thanks, man!
Hehe. I am not part of the sheeple croud, but I would have asked you why the hell you had 2 big ass knives strapped to your pack..
From a distance.....
i would've answered with "what else would i use to baton...err, cut my bagel in half and spread grey poupon on, good sir?"
Removed to keep from shitting on JV3's thread.
no biggie, man. i welcome input from everyone here. with that said, ny/nj area is a whole other breed of sheeple country. it's one of the few states that still have the awb in place. when i feel like playing with my ar-15s, i just get the heck outta here and go to a pa range 60 mi away. the range employees here are notorious for calling in a state police to check out an ar-15 just to make sure everything is legal
even my insanely short and obviously only a 10 round magazine gets a good minute or two of examination by the range staff almost every time i'm there.
on hindsight, i'll just use a much bigger pack so i can fit all my knives inside it and just mind my own business next time
that trail is usually empty especially in the winter but i guess all that snow brought out the snowshoe'ers in droves and my sheeple radar was in over-drive.
maybe they just didnt give you a second look while you were watching. smart not to piss off a crazy man with a big knife..... lol
ha, true. i do find that i'm comfortable using my knives when i'm near the hikers on the appalachian trail though. they're a lot more open-minded when it comes to knives than the hikers (or more like dog walkers really) on other trails. plus, i enjoy seeing the look of disgust on them when they see all that extra weight i'm carrying
I lived in Albuquerque for 11 years, hiked, camped, shoeshoed in the Sandias so many times. Even though you could see ABQ from the crest, you could still die from hypothermia.
I know folks that jog the 28 mile crest trail, with no gear. That mountain saw lots of visitors. Some were bow hunters, some tourists, cross country skiers, hikers, joggers.
I would have to be miles from the roads before I saw the backpackers, and others that didn't seem scared from my big ass knife.
It's just the stigma of weaponry that knives have in our society. Like Pitbulls, people just imagine the worst. It's a shame.
that's why i tend to prefer hiking in the more steep terrain here. it kinda weeds out the dog walkers (let's face it these people aren't really hikers, they just live nearby and have a convenient place to let their dogs poop and not have to clean after them
).
great pics!
when i get too old to walk, i'm gonna strap some blades to my scooter.
heck yeah! maybe i should buy an atv so i can carry even more knives...and guns...hmmm.
After all, I am the same guy who takes this to an overnighter..
holy! were you courting some native and brought gifts for her dad or something? that'll get you a ton of wives in south america
Alright, from the looks of Tonym's photo, we definitely didn't bring enough knives.
I thought we brought alot of steel. Good lookin' out Tony, I'll have to up my count next time.
Moose
this was our best attempt last summer:
i now feel less like a man than you and tony
Yeah, and you two knuckleheads need to come hang with Riley and I!
:thumbup:
definitely. we hiked/camp with riley and harry last fall. riley sure likes his whiskey :thumbup: they almost convinced me to stay overnight with them...but all that spooning talk for warmth when it was in the '70s scared the crap outta me!
