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
Ok, I’ll play:
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.
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.
Most. Excellent.
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.
The BK9. I don't even remember how long I've had this one but it's my favorite knife of all time.
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.
There's nothing civil about this war.
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.
There's nothing civil about this war.
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-al...e-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.
Last edited by Rex G; 04-28-2020 at 03:11 PM.
Retar’d LE. Kinesthetic dufus.
Don’t tread on volcanos!