I agree the measurements will be off. Although I would bet the blade would measure Longer in your proposed method.

For the diameter of a coin you could look here:

http://shop.scrapyardknives.com/product.sc?productId=30&categoryId=6

Last edited by Sethrotull; 08/15/12 11:01 PM.
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