There was a post by HD over on the Busse forum about the specs of the HG55 and one of the answers which came to light was that the blade has a depth as we say...width as you say...of 1.16 inch...which is pretty much lower than I expected allowing for a RMD having 1,6/16" depth of blade...at .25 thick this has me worried a bit on the geometry of the blade for slicing and field use...it is going to have some "radical" taper to come down from .25 to the edge in just 1,1/16 inches...has anyone ever had a knife with similar geometry to this? Something like a Fatty Game Warden or whatever?

My concerns are....will it slice well for general use...or is it more of a "V" shaped pry bar? Posted here as I think I will get a more "reasoned" response...

What was the depth of blade on the original DMCG? The thickness was .25 but not sure on blade depth? How do they work?

The HG55 will only be as deep as my F/S Dagger at the hilt...so it is definately a "fighter" style...but the one Jerry did for his father in law looked to me at least like it was designed as a general purpose hunting knife?