What is the largest knife you actually use?

[Boattale]

Reread the op.

He mentioned field dressing, general camp use, including food prep.

He excluded kitchen knives, specifically.

Not a contradiction on his part, just very specific rules.

Apparently, he has an older sister who beat him up, er trained him a lot.

It was a Drill Instructor at MCRD San Diego. Talk about specific, they're the very definition and are damn good teachers too.

 

[RPZIP]

It's worth checking out. It looks so simple and unimaginative, but the thing is surprisingly versatile. I haven't field dressed anything with it, so I can't speak to how it works with something like that, but for camp chores and most bushcraft needs it does a really good job.

Less specialized, and much thicker for other tasks, but the profile is not far off a Japanese (kitchen) kiritsuke. And as far as cutting meat, fish, bird, vegetable and fruit in the kitchen I prefer a kiritsuke to the typical chefs gyuto.

 

[RPZIP]

I have used this USA made Kershaw Skyline more than any other knife in recent decades. Unsophisticated, fairly lightweight. Never lubed - just cleaned. Sharpened it once recently. It is still tight with no play in the pivot/lock whatsoever. One of the cheapest folders I have ever bought and it just keeps on going.

 

[Zephyr One/Zero]