Biggest thing I notice is that a thinner knife wedges a lot more in things like potatoes.
On the flip side if I'm cutting something super hard like kabocha or butternut my thinner knives go through with much less resistance.
thinner knives, by definition, can't "wedge" as much as thicker knives, and your second sentence contradicts your first. what you are describing is sticktion, which is typically greater for the reasons ThEoRy gave.
For anything that involves repetitive chopping motions, liking mincing or guillotine cuts I like a more robust knife. It feels like a thicker blade will absorb the force more. Thinner lasers for just about everything else. But that's just me. I'm sure plenty will disagree.
Mhlee, just carve some glestain dimples into the side of your ginga and it should be fine:scared4:
i guess when a knife is so thin that you barely ever get wedging but also there isnt much convexing in the blade either due to its thinness thus causing the stiction instead. thats pretty much what a laser is. i dunno, i consider laser to be almost a slang term. but i think most here would agree those are the characteristics of a laser. as far as an example of a good in between knife is concerned, the misono swed is the best example of an in between IMO in my limited experience. Its thin but no laser.So at what point does a "Laser" become a "Workhorse"? Is there something in between? Or does it go from Laser to Workhorse?
Sorry for the questions, as you can see by my posts, kinda new here
Laser: 2 mm or less spine thickness over the heel for a 240 mm gyuto.
I disagree. Thin knives are still lasers even if they suck. Historically, the term is used to describe knives made from steel sheets: Tadatsuna, Yusuke and Suisin Inox Honyaki western style knives. Now, we have Konosuke, Gesshin, etc. as well. The term has also been applied to some other thin knives from cheap to very expensive forged blades that were/are in actuality, terrible and not worth using, IMO.well, assuming a good reduction towards the edge. 2mm at the spine and 1mm at the edge wouldn't be so great.
Lasers were a fad.
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