Whats the bigest knife you own and WHY?

My biggest is my Cold Steel SRK. I think it has a 6 1/2" blade. I got it as my first good knife, and because it was bigger than the Master Hunter.

Thor
 
Always wanted to have a BIG knife - so when this Teton Bowie went on sale from the Cutlery Shoppe some years back I bought one -

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AUS-8A steel - full convex grind zero bevel edge - frighteningly sharp for a big knife - comfortable Kryton handle - to me it looked "better" than the very popular trend-setter at the time - the Cold Steel TrailMaster bowie.

Hey, it was something like $69.95 on sale - what can I say? The weight alone was worth that :D

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Ontario RTAK (for cutting through the jungles of Eastern Washington state)
Swamp Rat BattleRat (for defending myself against concrete block armed bad guys)
 
Hankins Bear Slayer. Light fast and long. Why I like the feel of the grip and my golock is crap.
 
Possum:

I was waiting for those pics. Knew the dimensions from discussions with you, now I get to see your handiwork.

Very nice sir. I like it, and four more last night, even better.

Brownie
 
Biggest is a Guinguard 10" forged Bowie with stag grips. Baddest is either a Busse Straight handled Battle Mistress or Straight handled Steel Heart II both 5/16". Why? Just cause they are so cool. What I actually carry is either a Busse Badger Attack or Swamp Rat Howling Rat with ~5" blades. Gotta get me a Hankins Night Fighter one of these days. Fell in lust with that the first pic I saw.

Rob
 
My biggest is an 80's Explorer Wilderness II from Wally world. We all know why we bought these knives! (I still wannabe Rambo ya know)
Its just under 10" overall length and is actually a pretty decent knife & gets pretty dam sharp! Im not into real big knives though really.
All my folders except my BM940 are 3" or less, thats the perfect edc folder size for me anyways.
 
My biggest one is about to be a Becker Magnum Camp. Still on it's way from a recent trade. Other than that, I have a Black Cloud Prokopto.
 
Ontario SP5 Bowie. I carry it on my ATV for whatever I might need it for. I carry an old machette that takes most of the abuse on my ATV trips.
 
I like my Hankin's "Whisper in the Dark". Not too heavy, and not too small, and not too big to carry on my web belt. Great for small chopping around camp. Great all around blade, and handle design. 15" OAL 9 3/4" tip to handle.
I've tried others, and keep coming back to the Whisper.
 

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My biggest knife is......

A 21" Bowie style made from a truck spring by Charlie Davis at Anza Knives. It weighs about 3 1/2 pounds. :eek:

Why, you ask? Because I won it in a raffle for the fire victims in last summer's wildfires in the San Diego area.

I have it in the entryway of my home and am very proud to own it. I currently can't post a picture here, but if you ever visit knifeforums, it is my avatar.

This is an interesting topic, for sure. :)

Bill
 
I am not really into large knives so I try to keep them in the 4" range. The largest one that I own is a Benchmade 140HS Nimravus with a blade length of 4.5". This was a knife that I had been wanting for a long time and once I got it I instantly fell in love with it.
 
Living in a big city NYC increases chance encounters with the authorities responsible for policing knife size. For that reason nothing I own is of illegal size. Bigger is not better, it can land in you in jail and give you a criminal record even if you are law abiding and have no ill intentions.
My best knife is modified CRKT Ryan Plan B and a Small Strikar (5.25 inch total length), great personal weapons and as far a fixed blades go not so scary that they cant be pulled out for everyday tasks.
 
I own a m-9 bayonet just because I thought they look cool. Nothing really over 7''. Of course the Ka-Bar, and CS recon tanto. Have an Ontario beaver tail machete for clearing brush and crap like that.
 
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