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Lets talk dovetails.

I've never done a dovetail. It's something that I've been wanting to try for a bit and will probably try sometime this summer if the missus will give me a little break. I've got a couple of hand saws and would like to make a box for them, and have been thinking about using a dovetail "just because".

Anyway, the style these days seems to be very narrow pins (top of the pin nearly the thickness of saw kerf). What are your thoughts?
(yes, this is a half blind dovetail, but you get the point, tiny little pins where the thin edge is not much more than a saw kerf thickness) I feel like I've seen regular dovetails with pins thinner than this, but of course, when I was looking, I couldn't find them.


They just seem like they'd be weaker than something a bit more substantial.
Stole this photo from Paul Sellers (not actual dovetails, just visual teaching aids). I prefer his slightly wider pins.