What's the biggest knife you carry in your front pocket ?

A “4 blade is usually my limit. My Hinderer Xm-24 is the largest/heaviest blade I comfortably carry.
 
Largest I’ll go is my Super Roadhouse. I need to send that muther in for repairs though. The lockface is all effed up.
 
Only knives I carry in my front pocket are traditional knives and nothing with a clip and the largest of that I carry is probably my LionSteel Roundhead
 
4” Cold Steel Recon 1. Other big knives I carry are an Endura 4, Gayle Bradley 2, ZT0620 and CS Rajah III. All in the 3.5-4” range.

I doubt I would ever carry bigger or buy a folder over 4”.
 
SharpieB said:
4” Cold Steel Recon 1. Other big knives I carry are an Endura 4, Gayle Bradley 2, ZT0620 and CS Rajah III. All in the 3.5-4” range.

I doubt I would ever carry bigger or buy a folder over 4”.
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Have you tried a Police4 yet? :)
 
My Adamas is the biggest/heaviest/bulkiest folder I will clip in my front pocket.
Edit: I have to admit that everything else I carry I don't even know is there. Spyderco's, ZT's, other Benchmade's.....they just vanish in the pocket. That Adamas is brutal.
 
Buck 110 LT with a dangler clip (pics later). Mercator lockback with same rig. With deep pockets in my carpenter's jeans, I know I could go big with even my BK-15 in the right sort of sheath, but I don't need to. Anywhere I'd need or want my BK-15 I would rather have it on belt or pack or in saddlebags.

But most else, like Opinel N°10 and 12 go in back pocket.

Zieg
 
I agree removing the clip changes what I would carry drastically ... I carry mid to slightly larger knives most days ... the heaviest probably being a ZT 0909 but that's with clip ...

the only knives I carry without clips are traditionals ... largest on occasion a Case Full Sized Trapper but its very rare ... mostly a SAK Alox Farmer or a Lionsteel Roundhead or Mini Trapper is about as big as I will carry without a clip. I guess do I carry a GEC 48 Improved Trapper during trapping season it might be slightly larger but it's not an EDC carry for me.
 
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Largest for myself is about 3.5"...

Now I have a couple co-workers thay carry 5.5-6" cold steel monstrosities...
 
I've done larger 5 1/4 clasp knives and swell center folding hunters with no trouble. I've always found that length isn't a huge problem, but thickness is with carrying large folders.

As an aside, I once knew a guy that worked nights, and carried a full sized folding bowie like -

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He'd run his belt through the belt loop like normal, but then tuck the sheath into his jeans pocket. I was surprised when I saw it, and always thought it was a slick set up.
 
For me, it's more about weight than length. I don't believe that I need a 4+ inch blade in my life, but here I am, trying to fit my cold steel recon 1 into my front pocket. I really prefer a closed length of 4 inches or below, because I usually carry other things in either pocket (keys, wallet, phone). But I would never put any in my back pocket, because I will 100% lose it.
 
abbazaba said:
Have you tried a Police4 yet? :)
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It honestly looks like the handle would touch the bottom of my pocket, and then rise up so the pocket clip isn't down all the way. For my big knife, I use it as a sweatpants knife, but that's more about what's competing in my pocket
 
I have been carrying my military for a month now.I used to limit it to 3.5 inch but the Milly is just growing on me.
 
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