use.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

I know that it was laminated for the caly jr...but that was still pretty thin.

[yossarian]

+1 on the idea of some thinner blade options. Along with the other thread on narrow blades, we could get a Spyderco "Bird and Trout" type knife (folding or fixed).

[mongatu]

I would like certainly be interested in a 2mm blade that is 3.5 inches long. In any steel (except S30V, S35VN), but my preference would be for M390, 20CP or Super Blue. The more I use these steels, the more impressed I am with them.

[Blerv]

With a total lack of engineering background I think thickness has to do with length. Hence why the cento3/4 hollow grind still has some rigidity.

I'd like to see some high hollow grinds. Thin behind the edge rather than thin overall. Plus grind lines are sexy :p . Sorry FFG folks!