gotta be honest and say i've never felt like i had an advantage with a recurve on a smaller knife. i feel like i have more control with a straight or subtly curved blade than with recurves. it's the main reason i rarely use my zero tolerance knives.
i have a couple large chopping recurves that cannot be beat. i heart khukris.
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