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Basic 8 or 10 for sure and agree to sneak in a swamp warden 

The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Man, I love my TGLB (especially now with it's custom clip point), and my GW is an awesome little blade--but--I have yet to put this one down... I use it every chance I get:
Hell Razor, stripped and ready for action--so far its split kindling, made feather sticks, and pulled lots of BBQ/ fire pit, and kitchen duty
It all depends on the place you will be in as well. If you are hiking and packing in the desert, a big knife is pretty much useless except as a weapon. I would just carry a small knife. In the jungle, a machete style blade is supreme. In Northern forests a small forest axe or large heavy blade are preferred. So it really comes down to where you will be. But in all these scenarios, a large blade can act as a short machete, a small axe and a small knife. So it is the one tool that can cover all scenarios.