Biggest knife... What's your personal limit?

Assuming their is no limits neither legal nor social, I think 4" will be my limit for folders.

Most of my blades are betwen 2.7" and 3.7" and I don't really think I need more from a folder.
For me something with ~3" to 3.5" of blade is really what I need for my EDC tasks
For fixed blade... I don't realy see the point of a limit as it will really depend on the use you have for it.

I am the kind of guy who prefers to carry light so the question for me is more about "How small can I go" :)
 
A 4" blade does everything I need to do on a day to day basis. If I needed something bigger and it was legal, I would have no problem selecting the most appropriate tool for the job. Self defense is about the last thing I would ever use a knife for though. So I don't need a 12" super tactical killing machine. Lol it's also more likely if I did find a need to defend myself, the attacker would be a brown bear and not a person. At that point I'm not sure any knife is really gonna do much other than make the bear angry as it mauls me.
 
dryflytrout said:
A 4" blade does everything I need to do on a day to day basis. If I needed something bigger and it was legal, I would have no problem selecting the most appropriate tool for the job. Self defense is about the last thing I would ever use a knife for though. So I don't need a 12" super tactical killing machine. Lol it's also more likely if I did find a need to defend myself, the attacker would be a brown bear and not a person. At that point I'm not sure any knife is really gonna do much other than make the bear angry as it mauls me.
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A 4" folder is about what I carry also and around a 7 to 10" bladed sheath knife while out in the wild. Oh! I read an article in outdoor life years ago where a guy was being mauled by a grizzly while bow hunting and all the guy could get to was a arrow he kept stabbing the bear in the neck with it. Well the bear let go of him wandered off and died not far from the guy he mauled. So a big knife would possibly work in a situation like that maybe. I'm not going to try it so who's first.:DThat's a sweet TG you got there CM any plans for it?
 
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A 3-3.5 inch folder for around. A 4.5-5 inch puukko for hiking and backpacking. Never found the need for anything bigger.
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I only carry folders, the biggest i have is the 0452. Which would also be arounf that 10cm upper limit. For work my limit is at 8.5-9cm.
 
The KC Gray I just bought and sent back to him a couple days ago is as big of a folder as I want to go and it's 4.1"
 
If I could I'd rather carry a small hand hatchet ala a Gransfors Bruks type. But here in California, a no go. I alternate between a Joe Watson CT and a Strider SLCC and an SnG daily.
 
I carry folders, and the largest I regularly carry is are the ZT 0454 and CKF Milk (both a little over 4"). Somewhere in the vicinity of 3.5" is my pocket knife happy place, generally. I don't carry for defense purposes, though--I carry a firearm for that side of the house.
 
Folder: 5.5"
Fixed: 12"

Most of my EDC blades are 3" - 6" though.
 
Not counting yard work or camping, where larger (fixed) blades come into play, normal edc under casual conditions, my max is 4" folders and 6" fixed blades.
 
Whenever I'm in a place where the law allows it, I don't mind a 5 inch blade on an EDC folder. This AG Russell piece rides nicely on my belt:

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If I'm in the woods carrying a fixed blade, 10 to 12 inches would probably be maximum.
 
Wolverine666 said:
I have a brand new Protech TR4 on the way. It's a bit bigger and heavier than my Military. So this will be my biggest edc to date. And my first automatic.
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Correction : the TR4 is not quite as big as the Military. But I sold my TR4 anyway. So the Military remains my biggest carry. Speaking of the Military , I've been thinking of picking up a new one.
 
I'm currently becoming more and more interested in carrying smallish fixed blades.

I have a Bradford Guardian 3.5 on the way. And I've been eye-balling others like the CRK Nyala.

So my Military S90V/CF/Ti remains my biggest folder EDC. But with my interest in fixed blades growing by the minute , a larger knife may be on my belt soon as an EDC. Just may take some getting used to.
 
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