A Walk With a Koyote

coaldigger · Oct 3, 2009

I took the twins for a quick walk in the woods across from the house, it was a very nice day for it but it was getting dark fast.

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The twins were in military mode

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Brady -

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I was packing my Maxpedition 10x4 kit & my Koyote TrailKnife.

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The Trail Knife Christof made me is Sweet ! It's got a Scary sharp edge & the Spine is square..perfect for striking my FireSteel ! Here is a couple of pics of the Koyote & a Mushroom I found -

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The Shroom -

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More pics to follow !!!!

coaldigger · Oct 3, 2009

The Koyote Trail Knife -

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Some of the Plants & Flowers ( Anyone know what these are & if they have any use fill me in !)

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This is MilkWeed right ? Great for fire Tinder !

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More Pics to Follow :thumbup:

WILLIAM.M · Oct 3, 2009

The Twins look great!!!!

Good looking knife as well Bro!!!

Wish I was with you for that hike too!!

coaldigger · Oct 3, 2009

Great Fire Tinder -

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The twins took a few pics of me lighting the fire ! -

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The stuff went up like it was soaked in gas ! -

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Thanks for Looking !!!

kgd · Oct 3, 2009

The one with the big leaves in prairie doc I believe. Not edible, but those giant leaves would be good for shelter or thinking about Normark's thread - making a goofy green hat.

Great profile on that koyote blade! Reminds me of my farmer one. Love the scorched osage too!

sicily02 · Oct 3, 2009

Awesome pics Thomas just awesome. The boys sure are growing.

Bryan

mneedham · Oct 3, 2009

CD,

Looks like a great walk with your boys. That Koyote is a good looking blade!

koyote · Oct 3, 2009

Cool! The osage is starting to get it's loved look, too. Favorite thing about it is watching it age

How's the handle working out, shape wise?

Marcelo Cantu · Oct 3, 2009

Great plant pics! I finally got me a Koyote knife not too long ago and I am impressed with both the edge geometry and Christof's attention to ergonomics while still getting some cool looking designs.

Cute kids but I wouldn't want to mess with Mr. Serious

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Ah Crap! My post came in after his, now I look like I'm sucking up!

pitdog · Oct 3, 2009

Great pics buddy, I love the handle shape of that Koyote blade !!!!

koyote · Oct 3, 2009

Marcelo Cantu said:
Great plant pics! I finally got me a Koyote knife not too long ago and I am impressed with both the edge geometry and Christof's attention to ergonomics while still getting some cool looking designs.

Cute kids but I wouldn't want to mess with Mr. Serious .

Ah Crap! My post came in after his, now I look like I'm sucking up!

HAHAHA! I was meaning to ask you about yours, too. I try to balance edge holding with sharpenability....

bigcountry1315 · Oct 3, 2009

Great pics.Always great to spend time with the kids in the woods. Looking forward to having grandkids get to the age to teach them.

Mike

SpookyPistolero · Oct 3, 2009

Great setup and great hiking buddies! Thanks a bunch for sharing the pics with us!! That koyote looks like a great woods companion.

Marcelo Cantu · Oct 3, 2009

I've taken it on a couple of dayhikes and done some fuzzies. The length is not totally legal to carry in CT. So far I like this steel, of which I am not too familiar, and what you've done with it. I plan on taking it to Scott Gossman's camping trip next weekend :thumbup:

coaldigger · Oct 3, 2009

koyote said:
Cool! The osage is starting to get it's loved look, too. Favorite thing about it is watching it age

How's the handle working out, shape wise?

One of the Best all-around handles I've ever held ! I think it is very comfortable ! :thumbup:

BarberFobic1992 · Oct 3, 2009

The handle looks awesome on that one, both the shape and the osage :thumbup:

Mistwalker · Oct 4, 2009

Cool pics C.D., and the handle on that knife looks pretty comfy. Some tinders flash really too quick to serve very well as a "stand-alone" tinder. Try mixing some of that with some heavier material like crumbled dead leaves or very thin slivers of dry dead wood.

coaldigger · Oct 4, 2009

mistwalker said:
Cool pics C.D., and the handle on that knife looks pretty comfy. Some tinders flash really too quick to serve very well as a "stand-alone" tinder. Try mixing some of that with some heavier material like crumbled dead leaves or very thin slivers of dry dead wood.

Yep...it's alot like using cattail for tinder, it lights super fast & easy. I usually shave up some Fatwood & make a dry grass birdsnest & put the "fuzz" from either the cattail or the milkweed inside the birds nest before I strike it. I was just playing around w/ my fire steel, showing the twins how it works

Thanks for the info. 'Ol Bud :thumbup:

coaldigger · Oct 4, 2009

WILLIAM.M said:
The Twins look great!!!!

Good looking knife as well Bro!!!

Wish I was with you for that hike too!!

Thanks Tex...The twins will be 6yrs old on the 13th of Oct. this is their first year of school & they are playing FootBall (flag) for their school. The knife is awsome..great handles & supersharp ! & You are welcome tocome along anytime you wish

Mistwalker · Oct 4, 2009

coaldigger said:
Yep...it's alot like using cattail for tinder, it lights super fast & easy. I usually shave up some Fatwood & make a dry grass birdsnest & put the "fuzz" from either the cattail or the milkweed inside the birds nest before I strike it. I was just playing around w/ my fire steel, showing the twins how it works
Thanks for the info. 'Ol Bud :thumbup:

Sorry bro

, I've just seen people work themselves to death trying to get fire with what I call "flash-tinders" and thought I'd throw that out there.