What size do ya use the most ?

bruce do you heattreat your 3v or send it out? love the bodark handles. in texas some fence posts are made of that wood --called the 100 year post.
dennis
 
I always fall back to my 7-9 inch knives. I wanna use a smaller knife, really I do... they are so cute and all.... but alas, practicality triumphs.:p


Rick
 
cramsey3006 said:
Hey Pit! How do you like that Blackjack Grunt? It's one of the new ones, right?
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Nah it's the old version made in Seki Japan. I love the whole feel of the knife but because I prefer carbon blades to stainless I keep saving it for when I do some big coastal walk or canoe trip !
 
pitdog said:
Nah it's the old version made in Seki Japan. I love the whole feel of the knife but because I prefer carbon blades to stainless I keep saving it for when I do some big coastal walk or canoe trip !
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Ah, I was wondering how the steel in the new ones is. 10crMov-blahblah whatever is that's supposed to be 440-C equivalant. I bought an new Anaconda off of ebay (don't you love those impulse buys!) and wasn't sure what to expect from the steel.

I pretty much prefer carbon steel for everything. Even in folders for EDC. I think I'm going to buy a couple of old Schrade's to start carrying.
 
DennisStrickland said:
bruce do you heattreat your 3v or send it out? love the bodark handles. in texas some fence posts are made of that wood --called the 100 year post.
dennis
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Dennis - I sent out the 3V to Rob at knifemaker.ca. He does the heat treat, cyro in liquid nitrogen, temper, and an RC test on each blade - this one came out a 61:thumbup: Once in a while a make a couple stainless knivesd (ATS-34, CPM 154) and send them out to Rob for heat treating. I have a forge and heat treat the carbon steel blades myself.

Bodark handles eh? I gave them a quick pass with the torch to add some colour:)

Bruce
 
Most of my using fixed blades are all in the 4.0-5.0 inch range, and they do everything I ever ask a knife to do in the woods. :thumbup:

I have a few smaller knives (2.5-3.5 inch) which can do almost as much and are a bit ligher on the belt (or some of the smaller ones are handy if I want to neck carry), but I generally drift back to the 4.0-5.0 inchers 90% of the time. I've also got some larger knives in the 6.0-10.0 inch range, but honestly none of them do anything for me that my smaller knives can't, and they are harder to carry and not as handy to use as my prefered blade size.
 
My most used knives tend to be 4 inches and under.

Most of the time I use nothing more than my Izula when out and about, although I'm counting work/farm use in with this. If my Izula can handle anything I do on the farm, it'll handle anything I would want to do in the woods, save be a practical butchering knife for medium-large game (I wouldn't be afraid to do a whole deer with one, but it would get tedious after a while).

When the spectre of larger work (woodworking/carving projects, game processing) is in view I carry something closer to 4 inches.

I have found little use, personally, for knives in the 6-8 inch ish range. Just got an Junglas about a month ago, and I think that knife will prove to have some usefulness for me, but I have not been able to use it very much yet. It will probably make a great all-around camp tool/brush whooping knife.
 
I like a 4" blade in the woods. Usually, the ones I make for myself are 1/8" thick.
 
I usually carry a few different sized blades at the same time from small to large, but the big ones get the most use. (10" bowie blades to 18" chopper blades) :)
 
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