What's your favourite knife/knives in 5"-7" range?

Choil-less tank buster and my original steel heart ergo.

Second and third from the right


 
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The HG-55 of course, followed closely by the Hell Razor terror monkey that I foolishly sold and want to replace.\
 
This is a hard one and I guess it depends on the mission...

My most used knives in this range are the definitely the the pork shank and infidu. They are just so compact and practical, and lets face it, as much as we love our big knives around here, the shank an Du can do just about anything, but chop wood. The infidu, while not a chopper, has enough blade height to baton some reasonably thick wood, while the shank will excel if you need to filet a pan fish, but can still dress and elk. For the 7in range I may be the only guy here who really loves the Sarge 7; at its given weight I find it remarkably efficient and will do more than some shorter but heavier knives in the buses lineup (many here will doubtlessly prefer the basic 8, but that is an 8in knife :)

Honorable mention goes to the Ash 1 .22 (great at batoning but no ones first choice to filet a small fish), hell razor, hg 55 and the TG variants (I like the Crusader), but I find in general the Sarge is lighter than these knives, longer, well balanced and has a better usefulness to weight ratio. This is just for me and my hands, personal thing, Ashs etc. are still awesome. :thumbup: :D
 
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I agree, it would depend on the Mission, but i dont think you can go wrong with ASH-1, HG55, TG14, SOB on a shorter end.
 
Lots of great choices in that range. Rodent 6 will get my vote today. ASH-1, RMD, or InfiDu great choices as well.
 
7.5 " Randall model 18. Got it last millennium when I was 19 years old.

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On the short end, the INFImandu, satin, thin. Second choice would be the SWATmandu. On the long end, Hellrazor. I would not have believed I would fall for that design like I have when I ordered it in O2W. But it is by far and away my favorite blade in that size range.
 
S5LE
War Dog
Pork Shank
HG55
SMD

I actually have two Pork Shanks on the exchange. The only reason I'm not keeping those two are the G10. I much prefer canvas micarta.
The HG55 is a wonderful design, but it is too thick and heavy for my preference.
I want to like the SMD, but the grind and edge is so awful for my use that I always grab an S5LE, PS, or WD instead. :eek:
 

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