Long-term Big Brother owners?

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smokestack75

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Anyone out there been using a Big Brother for a significant length of time? By significant I'm thinking like over a year of pretty regular use. I admit to wanting one, but I was looking for actual user input before I pull the trigger... I did a search and found a few reviews, but not that many, and none after owning and using for a while, so I thought I'd ask here.

Thanks all!
 
Charlie_K said:
What exactly would you intend to be using it for?
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General camp duties? All I really want to know is what people who own one think of it, and the experiences they've had with it. That will help me decide if I'll grab one or not. I know there will be a ton of people who say "just get a BK9", and thats fine, but I'm really looking for info on the Big Brother, as there seems to be a lack of reviews and such.
 
On reading that last reply, I came off like a jackass. Sorry. I guess the point of this is to get some people who have the Big Brother to tell me what they've found it to be good at and bad at to help me decide. I'm not particularly interested in comparisons to other big blades, or opinions on knives that are "better", I just want info on the BB. As far as intended use; cutting rope, wet leather straps that won't come undone, possibly making tent pegs, stripping bark and light chopping, and maybe bleeding some small to mid- sized game. You know; camp stuff.
 
Email or PM Widerstand and Mingo Clambake (forum names)

I sent one a while back and they are both some serious users. They may have some more input.

Moose
 
Had both the Big Brother and the 9.

Big brother is more fighter than utility. Agile in hand. Combat oriented swedge. Unfortunately, these are the features that negatively impact the utility.

Thin swedge made batoning a chore, as the baton got eaten up quickly. The thinner, lighter stock (0.165") has less momentum for chopping. I think I felt like I was chopping with a BK-7. Doable, yes, but I felt it was easier to use a "chopper" knife or a hatchet. I didn't care much for the rear serrations, but YMMV.

I sold mine off when I got the kabar combat kukri. It's not quite as chopperific as I'd like (at 8" blade), but the spine is thick enough for batoning, the recurve near the handle is great for finer work, and it can chop decently (better than the BB, at any rate). Now if Kabar would only make a 9-9.5" version of the combat kuk...
 
Thanks, Moosez45 and Qeth. That was exactly what I was looking for. Sorry it took so long to reply; I was without internet access for a bit as I switched providers.
 
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