This question has been plaguing mankind for decades, centuries even... DOES SIZE MATTER?!
I'm writing this to give a little insight into my personal experiences and preferences in this matter as what you carry can sometimes say a lot about you or represent your tastes or so on. When it comes to an everyday carry knife personal preference is ALL that matters.
I've always had a fondness for bigger knives as it seemed more manly and, I don't know, sword like? Either way I've slowly been gravitating away from 3.5"+ blades. Never the less I still love to carry and use the Paramilitary 2 and others but something new and shining is attracting my attention and wallet... I LOVE the Paramilitary 2 and recently got a Manix 2 from a good friend on Instagram, but any longer of a blade and I find it unwieldy and cumbersome to use and carry at times.
Now every knife has a situation but I'm kind of focusing on the everyday city carry as it tends to be my everyday situation.
I'm writing this to give a little insight into my personal experiences and preferences in this matter as what you carry can sometimes say a lot about you or represent your tastes or so on. When it comes to an everyday carry knife personal preference is ALL that matters.
I've always had a fondness for bigger knives as it seemed more manly and, I don't know, sword like? Either way I've slowly been gravitating away from 3.5"+ blades. Never the less I still love to carry and use the Paramilitary 2 and others but something new and shining is attracting my attention and wallet... I LOVE the Paramilitary 2 and recently got a Manix 2 from a good friend on Instagram, but any longer of a blade and I find it unwieldy and cumbersome to use and carry at times.
Now every knife has a situation but I'm kind of focusing on the everyday city carry as it tends to be my everyday situation.
I've been starting to use a lot more 3" and sub 3" knives now for everyday use and I'm loving them! I never really cared about the 'sheeple' effect of larger knives, if anything it let me talk to them and educate them on my tools and why I carry. I find the speed and action of the smaller knives just suits my day to day needs better. Maybe if I was doing a lot more camping and bushcraft I'd pack a larger robust knife and/or fixed blade. But remember the best knife to have in an emergency situation is the one on you. So emergency bushcraft would still work with my smaller carry but not everything.
Anyway.
Anyway.
Recent knives I've been cycling through are the Cold Steel Tuff Lite, Spyderco Ladybug3 Hawkbill, Dragonfly 2 G10, UKPK and Squeak. They're small and pack so much punch! Try some of these for yourself and maybe you'll start to see the primary knife could be a small blade.
Again I also seem to carry larger knife paired with the small to be prepared for anything. It's usually the Paramilitary 2 or Manix 2. But thats my silly brain not wanted to be left out, as of late I've started trying to only carry one knife a day again but you know what they say: "Two is one, one is none" and I always let that ring around my head before I try and battle it out for the day.
This is personal preference and I still love the looks and style of some larger knives.
