"you call that a knife?"

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I'm a peace-loving, mature, practical kind of guy, so I don't have many really big knives.
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Short answer, the Gerber Bowie that's second from the top. I always thought it might have been inspired by the CD movie.
"That's not a knife. This is a knife."

To work in that scene, the knife has to be big but carried out of sight and instantly available. Only Duncan Macleod can carry a katana invisibly, as far as I know.
Maybe I could carry the Argentinian side-sword down a pants-leg and under a loose shirt, but the handle would stick out and hang up on chair-backs and such. The United Cutlery with the multi-snap sheath would be pretty awkward. That Pakistani toothpick is actually a good knife, tempered from purple to bronze, but not for a woodsy guy like Croc.
I like the home-made one more than anybody else might. It came from an estate sale at a house in town that had been in the same family since it was a farm house. The maker had poured pewter into a copper tube over maybe a half-length tang. He had a stack of square leather washers all ready to go, but I suspect that he couldn't figure out how to prevent twirling. The hole through this stick turned out well, and I put a pin through it aft of the tang proper, to prevent twirling. It feels great in about five different holds.
 
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I guess it's a toss up between the Battle Rat and Becker Brute. LOL, can't remember the last time I saw the boxes.
 
scrteened porch said:
I'm a peace-loving, mature, practical kind of guy, so I don't have many really big knives.
0WZk6jf.jpg

Short answer, the Gerber Bowie that's second from the top. I always thought it might have been inspired by the CD movie.
"That's not a knife. This is a knife."

To work in that scene, the knife has to be big but carried out of sight and instantly available. Only Duncan Macleod can carry a katana invisibly, as far as I know.
Maybe I could carry the Argentinian side-sword down a pants-leg and under a loose shirt, but the handle would stick out and hang up on chair-backs and such. The United Cutlery with the multi-snap sheath would be pretty awkward. That Pakistani toothpick is actually a good knife, tempered from purple to bronze, but not for a woodsy guy like Croc.
I like the home-made one more than anybody else might. It came from an estate sale at a house in town that had been in the same family since it was a farm house. The maker had poured pewter into a copper tube over maybe a half-length tang. He had a stack of square leather washers all ready to go, but I suspect that he couldn't figure out how to prevent twirling. The hole through this stick turned out well, and I put a pin through it aft of the tang proper, to prevent twirling. It feels great in about five different holds.
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I've been on the lookout for one of those Gerber Bowies for awhile now. It has such a classic look despite the more modern materials - really it's unlike a lot of what Gerber is known for.

I got to check one out in person when my buddy used to have it and I've wanted one ever since. Sadly, they don't make them anymore.
 
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