Practice? No. USE? All the time. To me, there is little differene between a "survival" knife, and an "everyday" knife. If it's too big to EDC, your NOT going to have it when you need it

Strangely, I see very little need for a BIG knife just in my kit. A 4" fixed blade, backed up with a hatchet and a folding saw will do just about everything a big knife will do, and will do a lot of things the big knife WONT