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]

 

[The Zieg]

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Mounted cutting with the calvarly swords would make for a legendary pic!

I have some around here somewhere.

 

[Monofletch]

I carried this one for several days on vacation hiking. Busse’s best in my opinion. Biggest blade I’ll ever need.

 

[kobold]

I carried this one for several days on vacation hiking. Busse’s best in my opinion. Biggest blade I’ll ever need.View attachment 2930900

What's the handle made of, is it a burl? looks great!

 

[Monofletch]

What's the handle made of, is it a burl? looks great!

Thanks.
It’s some kind of wood. I have no clue. I’m sure someone on this forum knows.

 

[Skar]

 

[oldmanwilly]

I have several machetes that I use regularly, although I do not always carry them on my belt:

My DTS-12 is probably the largest knife that I regularly carry and use:

My Military 2 is probably about as large as I will go for a folder:

 

[The Grendels]

The Terava Skrama 240 is my most used and biggest knife outdoors on the woodlot, where there's always new brush to be cleared.

Before I got the Skrama (at the suggestion of a member here), the Joker Nomad (seen below 2nd in from left) and KA-BAR Becker Companion BK2 (seen below 3rd in from left) got a lot of use on the property, and still get used from time to time. The Cold Steel SRK Search Rescue (seen below 2nd in from right) has been a knife looking for a purpose, after getting moved out of various roles by better blades it's now being used as a garden knife. There's also a Morakniv 749 (8" blade) that's kept in the chicken pen food/supply shed because it's just the right size for cutting melons in half for the chickens.

 

[jfk1110]

Is.that a.bread knife holding that Spydie up???

 

[Skar]

Is.that a.bread knife holding that Spydie up???

Ha ha yes it is .

 

[pvicenzi]

 

[abcdef]

I saw 3 or 4 mentions of bussekin. My earliest memory of the forum is that they were the ultimate big blade.

 

[hugofeynman]

I saw 3 or 4 mentions of bussekin. My earliest memory of the forum is that they were the ultimate big blade.

That's precisely what I thought, when I joined this great forum more than 10 years ago. Then, I discovered the world of custom knives and never got back.

 

[DustinK]

I break these out when I really need some hard work done.

 

[oldmanwilly]

I break these out when I really need some hard work done.

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Work might not be so hard if you used something a lil' bigger, like the mighty peanut.

 

[oldmanwilly]

Alone your radio silence here is deafening.

 

[theJman]

Thanks!
So .... the big question is 200 or 240????

I got my hands on a 240 during a pass around and liked it, despite how simple it seemed the thing just worked. The only part holding me back was the size, it was too large for my needs. I told myself if they ever released a smaller version I would be all over it, when the 200 came out I kept that promise and bought one.

I'm not sure what your use case would be, but if you want to read a review I did on the 200 about 5 years ago check out this link. Maybe you'll find something in that to help make your decision.