Yep, that dogfather isn't too far off in size/form from the battle rat. If you need something a little bigger, the Rat Daddy was an inch or so longer than the battle rat. I think the new Swamp Rat line calls it the Bull Mastiff blade. The steel they use (SR-101) and the heat treatment on it are superior to the SR-77 used for the dogfather,but still not as nice as the Infi alloy. I spent a lot of time looking at the big knife market, and I just kept coming back to the Busse because it only makes sense to have the best.

This should take nothing away from those bolos and khukris that others refer to. They have been and continue to be highly suitable as a jungle/combat/survival tool, and I would not turn one away if it were offered to me.

kixonrt66: I assumed you were asking about just having one blade, so in my previous post I started out with comparing apples to apples with my DBR. I threw in the multi-tool argument only to broaden the line of thought, as I suspected (correctly) that others would tend to do. No worries.

I do add this disclaimer to my endorsement. No one needs a Busse knife in particular. They are as good as I felt I could do in acquisitions, and they are relatively expensive. You can do all you need to do with a $30 big knife as I can with my $400 Busse and be just as successful if you do your part. If you don't do your part, then it doesn't matter how good a knife you pack.