What's the biggest knife you regularly carry?

dr0 said:
I'm going to break this up into three sub-questions:

1. What's the biggest folder you regularly carry?

2. If you either regularly or occassionally carry a fixed blade as your EDC, which is the biggest one of those you carry? Extra Credit: Describe where you live in general terms (Small Town in the Southern USA).

3. If you only carry your big knife on camping or hunting trips what's the biggest knife that you carry?

Very curious about people's responses an especially to see for #2 if anyone regularly carries a 20" Arkansas Toothpick or something awesome.
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1. Leatherman Charge Ti (if this counts as a folder).

2. Fällkniven Kolt Custom .
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3.Fällkniven F2k Custom.
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These sees regular use, but I change quite often and I have many equally good favorites not mentioned here.
About Arkansas toothpicks, no I have never owned one, but I carried a Solingen 8" standard Bowie in the 1970'ies on a daily basis, but not in school.



Regards
Mikael
 
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1) I don't own any folders over 4". The largest models that I carry for EDC include: Benchmade 710, Al Mar Eagle Ultralight, Spyderco (Endura 4, Rock Lobster, R, PM2,) Large Sebenza Insingo, Ontario RAT-1, Emerson Horseman.

2) If I choose a fixed-blade for regular EDC type carry, it'll be either my BK-11 or ESEE Izula 2 (urban setting, small-to-mid-sized city in Canada.)

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3) My largest outdoor blade is a machete or a BK-2.
 
1 cold steel xl espada i work for the gov so i asked if i could bring to work they said yes you got alove it
2 rat 3 not that big not as big as the espada and more pratical
3 for the woods my junglas one my user my other my safe clean
 
My usual edc cutlery is a Case peanut in my pocket and a SAK classic on my keychain. The 2 inch blade cuts all I need to cut in the suburban area I live in.

If we're camping, there's a 12 inch Ontario machete in the canoe, and if we're off in the woods, there's a folding saw in my pack with a 4 inch sheath knife. Usually a Buck 102 woodsman.

I live in Germantown Maryland, in a great suburban sprawl north of Washington D.C.
 
I gravitate toward larger folders, the last several years have been dominated by a CRKT M21-04, Benchmade Onslaught, Contego, ZT 0561, and most recently a Benchmade Rukus.

I occasionally carry a fixed blade, usually a Spyderco Kumo. I live in a city of 200k in northwest Texas.

I have a Ka-Bar in my hiking pack/GHB to complement my wire saw and manual chainsaw.
 
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1. Spyderco Stretch. 3.5" blade, but a full-size handle is the more important feature, when I look for a knife.

2. I never EDC a fixed-blade. I live in a small, rural town in the Southern USA.

3. When camping I occasionally carry a 5" blade, 10" OAL custom-designed fixer. (image below)

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I regularly carry either my REKAT Sifu or my Camillus Cuda Maxx at least 2-3 times a week. Other blades in the carry rotation are a BM 630 Skirmish and my ZT 560.

GregB
 
I kinda have a a thing for large folders and small pocket sized fixed blades. Here is a pic of the largest I carry.
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1. The largest folder I own/ carry is the Woods bladeworks "TiTan". 12.83" open
2. I EDC a small fixed blade on a daily basis for basic chores. I try not to go over 8" OAL on the daily carry fixed blade
3. When out and about in the woods and wilderness I bring along either a Kabar BK9 or spyderco Dayhiker. They don't see too much use mainly because I have a hard time putting down my mini fixed blades.
 
All my EDC blades are around 3.5"

Rat-1 is my folder EDC, and Rat-3 is my fixed.

In the sticks, I carry a ESEE-6, and a 10" kukri.

EDCing a longer fixed blade is a pain, as I hate horizontal mounting....sticks out too much, snags shirts, and really just provides for a bad experience for me.
 
I prefer a small folder, I carry a Large Bradley Alias (It's called "large" just because it's the larger version of that model. The blade is 3.5 inches long).

I also regularly carry a fixed-blade (Wilson Model 25 with a 5 inch blade). I live (and carry) in a completely urban part of San Diego and I carry the knife wherever I go. I wouldn't have a problem carrying something larger and probably will if I ever get the money to buy some knives I would like.

When camping, I carry a Buck 110 and an old full-sized Kabar USMC knife.
 
Thanks to everyone for all your participation in the survey. Keep 'em coming.

I thought of this because when I was paying for gas in a local station the guy at the counter ahead of me had a fairly sizable (10"?) sheath knife on. I realized you don't see that much anymore, I remember seeing a lot more of it 20 or 30 years ago, particularly out in the sticks. This gas station was a ways out there, but not really in the sticks. (Semi-rural SW Washington St.)
 
killgar said:
I also regularly carry a fixed-blade (Wilson Model 25 with a 5 inch blade). I live (and carry) in a completely urban part of San Diego and I carry the knife wherever I go. I wouldn't have a problem carrying something larger and probably will if I ever get the money to buy some knives I would like.
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Do you carry that open or concealed? If open, do you get many comments on it?
 
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3. When camping I occasionally carry a 5" blade, 10" OAL custom-designed fixer. (image below)

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That's a very unique an nice looking knife. I've never seen a handle anything like that, and the blade shape is unusual too. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
 
Spyderco military, Manix 2 XL
BM AFCK, TSEK, Adamas, Contego
ZT 200, 560

I prefer 3.5" to 4" blades, I've ended up selling all my 3" blades, a para 2 is about the smallest I carry
 
dr0 said:
Do you carry that open or concealed? If open, do you get many comments on it?
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I normall carry it openly which is legal here. But I will admit to carrying conceald if I am going into a bank or some other privately owned business that I know frowns on "weapons".

I've been carrying the knife for years and only had two people say anything, neither of them negative. One guy (a fellow customer at Taco Bell) asked me about the sheath (a kydex sheath, at the time I was carrying the knife "handle-down" from my belt as I was wearing a jacket and carrying it "handle-up" wasn't possible), he asked me how the knife stayed in the sheath without falling out and I explained to him that the sheath was plastic that was heat-formed to the knife and that compression held the knife in place.

The other was a kid (maybe 11 or 12) hanging out around a convenience store I was visiting. He asked "What's that?", I said "It's a knife". He asked "Why do you carry a knife?", and I answerd "In case I run out of bullets". I was just joking with him but the expression on his face was priceless.

I should mention that I am what could be described as a biker. I ride a big black cruiser, wear a ragged black leather jacket, big black motorcycle boots, never shave, basically I look a bit "rough". Perhaps this is a reason that fewer people have said anything. But I believe that most people prefer to mind their own business and won't make comments to a total stranger, especially one that they see is carrying a knife.

Several cops have seen me carrying this knife, I've walked right past them in convenience stores and fast food joints with nothing more from them than a friendly nod and smile or a "How's it going?". Like I said, it's legal to openly carry fixed-blades here.

The only time a cop has ever said anything about me carrying a fixed-blade (the knife was an Entrek Cobra, 4 inch blade) was when the bottom of my unzipped motorcycle jacket accidentally covered up the knife (I was carrying it in a back-pocket sheath) and the cop gave me a friendly warning that it was technically "conceald" and he didn't want to see me get into trouble. He never took the knife or asked me for my name or ID. After I zipped up my jacket to restore the knife to it's openly carried condition I was on my way.
 
3.5", just got a four so I'm gonna try that. Camping ill bring a 7inch fixed and a 13inch chopper when it arrives
 
Currently...
1. Kershaw Skyline (3 1/8" blade)
2. I don't carry one on me, but I keep a Mora 840 (3 7/8" blade) in my work bag
3. Mora 711 fixed blade (4" blade) + Ontario RAT-1 folder (3 1/2" blade)

Recently got a ZT0301 (3 3/4" blade) to for a larger folding knife for camping/outdoors. Just haven't had a chance to take it on an actual camping trip yet...
 
1. Small Sebenza. For a while it was a Gayle Bradley which is a bit over 3" the seb is just shy of it
2. BM Activator ... about 2 1/2" so pretty small haha
3. Usually nothing longer than 4"

All pretty small, at least compared to some people, but they get the job done
 
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