Post your 6-7" bushcraft knives

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carspidey

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I saw a thread of small 4-5" bushcraft knives with beautiful knives...

I'd like to know what people have in a larger size...

Please add some comments as to why you have a larger knife for buschcraft (what do you use them for, maybe compare them to the smaller size knives, etc)...

I just got my first real knive (ESEE RC6) and now I am not sure if I made a bad decision on the blade size... Before I bought it i thought it would be very handy and better than a smaller blade because of its length...

Also, keep in mind I haven't used it yet...

So please post your pics and some comments...

Thanks...
 
Here is a Hudson Bay I made for myself. This one has a 7" blade, 1/4" thick, with a scandi grind and tan micarta handles. My thoughts on this were that I wanted a knife heavy enough to chop, but with a fine enough edge for other woods chores.

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in that size range I like my kabar bk-7
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Great for splitting wood for kindling, fire boards etc
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makes decent curls for fine work
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slices well
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nimble enough to make rough functional implements like this 5 min spoon type thing whcih did a remarkable job of shoveling beans and rice in to my face.
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For me that would be my TOPS Tracker and my Swamprat Chopweiler although I tend to think of them as camp knives rather than Bushcraft knives.When it comes to what I term Bushcraft, making traps, whittling camp items etc, I actually prefer a 3" bladed knife.

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so far it looks like my choice of blade size is not a big problem :D

I still might get a smaller blade... but i won't feel like i made a bad decision on my RC6..

btw... what do you guys think of the RC6???

keep the pics coming... :D
 
i have an rc-4 that is the biggest thing i carry but i always go back to using my BRKT mini-canadian for most chores that are geared towards "bushcraft"
 
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NWA Woodsman
Steel Type: 1/4″ thick O-1 Tool Steel.
Blade Length:7″
Overall length:13″

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RC6 / ESEE6
Overall length: 11.75"
Cutting Edge Length: 5.75"
Blade length 6.5"
 
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some nice blades here guys.... Candadian trailman that recon scout looks too pretty time to beat it up..lol
 
Here's my JK ACEK, with a blade around 6"

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and my JK Hudson Bay 7" - I love this knife

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All the best,

- Mike
 
i really like that size range when it is ALL YOU CAN CARRY, like on a flight vest or something.

i find one consistent rule for me is the perfect range for a survival knife blade is the distance from your thumbtip to the end of your index finger when you hold those two digits out like an 'L.' - that's about 7.5 inches for me, which is huge for most folks doing bushcraft, but there are plenty of tricks to using it for workarounds if need be.

normally i just use them, no tricks invovled.


i like the Beckers, Cold Steels, Bowies and RATs featured here, and own some of them, but i have a TOPS Firestrike that is made with 5/32" stock instead of the clunky 1/4" stock they normally use for that model that i really like the best for the One Knife, no Hawk scenario.

On the budget side, I am fond of the cheap Glock knives with Root Saws.

Cold Steel made a great knife too, the Bush Ranger (not the Bushman), for a short time, that was sort of like a modified Cold Steel RECON (pictured above) in thnner stock, with a Sheffield point that i have retired for sentimental reasons, but saw a lot of service. It'd be great if they made that again.

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I think you'll find the RC-6 very practical. I find the length to be a real asset when performing any kind of splitting work.
Here is the RC-6 with a bucket-o-fat wood:D
 
carspidey said:
so far it looks like my choice of blade size is not a big problem :D

I still might get a smaller blade... but i won't feel like i made a bad decision on my RC6..

btw... what do you guys think of the RC6???
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I don't have an RC6, but if you like it and it does everything you need, I wouldn't worry. I used to be all about 3"-4" knives but recently I've been drifting towards 5"-7" blades. I still like the little ones but I think larger blades are more versatile. YMMV.
 
RC-6 and BK7. I ended up trading the BK-7 as I kept coming back to the RC-6. Still one of my favorite mid-sized blades to work with. Small enough to feel good and big enough to handle what is needed to be handled.

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Breeden peacemaker. This is a small 6" blade. Very light with the osage orange scales and 1/8" thickness. It really doesn't feel like you have a 6" knife when you use this one. Actually since it mostly stays in my kitchen block, it has logged more use in my hands than any outdoor knife I own!

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A wildtertool S-curve, cutting edge is 6 13/16" x 3/16" thick. Width is 1 3/8". I put this one up because the maker just doesn't get any respect around here :D Actually, it is a great blade, that while relatively large is very light weight and because of the design pretty nimble at fine cutting chores. Bottom shot posed with a Koyote 5" skinner blade. At 3/32" this one is a slicer but its wideness compensates for its thinness making a stiff blade.

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