so I have heard some talk about blades that are wide. busse makes wide blades but nothing very wide.
would you consider the bussemuk wide? what is the purpose of short wide blades?

Short and wide personally makes me think utility, skinner or whittle blade or maybe something like a boat knife.

I thought of a skinner also. thanks for the thoughts. I had not considered whitling

Skinner, or if it is long and wider(usually even wider) it could be a FBM, BR etc. All wider than a Koster Nessie.

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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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Scrappy , The wider the blade the more consistant the cut for skinning. Wider blades also have a blade heavy feel for more mass moving in the cutting direction.

thanks guys. I have so long wide blades and they are great choppers. I like the warthog pic. thanks bushman.

I like em wide....



Wide thin blades are also great for food prep.....





With enough belly they give you plenty of finger clearance....



They are also handy when it comes to bushcraft....

The wide blade of the Skinny ASH-1 is very useful.

i had not considered it made the cut more consistant. that would be a plus.

pitman,
nice trio. i love blades with enough belly for food prep. that litlle blade looks like a small ranger knife.

the sarsquatch was very wide but ik sold mine when i needed money. what about the PSK style knife, anyone here like them? for me i think i would rather have a bigger knife.