[color:"blue"] what is the purpose of short wide blades?
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well, although its NOT a BUSSEKIN blade, i have a kabar Warthog that is short and FAT (tall). Its quite nice for slicing and moving sliced food into the pan. One could use it to dig , as a scoop if needed in a OMG wilderness situ....

also short fat (tall) blades can be grasped with the hand (choke up on blade) for finer slicing duties. like this:



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