--- title: "Big Blades" date: "2008-08-06" modified: "2021-04-20" authors: - name: "Outdoor Life Online Editor" link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-online-editor/" url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2008/08/big-blades/" categories: - "Gear" - "Knives" --- # Big Blades ![]() [![1]()]() We were talking knives in the office the other day and I was gushing about some of my favorite knives—in particular, my favorite big knives, of which I have many. (Yes, I know this is a gun blog. But I don’t know of any gun guys who also don’t like knives.) So I decided to bring in some of my most cherished big-ass blades to show them off to my co-workers and one thing led to another and before I knew it we had a photo shoot going with a couple of our more lovely looking staffers. Here is the [photo gallery]() of that shoot. I’ve been collecting big knives since I was a little kid and always get excited when a new blade comes along. One of my good friends happens to work at SOG Knives and he knows my affinity for oversized cutlery so when the company introduced the [Tigershark 2.0]() he sent one along and made my month. It is a jaw-dropping example of a wickedly cool blade. I also recently got one of Surefire’s new knives, the [Delta Fixed-Blade Combat Knife](). This is on the small end of what I consider a big blade but it is a hell of a knife. I’ve taken to wearing it concealed under my shirt—particularly in places where I can’t wear a sidearm—and it is surprisingly comfortable on my hip. I don’t know if I’ll ever need the built in wire cutter (which was designed with LE and military folks in mind to help them remove flex-cuffs) but it is completely unobtrusive as is the integral harness/seatbelt cutter. We’re looking for pictures of your big-ass blades, too. Send them to us at outdoorlifephotos@yahoo.com. *—John Snow*