Thanks Ron. I will definitely make one from 1/8th but I can tell you now, you are right - it will make a fine bird and trout, as well as filleting knife but it will be too thin for general and more aggressive use.

I am thinking of making my interpretation of a "replica" of the first one - the Steinman knife, and using 1/8th stock for that, as per the original
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