Poll: folder blade length for everyday use

[bandaidman]

What is your favorite blade length for your everyday folder? This is for utility not defensive purposes.

 

[Horus]

I prefer blades with a length of 3 – 4 inch.

 

[LongRifle]

I'm in Ohio...the blade has to be less than 3" to the hilt
Matthew

 

[anthony cheeseboro]

To me 2.5-3" is most practical because the 3" limit is the most common one in my experience. I like larger knives but they just can't be carried legally in as many places.

 

[glockman99]

My REKAT Carnivour Cub has a blade length of about 3.25 inches, and is just right (for me) as my "utility knife".

 

[Michael_Aos]

Here in Colorado the limit is 3.6", and I'd prefer to stick to it. Unfortunately my current EDC (Boguszewski Cobra) is 3.7". Doesn't stop me from carrying it, but makes me a little nervous sometimes. I'll be glad when my medium (3.25") TnT gets back home.

Mike

 

[bob bowie]

Hi,

I like a blade in the 3.5-4.0 range, as it is long enough to work well for heavy work. It's also in legal range in most state's. In outdoor knives I tend to favor blades in the 5-6 inch range.

 

[dsvirsky]

My two favorite knives for EDC are a DDR small Apogee and a Tom Anderson Wolfpup, both with blades that are just over 3". On a practical level, I carry a sub 2.5" folder most often (these days, a William Henry B&T Persian and an A.T. Barr gents folder), so as to stay undebatably within the law at work.

 

[chad234]

large sebenza 3.5"

 

[Keith Montgomery]

A knife with a blade in the 3-3 1/2' range will do about anything that I need to do on a dailey basis. Certainly no longer that 4".

 

[Crayola]

4", fixed or folder, is awesome.

 

[Dark Nemesis]

Call me a typical male making up for deficiencies in other areas, but I like large blades for daily carry.

 

[hewasntrightint]

to me, my mini-AFCK is perfect... it's got a 3.25 in blade length.

any longer would be too intimidating for the sheeple at work , and any shorter would lose some usefulness.

i just got through removing all of that crappy teflon coating last night... it looks so much better now ... just used a scotch brite pad while i watched some TV... much better looking now.

Frank

 

[psy-ops]

I don't want to raise any eyebrows.

though I usually carry 2, 1 sm and 1 lg

 

[bladezealot]

I work for the USPS, so it had to be less than 2.5 inch blade length I had that Mayo surfer guy make me a P.O. legal folderIt's the one in front
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid27/p1055909ad4b8e28915a42cd13ce50d42/fe20bb78.jpg

 

[420Time]

I too have to go with my large Seb 3.5

 

[steve1701d]

I usually have a stockman on me and these don't have blades over 3". This suffices for most of my daily knife chores. I usually keep a few bigger ones in my pick-up truck "just in case"!

Steve

 

[D7reamers]

I would like a small neck knife or folder on me and one BIG KNIFE in my car trunk!

 

[FrankieCrabs]

For my edc, I prefer a couple or so blades. I have a 2" Spyderco Navigator for a money clip, then either a serrated Delica or Cricket for the small blade, and either a Calypso, Sr., or Microtech manual Socom for the large blade. I sometimes carry other knives, but this has been my recent standard.

Frank

R.I.P. the "please ignore..." thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=171731

 

[Brandon -B-]

my two rotating EDC utility knives are a PSARK and a Kershaw Boa. both are exactly 3 1/2 inches