I like a large knife for wood processing but the rest of the time I'd say 4"-6" is fine. I have a RAT 7 and really like it. Despite the comments made here about the SP8 it's been my primary go-to blade for batonning for a long time. So far I haven't found anything that has dethroned it yet.
Hmm, you are the first person I ever met that likes it and uses it. Does you SP8 perform better now than when it was new?
After watching the vids in this thread - http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ck-Fire-making - I will never buy one.
Seemed to be working ok for him. My main complaint with it was the very short abrupt grind. At the time I was selling the entire spec plus line and I still consider them a best value knifewise.
Well, one I sold injured the user enough for several stitches because of user error and "it just wouldn't stick into the wood" he was cutting. I didn't understand him either so I tried it out. It had a tendency to glance off wood at the angle you would use to sharpen, with a chopping motion, a piece of wood. The weight distribution and mass of the SP8 made the glance off the wood into a violent affair tht damn near broke your wrist.
My SP5, on the other hand, with it's full flat grind, ate wood at any angle.
Knives are a very personal tool though. A guy can actually find a knife that matches their individual technique if he looks hard enough.
A knife that is larger than you need to chop an oncoming grizzly bear in half from stem to stern in one chop at full gallop is overkill. :)
In the kitchen I frequently find myself using a large (8" or 10") chefs knife for small work, such as cutting the eyes out of a potato with a circular motion. I just wrap my fist around the back of the blade near the tip and use my thumb for depth control. The paring knives are lonelier than the maytag repairman. I will also do this with a steak knife size (if it is the largest knife I will need to prepare, and eat, a trivial meal) but this requires holding the fist and fingers at an angle because the blade is not as wide. A really heavy knife would be ungainly to use this way.Quote:
Originally Posted by beetlejuicex3
I like my Helle knife. The blade is 3 7/8 and for me is the perfect length. I also like the RAT-3. I consider 4 inches my max length. Another fellow I know does everything he needs with a bolo machete.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sourdough
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