First, I do not have one of these knives yet, though I certainly mean to pick one up. After picking up my 15" BAS though, i can't imagine i really want anything bigger, the BAS does everything i've asked it to do hands down - chopping, prying, the works.
My thought, was the UBE presently comes at 18". Has any though been given to scaling down the knife? Keeping the shape, the proportions, etc etc but shrinking it to... say... 12"? Something that makes it a little more manageable as a all-purpose camp/belt/utility knife instead of an 18", 30 oz piece of beautiful, well crafted tree-felling behemoth?
Thoughts anyone?
My thought, was the UBE presently comes at 18". Has any though been given to scaling down the knife? Keeping the shape, the proportions, etc etc but shrinking it to... say... 12"? Something that makes it a little more manageable as a all-purpose camp/belt/utility knife instead of an 18", 30 oz piece of beautiful, well crafted tree-felling behemoth?
Thoughts anyone?