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Hi! Took out my F1 for a walk in the woods in the week-end 
. The rain has stopped for a while, a timid, pale sun appeared and I took the opportunity to get out and walk down some dirt roads behind our house. I kind of like the smell of the woods after rain and the special atmosphere.
It was since a while I was not carrying and using the F1 since normally, specially for these easy walks, I carry the folder I have in rotation during the week. Actually it hasn't been carried as much as it could have been along these years; I can say the need for a fixed blade in my type of hikes it's rather limited. I just had some fun! I pointed sticks like crazy, carved, whittled, chopped down dead branches, batoned some dead wood, looked for the last mushrooms and insects and, yes, even jumped into the muddy puddles like a kid
. Like that, for no reason but for the fun of being outdoor and play with my knife! And what a knife 
! Some good memories of adventures and trips for me with this one! Sure the years have gone by (I myself bought this one 7/8 yrs. ago), a number of newer and more performing steels have been put out in market and a lot of new designs for survival knives have seen the light in the meantime but this one really remains my own personal point of reference, the fixed blade I consciously and unconsciously benchmark all the others I am interested in against. Beautiful in its simplicity and minimalism, it has nothing more and nothing less than I need from an hiking/camping knife. Still going strong after all these years ! I once read in the net one of the funniest (but in several cases still true) way to describe the Fallkinven survival knives; it sounded more or less like this: "When compared to the general run of so called survival knives, Fallkniven survival knives stand out like lean, tough paratroopers in a crowd of pimply faced, overweight, black-suited mall Ninjas" 
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Just a little tribute to this old friend of mine I’d like to share. It’s nice to think back at the trails we have travelled together and to those nights we have enjoyed each other company in front of a camp fire and, even nicer, is to think to those still waiting for us ahead.
Some pics, just to share. Feel welcome to post up your oldies but goodies hiking/camping companions, not necessarily only the Fallknivens!
. The rain has stopped for a while, a timid, pale sun appeared and I took the opportunity to get out and walk down some dirt roads behind our house. I kind of like the smell of the woods after rain and the special atmosphere.It was since a while I was not carrying and using the F1 since normally, specially for these easy walks, I carry the folder I have in rotation during the week. Actually it hasn't been carried as much as it could have been along these years; I can say the need for a fixed blade in my type of hikes it's rather limited. I just had some fun! I pointed sticks like crazy, carved, whittled, chopped down dead branches, batoned some dead wood, looked for the last mushrooms and insects and, yes, even jumped into the muddy puddles like a kid
. Like that, for no reason but for the fun of being outdoor and play with my knife! And what a knife ! Some good memories of adventures and trips for me with this one! Sure the years have gone by (I myself bought this one 7/8 yrs. ago), a number of newer and more performing steels have been put out in market and a lot of new designs for survival knives have seen the light in the meantime but this one really remains my own personal point of reference, the fixed blade I consciously and unconsciously benchmark all the others I am interested in against. Beautiful in its simplicity and minimalism, it has nothing more and nothing less than I need from an hiking/camping knife. Still going strong after all these years ! I once read in the net one of the funniest (but in several cases still true) way to describe the Fallkinven survival knives; it sounded more or less like this: "When compared to the general run of so called survival knives, Fallkniven survival knives stand out like lean, tough paratroopers in a crowd of pimply faced, overweight, black-suited mall Ninjas" .Just a little tribute to this old friend of mine I’d like to share. It’s nice to think back at the trails we have travelled together and to those nights we have enjoyed each other company in front of a camp fire and, even nicer, is to think to those still waiting for us ahead.
Some pics, just to share. Feel welcome to post up your oldies but goodies hiking/camping companions, not necessarily only the Fallknivens
!
