This one’s been with me for 11 years now and it will likely be sharp long after I’m not.

Here, I had just gone through a bunch of stuff for a big batch of chili.
The acidic juices from the tomatoes etched it quickly, but any sort of patina never stays after splitting a few logs.

It’s big and heavy, but it’s my goto around the yard and car camping.

This is my most used big knife, what’s yours?

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    1 year ago

    This one is 16.5", 30oz of steel from a truck leaf spring, so likely 5160. It’s differentially hardened so it keeps an edge, but the blade can take a beating.
    With a 3/8" spine and a full tang, it’s not indestructible, but close enough.
    Somewhere between an ax and a knife.