How big is your biggest Knife?

[k22fan]

My two longest knives both have 7 1/2" blades but their stag handles fold over the back half of the blade. Their sheaths fit them folded. I bought two mostly because they are different designs from different makers. Only one has a swing guard and they have different locking mechanisms. I bought them in Germany in 1972 as souvenirs and collector items. While I did take them on hunting and back packing trips they are mostly novelties. The only place I recall using them opened up was the kitchen.

 

[Cyrano]

My biggest is this Collins machete with an 18 inch blade. I got it because it's exactly like the ones I carried as a teenager working as a surveyor's assistant. I've cut many a line-of-sight through incredibly thick brush with one and I've seen him take down a 5 inch oak tree with one.

 

[Jim1392]

This is the biggest I've got.

 

[TXSWFAN]

My rib cleaver. 12" and two pounds. One whack usually does it.

 

[Wprovence]

My rib cleaver. 12" and two pounds. One whack usually does it.

That's a nice one.


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[D Brown]

My grohmann #1

One of my earliest memories involving knives was my Dad telling me that one day he would give me his belt knife which just so happened to be a 1958 Russell Belt Knife, I was probably about 4 years old at the time, and was born the year the knife was produced!

The sad part is how I actually came about acquiring my Dad's knife; I confiscated it! I came by for a visit about 20 years ago and discovered his knife blade up in his shop vice! The vice jaws had cut into the blade badly; I've cleaned it up as best as possible, but it was pretty much messed up beyond repair.

Somewhere around 2004 I discovered that D.H. Russell was making a reproduction of this knife and ordered several, including one for my Dad. The following pictures are of my Dad's original 1958 model and my 2004 model. I have my Dad's 2004 model as well, just can't locate at the moment.

 

[Xfuzz]

Randall Model 1 with fossilized ivory.
7 inch blade.

 

[jsfricks]

Mine would be this Case Kodiak that I inherited from my father in law. It still sits unused.

 

[Muss Muggins]

7" Randall #1 . . .

 

[Buford57]

Bear & Sons Bowie next to a 3.5" Pre-27



Technically, the Bowie is my wife's, so here's a Cattaraugus with a 6" M28-2



Well, actually that's hers too.

My largest is this Schrade Sharpfinger with my M17-3

 

[richardw]

My only blades from left to right.

Victorinox Swiss Army with 1.25 inch blade
Sypderco with 2.125 blade
KaBar Agama with 4.5 inch blade (edc)
KaBar short USMC fighting knife with 4.75 inch blade

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[bananaman]

The biggest knife I have. Never been used. 17.5" overall. Blade is 12". It has 1 intended purpose. To "assassinate watermelon"! Bob

 

[PeterDE]

I have 74 knives. If you leave out my Coast Guard Sword and the Kukuri, and half a dozen Daggers that have blade lengths over 14 inches, the longest knife I actually use is a CRKT Sawtooth, overall length 11.75 inches, blade 6.50 inches. But the one that is my go to knife that I use most frequently is my vintage Marbles Ideal Knife, Over all length 10.5 inches, blade 6.25 inches

I have two K-Bars, one new and one Navy K-Bar from WWII but I don't use them, they are just part of my collection.

Now, if you want to talk daggers, this is the United Cutlery Knights Dagger (yes it has a real edge) 16.50 inches overall, 9 inch blade

 

[ContinentalOp]

Nothing particularly special. I got this factory-second Cold Steel Recon Tanto, Carbon V blade, either from a gun show or a knife show twentysomething years ago. I can't remember how much it was, but I want to say it was in the neighborhood of $40.

 

[ohioseabee]

Longest blades are all 12" and are cheap Mech-Tec,

they have their place and a WorkSharp knife sharpening belt grinder keeps them really sharp.

The real knives are Kabars I've had for years.

 

[amazingflapjack]

1970 Model Nepalese Kukri, as issued to the Gurkhas at the time. My dad brought about ten of these back from one of his numerous trips to Nepal and I eventually ended up with two of them. At the time we were living in New Delhi, India. There were very cheap knock-offs of the kukri being sold in India at the time; believe me, they weren't worth taking home.

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Come to find out, these knives are still available, and for a very fair price, although not exactly the same $2.00 apiece my dad paid in 1970. A word of warning if you end up with one of these knives: When withdrawing the blade from the sheath, force the blade against the back of the sheath with your off hand as you pull the knife out. If you don't do this carefully, and correctly, at the very least you'll destroy the sheath by cutting through it with the curved blade, or worse, you may slice your fingers!
http://gurkhaskukri.com/product.php?id=139

I read about an SAS soldier in Iraq that was an adviser whose team was over run by IS when they ran out of ammo-he had a kukri that was a gift to him, and killed 3 of the charging enemy fighters and severely wounded SEVERAL more of the attackers. The assault was broken, and they were able to break contact safely.

 

[amazingflapjack]

have a Kershaw Outcast that is about 16".

 

[PeterDE]

On the other end of the scale is this little Key Chain Knive, the smallest I have found. The blade is 1" and the handle is 1 " and it actually works.

 

[Racer X]

Union Cavalry saber?

Also a Civil War artillery short sword with powder measurement marking stamped in the blade. Maybe for mortars would be my guess.

 

[huntsman22]

On the other end of the scale is this little Key Chain Knive, the smallest I have found. The blade is 1" and the handle is 1 " and it actually works.

HA! In my best Crocodile Dundee voice, " that ain't a knoife, THIS is a knoife".......

Mine has brass liners and gen-U-wine artificial mother-O-pearl scales....