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What is the slimmest and lightest knife you own? 2 1/2 inch or longer blade.

I forgot about my Buck 140.
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BradWorld

Dances with Wolfs
The slimmest most lightweight knife I have is the Benchmade Bugout. Disappears in the pocket. Incredibly light and slim. Totally rugged and useable within reason. I mean I wouldn’t go prying open a crate with the thing.

Blade length: 3.24”
Blade thickness: 0.09'' | 2.29mm
Under 2 ounces total weight.

They make a Bugout Mini if that blade is too long. 2.82” / 1.5 ounce.
 
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The slimmest most lightweight knife I have is the Benchmade Bugout. Disappears in the pocket. Incredibly light and slim. Totally rugged and useable within reason. I mean I wouldn’t go prying open a crate with the thing.

Blade length: 3.24”
Blade thickness: 0.09'' | 2.29mm
Under 2 ounces total weight.

They make a Bugout Mini if that blade is too long. 2.82” / 1.5 ounce.
A great one! I’m always astounded that they even relieved the FRN scales to shave off some weight.
 
Three that come to mind for me are:

Spyderco Centofante 3 Centofante™ 3 Carbon Fiber CPM CRU-WEAR - Spyderco, Inc. - https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C66CFP3/2573

Spyderco Caly 3.5 Caly™ 3.5 CLIPIT® Carbon Fiber ZDP 189 - Spyderco, Inc. - https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C144CFE/Caly-trade-3-5-CLIPIT-reg-Carbon-Fiber-ZDP-189/764

Spyderco UK Penknife (UKPK) UK Penknife™ Red G-10 CPM S30V Exclusive - Spyderco, Inc. - https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C94GRD/1795

The Centofante 3 has a back lock and this version is an Exclusive version for a distributor. (available everywhere) The Caly 3.5 has a back lock and is a standard Spyderco model with a San-Mai blade. The UKPK is a non-locking slip joint and Exclusive by Heinnie Haynes.
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The Caly 3.5 and UKPK are the same width of a ball-end Tech's handle diameter, the Centofante 3 is slimmer.
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Three that come to mind for me are:

Spyderco Centofante 3 Centofante™ 3 Carbon Fiber CPM CRU-WEAR - Spyderco, Inc. - https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C66CFP3/2573

Spyderco Caly 3.5 Caly™ 3.5 CLIPIT® Carbon Fiber ZDP 189 - Spyderco, Inc. - https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C144CFE/Caly-trade-3-5-CLIPIT-reg-Carbon-Fiber-ZDP-189/764

Spyderco UK Penknife (UKPK) UK Penknife™ Red G-10 CPM S30V Exclusive - Spyderco, Inc. - https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C94GRD/1795

The Centofante 3 has a back lock and this version is an Exclusive version for a distributor. (available everywhere) The Caly 3.5 has a back lock and is a standard Spyderco model with a San-Mai blade. The UKPK is a non-locking slip joint and Exclusive by Heinnie Haynes.
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The Caly 3.5 and UKPK are the same width of a ball-end Tech's handle diameter, the Centofante 3 is slimmer.
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Wasn’t there a FRN Centofante as well? Must be the lightest version of them all?
 
As a Boy Scout in the late 50s, whose playgrounds were swamps or train tracks, I've always carried a knife, except in school. I carried a pocket knife working child welfare in the 70s, and a 4" Morakniv sheath knife and/or a neck knife working environmental enforcement in my later years. Since retiring in 2010, and only wearing jeans, it's a Spyderco Delica 4, or Endela combination blade (pictured). Hard to beat for sharpness. In my wife's glove box is a Columbia River knife M16. In my car console, 2 Honey Badger knives, smooth and serrated. I'm rubbish at sharpening, so I just buy new as needed.

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