What's the largest folding knife you know of?

[Gosdent]

Whether it be serious or a joke, whats the largest folder you've ever seen or heard of? that is somehow relatively similar to a pocket knife design, not some sort of axe or strange sword.

 

[spydusse]

Cold steel xl espada?

 

[twl]

Cold Steel Vaquero Grande
REKAT Sifu

 

[JAB]

The Opinel 13 has an OAL of 20" with ~ 9" blade.

 

[Bob W]

The largest in my collection is the Opinel No13. It's over 10" closed.

 

[TriviaMonster]

The espada xl is a monster. I was looking at them online with a guy I work with. He was being a smart rear end when he asked why it was called sword in Spanish. We then saw one at a local gun show. It is a sword. Can't imagine carrying anything that big. Hard to believe there are bigger folders, but not that surprising I guess.

 

[Tim616]

Largest real folder. Opinel 13

 

[Tsujigiri]

Wasn't there a "machete-song" floating around here?

 

[dinokay]

I bought a Lone Wolf T3 (by mistake) thinking it was a T2 Ranger and let me tell you that the T3 Ranger is one BIG beautiful folder. It's 101/2" opened with a 5" blade.

 

[Steel130]

From britishblades.com Its a stinking monster. I can see no practical use for it though haha.
Here's a Spanish Navaja apparently from the late 18th century. It's more than 73" long overall, 1.85m.

 

[manowar669]

The Opinel 13 has an OAL of 20" with ~ 9" blade.

My guess as well. Great in the kitchen.

 

[manowar669]

From britishblades.com Its a stinking monster. I can see no practical use for it though haha.
Here's a Spanish Navaja apparently from the late 18th century. It's more than 73" long overall, 1.85m.

Probably ceremonial.

 

[Bob W]

Here's a Spanish Navaja apparently from the late 18th century. It's more than 73" long overall, 1.85m.

Win!!!

 

[gooeytek]

the Intimidator from Black Bear Knives is pretty big at 15"+ OAL.

 

[whetrock]

Cold Steel X2 Voyager

 

[awh]

I just got one of the black bear intimidators. That thing rocks. Super duper beefy. A pocket machete.

 

[Ossa1970]

The Ontario Hossom Retribution 1, 4.265" N690Co Cobalt enhanced stainless steel blade .200" thick, Mircata handle 6" long, titanium liners, OAL 10.625".

 

[Daniel Dorn]

Largest folder I've owned, or will: Darrell Ralph-designed Camillus CUDA Maxx 5.5 Titanium frame-lock with 5.5" of beautiful D2steel. It is just short of 12 inches, IIRC.

 

[Larry Turko]

When you look at the 18th century Spanish Navaja above, you quickly realize there's nothing absurd about the CS XL Espada [which I have and admire] at all. In fact you could argue that it's quite restrained in size.
The Spanish Navajas were really a very ingenious way for the lower classes to defend themselves against the predatory sword carrying rich. [ The song goes; "tax the rich until there ain't no rich no more", even better; use a Navaja on the bxstxrds]

 

[kalis]

I saw one on you tube a while back. It was called a traditional Sicilian folding knife, and it looked to be about 3 feet long opened up. I looked for one on Google and was unable to find one.