Big Folding Knife

[kwselke]

American1776's thread about his new Spyderco Military got me thinking about big pocket knives. The bulk of my folders are in the 2" to 3 3/4" range. I'd love a Military to have a big folder available, but so many knives and so few dollars.

I had an interesting knife in as a guest of over Christmas. My mild mannered cousin from San Antonio was in town and I offered to sharpen his REKAT Sifu D-2 Enhanced folder. This knife is a huge pocket knife. It's blade is D-2 tool steel and has a recurve. My Syperco Sharpmaker with optional diamond and ultra-fine ceramic triangle rods was able to restore the big blade to extreme sharpness.

I believe my cousin has had the knife since about the turn of the century. REKAT Round Eye Knife and Tool went bankrupt years ago. This thing was tactical before tactical was cool. It's not something I'd carry every day, but my cousin loves it. My Spyder Delica ZDP-189 blade for comparison in one picture.

 

[American1776]

Nice knife. Here’s my cold steel spartan.

 

[eb07]

The only big folding knife I care to carry is my Buck 110. You can keep all the others

 

[OLDSTER]

The only big folding knife I care to carry is my Buck 110. You can keep all the others

Same here

 

[kwselke]

Buck 110s are 3 3/4" and mostly two hand openers. The 110 Automatic is a classic switchblade in my mind. The Sifu's blade is just shy of 5 1/2" and is a one hand opener. This REKAT thing is huge compared to a Buck 110. I'm not knocking Buck 110s, it's just that big is relative.

 

[Warren Sear]

I bought this bad boy in Italy around 1990...

 

[snubbyfan]

Found this big guy at a gun and knife show many years ago.
15" open.

 

[eb07]

Found this big guy at a gun and knife show many years ago.
15" open.

A folding sword

 

[ContinentalOp]

Biggest folding knife I had was probably a Emerson SOCFK (I think that's how it's spelled). I think the blade was somewhere around 4".

Found this big guy at a gun and knife show many years ago.
15" open.

Looks like a balisong I had. Flipping it was a lot of fun. Wish I had it here.

 

[snubbyfan]

Biggest folding knife I had was probably a Emerson SOCFK (I think that's how it's spelled). I think the blade was somewhere around 4".



Looks like a balisong I had. Flipping it was a lot of fun. Wish I had it here.

Yup, and when I flipped it open the first time, I gashed the back of my hand.
That's not a false edge on the back of the blade, it had a sharpened double edged blade.
First thing I did after I got the bleeding to stop was take a file to it and make it a false edge.

 

[ContinentalOp]

Yup, and when I flipped it open the first time, I gashed the back of my hand.
That's not a false edge on the back of the blade, it had a sharpened double edged blade.
First thing I did after I got the bleeding to stop was take a file to it and make it a false edge.

Ouch. Mine was single-edged. Not sure I'd want to flip a double-edged balisong, especially one that big.

 

[vonn]

I don't have pockets big enough for any of those !

 

[kwselke]

Some folks have bigger pockets than I do.

 

[ContinentalOp]

Learn how to sew or find a tailor. Problem solved.

 

[PeterDE]

I'll vote for the Buck 110. I've had one since the late 60's. However just so you know Schrade used to make an Uncle Henry folder, a Bear Paw Lockback, that was slightly larger than a buck 110, and had a thumb knob to open it with one hand. I have one. It's a hefty beast. Looks a lot like the Buck 110. Overall length open is about 12 inches. Saw one on BladesPlus for about $23 without the leather pouch. The pouch is $10,

CRKT made a Tactical Knife called Cobra Gold. It too was a one hander. About 13 inches open. Much lighter than the Buck or the Schrade. I also have one in my collection. They don't make them anymore but you might find a used one on Ebay or knife sites. Saw one on eBay for about $30.

 

[scooter123]

As a fan of the Delica I can only say that is a honking big folder, as in what Crocodile Dundee would refer to as "This IS a Knife".

 

[shouldazagged]

Spyderco Endura and SOG FlashII are plenty big enough for me. I need one-hand-opening knives due to severely arthritic hands, or I'd add a Buck 110.

If you want a big blade, look at the #12 Opinel. Makes a fine camp cooking knife.

 

[Ray]

I have a Cold Steel Rajah II. The thing is BIG but it disappears in the waistband.
Regards, Ray

 

[wingriderz]

Some folks have bigger pockets than I do.

Lol me too pocket wise. I do at times wear alot of cargo pants. In last few months I have went pocket carry firearms to IWB firearms. So it free up my strong side front pocket. Still my max pull off for me is a 110 in rear pocket and some sort smaller case knife where pocket firearm us to ride .But those big knifes are

 

[eb07]

Buck 110s are 3 3/4" and mostly two hand openers. The 110 Automatic is a classic switchblade in my mind. The Sifu's blade is just shy of 5 1/2" and is a one hand opener. This REKAT thing is huge compared to a Buck 110. I'm not knocking Buck 110s, it's just that big is relative.

Yeah I know. But in many years of EDC I have NEVER found a situation where I just had to have one handed opening. My two handed slipjoints and buck 110 work just fine.