What is the largest knife you actually use?

[el gigantor]

All three are awesome, but that @farid. is the bees knees! He is working on one for me right now!

No! You have enough knives! Save some for the rest of us!

 

[norcalAF]

No! You have enough knives! Save some for the rest of us!

I've been waiting on this Farid for well over a year

 

[Weiss]

This is my most often carried knife, and I use it for pretty much anything and everything, most often preparing breakfast and dinner, cutting tape, cardboard, and so on.

 

[Boattale]

Do machetes count?

If not, there is no such knife that I own.

Sure they do.

 

[RickHuf]

This big Gerber Parang that I've wanted to replace for a long time now.



It just works. I actually just redid the edge because it was pretty mangled. Just a used belt on a 1" sander. Came out pretty well. Then I hacked a bunch of creeping evergreen ground cover stuff and wacked a few rocks by accident lol. Oh well. That's the good part about the Gerber. Don't really care too much.


I've been checking out those skrama knives. Might grab one of the larger ones.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

This big Gerber Parang that I've wanted to replace for a long time now.

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It just works. I actually just redid the edge because it was pretty mangled. Just a used belt on a 1" sander. Came out pretty well. Then I hacked a bunch of creeping evergreen ground cover stuff and wacked a few rocks by accident lol. Oh well. That's the good part about the Gerber. Don't really care too much.


I've been checking out those skrama knives. Might grab one of the larger ones.

Those days are Numbered.....

 

[GB940Rookie]

4 MAX is the biggest folder that I actually put to use.

 

[Henry Beige]

It would be a tossup between a Mora Companion and a Green River 4215. Although, TBH, my biggest knife meets your standard of >50 cuts would be the Opinel No. 7 that has been replacing the No. 6 I usually carry.

Having just revisited the rules for this thread, I have to confess to some machete use. The ones I can claim 50 cuts for are 14” Tramontina bolo, 13” Condor Golok, and Skrama 240.

 

[Andy the Aussie]

Busse FFBM is commonly with me and gets use.

 

[jaseman]

Biggest is a Kershaw Camp 10. Gets used for all kinds of stuff. Clearing brush around the campsite, processing wood, and anything else you use a big knife for out in the woods.


Cold Steel Recon Tanto (7”) sees a lot of camp use surprisingly. It’s lighter on my pack than the Camp 10, so it goes on more actual hikes.

My custom is about 4.25” and it’s the largest I’ll EDC, but usually I have a ~3.5” fixed or folder for EDC

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[jaseman]

I think it’s funny, the Gerber BG stuff gets a lot of hate, but like yours, mine just won’t die. I bought this for camping long before I really got into knives. It’s bean through hell and back with just minor touch ups to the blade. And that bright orange makes it easy to spot around camp if you misplace it.

This big Gerber Parang that I've wanted to replace for a long time now.

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It just works. I actually just redid the edge because it was pretty mangled. Just a used belt on a 1" sander. Came out pretty well. Then I hacked a bunch of creeping evergreen ground cover stuff and wacked a few rocks by accident lol. Oh well. That's the good part about the Gerber. Don't really care too much.


I've been checking out those skrama knives. Might grab one of the larger ones.

 

[RickHuf]

Those days are Numbered.....

Lol well I definitely wouldn't be beating something nice like that off of the ground. I think that's where cheap beater like this Gerber or a skrama comes in to play.

bought this for camping long before I really got into knives

Heck yeah. I bought this thing at a gander mountain clearance sale many years back.

 

[Jabe1]

Yardwork with a Tramontina 18” or a vintage woodsman’s pal.
My most used is a Blur I’ve had for about 12 years or so.

 

[Chronovore]

Easy choice on the fixed blade. David Mary made this one for me and it'll be going out again soon.

Folders are harder. I have some larger ones that I don't really use. I carried this one today and used it to open a box of cigars...

 

[l1ranger]

fixed blade is my TFK T11 - 8.6 OAL and 4.3" blade. mostly for outdoors use, hunting, fishing, camping and whatever else I need to cut around the house
folder, Kizer Begleiter - 7.87 OAL and 3.4" blade. one of my regular carries. in my pocket today

 

[DMG]

The Cold Steel 5 Max currently sees duty as my vehicle blade.

Are they really as heavy as the specs claim?

 

[Bushleague270]

Longest would be a 7" fillet knife, not sure if that really counts though as it almost falls into the Kitchen knife category. Outside of the kitchen the most length for me on a knife blade is 5". Past that I find the knife's usefullness starts to suffer noticeably, with very little advantage gained until knife gets significantly longer. JMO.

Mostly though, I'd say I use knives with blades around the 2.5-4" length the most.

 

[jbmonkey]

I did use a Wallace smatchet to hack away at a tree a bunch of times. almost meets the qualifications. so I guess that one.......

 

[Lesknife]

My most used size blade is around 3 inches Buck 112, 501, 347 but I also use a Buck 110 3.75 inch a lot. When I’m camping, fishing or hunting I use a Buck 117 or 104 with a 4.5 inch blade mostly. Only occasionally I will use a 119, or 124 for camp duties. My largest blade is a 108 compadre froe for making camp fire wood kindling and is made for batoning and as a machete.
Edit to add, the froe is a 10 inch blade mostly.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

I have lots of big blades I use around the yard, but when it comes to EDC and folders, I feel a little silly using anything over 4" of blade, tbh.