Over-rated Buck knives

Not to get in to the Ford vs Chevy fight, but I agree, most knives ARE too thick. A knife is a cutting tool. If you want an ax, get an ax, or hatchet, or even machete, but leave knives out of it. The reason knives are so thick is people demand axes that look like knives. One of the best all around knives I ever saw and my go to knife for years was a butcher knife with the blade thinned way down. No, it was not a modern bush-man cut down trees knife, but it was a perfect skinner/butcher/kitchen using knife.

 

I agree that most newer knife blades are too thick, a belt knife should be thin enough to slice bread and scale & fillet fish. The Mountain Men used Green River brand no hilt butcher knives, which are very similar to the more modern Old Hickory butcher knives. They considered these the most desirable blade a person living in the outdoors could have and they spent more time living in the outdoors than the folks who make and market the thick bladed knives now so prevalent amongst modern outdoorsmen.