01-28-2018, 07:22 PM
The 2 Japanese knives I have are exceptionally thin, though I've heard of thinner. The thinnest I've seen in hunting knives was a David Boye folder. It cut far better than the Buck knife I had at the time. I didn't measure it, but it was substantially thinner. The thinnest in recent memory was my Cold Steel Lite Hunter. It was 0.01" when I got it, and was 0.015" or so after rebeveling to 12 degrees per side (dps). Most are that thick with a 20 degree or greater bevel angle. I like the simplicity of the single bevel angle on the Puuko style knives, but, since I don't do much wood carving, I don't see much benefit. They are supposed to excel at shaping wood. The couple I've had I don't remember using for that. Just as a point of clarification, the thickness at the top of the edge for these style blades is the same as the spine thickness.