Let's see your big boy Knives.

[If1HitU]

Here is a my Kukri razor-sharp,10 1/2" J420 stainless steel blade.Measures 16 1/2" overall.:cool:
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[BobM]

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Kabar Becker Machax.

[Clusterfrack]

Traded for a pack of Camels in Tibet, near the Nepal border.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200326/ac0dd54d61c3f58ec2d2a6c3a14742c5.file

[RevolverRob]

The top one gave me 5-stitches and a bit of nerve damage in my right arm a couple of years ago from a glancing blow, when I oafishly knocked the rack over and fell off and hit me.

Top: Bark River Knives Barong, 23.5" overall, 16.5" blade, 32-ounces of A2 steel.

Second From Top: Khukri/Bolo'ish indigenous knife made of leaf spring steel (see attached photos). A beautiful and old blade I don't know much about, except it takes a razor edge, holds it well, and is extremely well balanced. About 20 ounces, ~11" blade.

Second from Bottom: Gerber Australian Bowie from ~1990 or so. It was given to me in its rehandled condition, the handle is stag and butt cap and abbreviated guard are brass. Weight is about 18 ounces, blade is ~9.5" in length, and it's a hefty thickness almost 5/16" thick. I don't know what steel it is, but I'd guess 440C or ATS-34.

Bottom: Bark River Knives Tracker, A2 steel, 7.5" blade, 5/16" thick, about 23 ounces or so in weight. This is a hefty, chunky, blade and absolutely one of my favorites. I find the Tom Brown Tracker-style blade to actually be quite utilitarian with the ability to hold the grip in many positions. If I were stuck with one a single knife for the rest of my life, this is probably the one I'd want (or at least this pattern, a Wegner Tracker is on my list to acquire someday).


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[MK11]

HK Feint, the big boy entry in a line of knives Benchmade attempted to produce for Heckler & Koch. Discontinued for years now but last November I found Smokey Mountain Knife Works (https://www.smkw.com/heckler-koch-feint-black-blade-dv-hk14120bk) had a few prototypes in stock (gone now).

9.5 inch blade, 440c, 11 ounces. The weight and handling on this thing are sweet and the finger choil makes it handier for fine cutting than a lot of knives this size. I've got bigger with higher end steels, but this has become a favorite.

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[Rex G]

See post #38 and #40 in the below link. I have no earthly idea how to make this gadget load images; Apple changed the OS, and I am more lost than ever. I had to find the posts, here in P-F, as I could not even locate the second image, in the iPad’s photo library.

https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?29697-Buying-Commissioning-A-Bowie/page4

I should enroll, in training, at an Apple Store, if this Covid-19 thing ever ends.

[psalms144.1]

Here is a my Kukri razor-sharp,10 1/2" J420 stainless steel blade.Measures 16 1/2" overall.:cool:
50641That is one sweet looking Kukri. Mind sharing the maker?

[blues]

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[backtrail540]

I don't have anything really big. This was my maternal great- grandfather's blade. He ran a hog farm and my grandmother gave it to me a few years back. It was part of his butchering kit and is one of my favorite blades that i own.

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It says Leo Savidge 1938 and then his apparent rollmark

[deflave]

Becker's Combat Bowie has served me pretty well. Great knife.

https://i.imgur.com/1ibQZus.jpg

[If1HitU]

That is one sweet looking Kukri. Mind sharing the maker? WWW.UnitedCutlery.com

[FNFAN]

Top: Bark River Knives Barong, 23.5" overall, 16.5" blade, 32-ounces of A2 steel.



I've been trying to find one of those for over a year with the translucent green grip since you told me the brand and model last year. Cool blade!

[El Cid]

I’m still partial to the Smatchet. One day I hope to add the Al Mar version to the collection. His Pathfinder wouldn’t hurt my feelings to snag either.
https://i.imgur.com/5SjhXkQ_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

https://i.imgur.com/gElry1s_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium



I check periodically for the Crain Combat machete from Predator but it would be a safe queen if I found one. I have the CRKT Kukri licensed by RMJ but haven’t used it yet for anything.
https://i.imgur.com/h6keTiX_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

[Clusterfrack]

Is this big enough?


...Halloran Pikal that @Tom_Jones gifted me for a random draw prize. I like it quite a bit...

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190130/5d45972d3beee3325f428b6fe8a8e58e.jpg

[Totem Polar]

Is this big enough?

Cool! I have one on me now! I’ll do a pic with my ‘big boy’ in the am...

[StraitR]

https://live.staticflickr.com/7341/9821917275_a214ec2693_c.jpg

[Totem Polar]

One for the thread, and one for Clusterfrack:

[Clusterfrack]

One for the thread, and one for Clusterfrack:

Nice! Tell us about that sword...

[757_Magnum]

L to R: RMJ/American Tomahawk Company Model 1, TOPS Prather War Bowie, Gryphon M10 FFG Utility/Boot Knife, Becker BK9, and CRKT/RMJ Kangee
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[RevolverRob]

I've been trying to find one of those for over a year with the translucent green grip since you told me the brand and model last year. Cool blade!

I have no idea if they even made another, I pre-ordered that one with those specs to match the Tracker.

That said, I think Bark River might be doing another run of Barongs at some point. They are doing a run of Trackers this year. I just keep an eye on the pre-order pages for DLT and KnivesShipFree. There is sometimes a list from BRK on various forums out there, but it seems less accurate than watching the pre-order spaces.

If you want that handle on something you pre-order it is specifically Ghost Green Jade w/white liners!

[FNFAN]

If you want that handle on something you pre-order it is specifically Ghost Green Jade w/white liners!

Perfect! Thank you!

[Poconnor]

My newest big knife. It still needs a new grip and it is surprisingly light. It does not have that forward weight bias for chopping but I imagine it would leave a scary big wound on soft tissue

[Rick R]

Ok, I’ll play:

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Commander size pistol for scale, I didn’t have a banana.

Varusteleka Skrama. This thing came out of the box scary sharp, lops 1” thick Autumn Olive branches off without even slowing the blade down. I may get a custom Kydex sheath made, for now it rides in my backpack.

[Gun Mutt]

1 of 1 Busse Battle Mistress with Spyderco SALT Endura for size comparison.

I fekkin love this knife. From the woods and fields of Indiana to the Rocky Mountains of Montana, it's been with me every step I took off of concrete. Used and abused, it's been back to the mother ship twice for refurbishing and resharpening.

A friend of mine was a distributor for Busse a couple of decades (dear Zeus, can it really be closer to 3 decades?) ago and asked me to work the table with him at the Indy 1500 Gun & Knife Show. We did a lot of demos and a ton of sales that weekend, but to my surprise, no one snatched up the 1 of 100 Bowie style Battle Mistress; personally, I couldn't stop eyeing and handling it, just a gorgeous heft and surprisingly lively for such a big blade. It was like a Crocodile Dundee knife...but for men.

Anyway, as we're packing up at the end of the show, Jerry calls my buddy to ask how it went and was thrilled with the report. My friend tells him that he couldn't have done it without me, he listens for a minute, nods and says, "Jerry says to pick any knife on the table by way of thanks." I aw shucks'd, scuffed my toe a little and resisted a bit, after all, I only worked the show because a buddy needed help, at no time did I expect recompense. Next thing I know, I'm on the phone with Jerry Busse and he wants to know what my favorite knife was that weekend. I tell him hands down it was the Bowie Mistress and he says that settles it, I'm to take it, go with God and enjoy it in good health.

When my buddy took it back to HQ for it's second rehab, he called to tell me Jerry loved seeing one of his knives get by God worked instead of just collected, asked if there was anything else I needed done to it. Need? No. Want? Well, I would love to have the false edge sharpened there at the custom shop...and that's how it became a true 1 of 1.

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[Snapshot]

Most. Excellent.

[Bigghoss]

I have/had a lot more but not many decent pics. I'm particularly fond of the Ka-Bar Becker line of knives. Used to spend a lot of time on Bladforums chatting with all the Beckerheads.

My BK4. I once did a solo overnighter with this as my only tool. Gathered firewood, made tent stakes, whatever needed done I did with this.
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The BK9. I don't even remember how long I've had this one but it's my favorite knife of all time.
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[blues]

I keep a Becker "Brute" in the 4Runner. I have a couple other Becker pieces lying around as well. Proud to call Ethan a friend of many years.

[UNM1136]

WWW.UnitedCutlery.com

Thanks for that damn nonspecific link, now I have to have a Hibben Ulu....

You are costing me money in this time of .gov mandated work slow down.....

pat

[blues]

Not a big boy knife, per se, but "big enough" boy knife. 1/4" forged 52100 made for me by ABS master smith Dan Farr some years ago. It's one tough, sharp brute.


https://i.ibb.co/7pQ7mdT/Farr-Knife2-001.jpg

[Rex G]

On my hip, lately, much of the time, an RMJ Tactical Raider Dagger, which, at 5-3/8” in blade length, is short enough to avoid being a “Location-Restricted Knife,” in Texas. (Just about everything, up to 5.5” in blade length, is now legal just about everywhere, since, IIRC, the 2017 legislative session*.)

https://www.rmjtactical.com/products/raider-dagger

Sometimes, things get bigger. Inspired by the V-42 Dagger, used by the “Devil’s Brigade” in WW II, the Spartan Blades collaboration with Les George is the V-14, which has been my most-recent quarantine retail therapy. I generally stay out of bars and hospitals, so this can now be an option, most days. At six-point-something inches, it is reasonably concealable, and short enough to be usable if grabbed with a pikal reverse grip.

https://spartanbladesusa.com/shop-all/spartan-george-v-14-dagger/

If I can ever settle down long enough to re-discover how to post images, I’ll add another reply to the thread.

*Blades up to 5.5” were always legal, but a double-edged blade was generally considered a dagger. The newer version of the knife law no longer forbids daggers, or double-edged blades. Blades longer than 5.5” had been prohibited, but are now simply “location-restricted” knives.

[Stephanie B]

I have a smatchet, somewhere.

[soupsandwich]

I've got a footlocker somewhere in my storage area full of "big boy knives" but the only one I have a photo of is my Busse Battle Pappy. Unlike my other Busses, it is a safe queen (for the time being, might break it out and actually use it due to COVID-19 boredom). 53053

[blues]

I have a steamer trunk full of khukuris.

[Gun Mutt]

Natchez was a wedding present from a good friend. Haven't used it to cut anything but air...but a guy can hope.

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