As my experience grows and my lack of interest in maintaining / carrying extra gear / weight my interest in carrying a knife over 7" decreases. I still think the NMSFNO is a fantastic knife, but its big and heavy.

I'm starting to look more favorably on small knives.

I started my Bussekin collection with a 5" Scrapper 5, and then progressed through countless SR77, SR101 until I finally landed at INFI. Since small INFI doesn't seem to cost much less than big INFI I started going larger. Plus, I always believed in the Trifecta (3-4" detail, 5-6" General, 8-10" Chopper). Now, I'm heading the other direction. I'm selling INFI and looking at traditional carbon steels again.

Its not that I don't like INFI, because I do. I think its a great knife steel (with Busse heat treat). I've been selling it because it makes the most sense in knives over 6" and I'm starting to think knives UNDER 6" are better survival / bushcraft / life happens knives.

This cyclical mental loop has been expensive, time consuming, frustrating and exhausting. However, in the end I think I'm going land were I intellectually started: the trifecta.

I'll probably end up with a SR101 or 1095 4" for 99% of my knife uses, an INFI 5-7" for my general purpose, and an INFI chopper because it makes me feel good.