A Winter Outing With My Daughter & Some Thoughts on The Sneaky Pete

[willic]

It's cold in VA! 4 degrees F! I wish we had a little snow! Great pics and story, Mist! My dad gave me a Schrade sharpfinger when I was a kid, I sure wish he would have had knives as nice as Fiddlebacks! That sharpfinger was soooo thick behind the edge, it was very difficult to sharpen. I later got a Buck bird and trout knife, much more usable and maintainable. Anyway, thanks for sharing, Mist!!!!

-Will

 

[Mistwalker]

Love the post as usual. Your girl reminds me of my own daughter, who is getting more and more into the outdoors. My wife and I are expecting our first boy (after two girls) and everyone keeps saying things like: "Gee, isn't it great that you are having a boy? Now you can take him hiking/fishing/camping/etc.?" I don't really know how to respond to that, since my girls have been doing all that since before they could walk.


Michael

Thank you Michael, and I know what you mean man. I don't know why so many see hiking, camping, fishing, etc. all as guy things. Her love for the outdoors was one of the things that attracted me to my wife. Granted she's not really a winter person, but she loves the outdoors in the other three seasons. My daughters have gone to the woods with me from very early in their childhoods and on hikes as soon as they could walk. I started working on toxic plant recognition as soon as they could comprehend the concept of poison. And fire craft as soon as they could comprehend both the benefits and the dangers.

Time spent with your daughter .............................Priceless and eternal

But of course, I thought that went without saying

I gotta tell you that it was 5 deg F here this morning, and we had none of that messy wet white on the ground, and I wouldn't be out playing with my Sneaky Pete today unless somebody chased me out there. Brrrrrrrrr.

Yep, I've been watching the weather there, and seeing on fb where all my friends and family in the south are complaining about the cold. I know it has been pretty cold down there, even though their were two heaters going inside, the pipes froze and busted at my brother's fishing cabin on a creek in north Georgia night before last. The pic of the thermometer was taken about 10:00 am, before daylight it was reading -12F, and we have had one day above freezing in nearly seven weeks. The ground has been covered in snow since Thanksgiving day. To me this is just a great opportunity to test another aspect of your knives The Sneaky Pete has been worn out in sub-freezing and even sub-zero temps, and even stored in the truck on multiple nights as the temps have hit the -12F mark and wind chills outside have hit -20F to -28F, with a half ginger ale frozen hard as a rock right next to it. It's on my belt now and no worse for the wear. You know it's pretty chilly outside when you take your knife out from under your coat and it's warm enough to melt the sow you're playing with at first, but then a minute later it's cold enough for the melted snow to turn to solid ice...

Chicken

The white stuff is lovely and your knives love it:

They sure don't seem to mind it a bit

It's cold in VA! 4 degrees F! I wish we had a little snow! Great pics and story, Mist! My dad gave me a Schrade sharpfinger when I was a kid, I sure wish he would have had knives as nice as Fiddlebacks! That sharpfinger was soooo thick behind the edge, it was very difficult to sharpen. I later got a Buck bird and trout knife, much more usable and maintainable. Anyway, thanks for sharing, Mist!!!!

-Will

Thanks Will, glad you enjoyed the post! Yep, I've been seeing how cold it is down south, been a while since I saw that kind of cold down there. I never had a Sharpfinger, my brother had a Deerslayer and I had a Woodsman, and I loved both. But yes, Fiddlebacks are much MUCH nicer knives, and I like my Fiddleback Woodsman MUCH better

 

[plue]

Love the pictures as always Mist, you have a knack for taking pretty photos that I'd never have the patience to try and take. I must say though, it's funny seeing the comments from down South, it was -36 here this weekend, and that's not even as low as it usually gets here in the winter.

Tomorrow it's warming up a whole lot and I have a day off, so I'm gonna take out the new snowshoes for a hike out in the mountains I'm thinking. Will post any results.

 

[VANCE]

i just cant warm up to the sneaky pete.....too "tactical"
looking for me

 

[Mistwalker]

Love the pictures as always Mist, you have a knack for taking pretty photos that I'd never have the patience to try and take. I must say though, it's funny seeing the comments from down South, it was -36 here this weekend, and that's not even as low as it usually gets here in the winter.

Tomorrow it's warming up a whole lot and I have a day off, so I'm gonna take out the new snowshoes for a hike out in the mountains I'm thinking. Will post any results.

Thanks Plue, glad you enjoy them. Wildlife and insect photography are my exercises in patience Lol, you have to understand, I have seen more snow and subfreezing temps in two months here, than I saw in over two decades of life in south east Tennessee. When I lived in Key Largo back in the 80s, there were only a couple of days in the winter that I wasn't wearing shorts and a tank top during the day. It's amazing what a difference a thousand miles, much less a couple thousand miles, north can make. We are having a heat wave here this weekend, it's supposed to be above freezing from this afternoon till tomorrow afternoon, and rainy tonight.

i just cant warm up to the sneaky pete.....too "tactical"
looking for me

I don't know...maybe it's because through my work I spend so many hours studying, testing, designing, and just thinking about tactical knives in general, and having a lot of very in-depth conversations with some of the hi-speed operators that use them in the field, but while I see the SP as serving a great back knife up in a tactical environment, I just don't see it as being an actual tactical knife in and of itself...and I have several well made tactical knives from around the world, and have had many others ober the years Though admittedly I do love the look of intent to the blade shape, and the duality to the nature of the knife. I personally see the Sneaky Pete and the Asp being the bushcraft and tactical versions, respectively, of the same knife design. To me, the Sneaky Pete is just much more utilitarian in nature, the Asp is a different story all together.

 

[NoFair]

We lived in Canada and the US in the mid 80's. Visited Key Largo in 85 so if you saw an 11 year old Norwegian kid spending most of his time under water it was probably me

 

[dcycleman]

The personality of the sneaky Pete is what appeals to me also. It feels very utilitarian in hand for doing some heavy duty cutting, but it also has a bit of a mean streak. All while looking really classy. ( I wish I was in key largo right now, drove down to the keys once and it was awesome)

 

[willic]

Mist,

I had my Sneaky Pete out this Christmas helping with chores, my younger son brought his "Sneaky Pete" and wanted to show me how they were the same...

 

[Omega Leather Works]

Gah... I really feel the draw to those knives! The SP is seriously growing on me.

Anyone want to trade a SP for some 60° California weather? I gotta warn you though, it DOES get into the 30's sometimes at night. Freezing! (almost)

 

[VANCE]

i handled a SP the other day....the feel in your hand is very comfortable...like all andy's knives

i may just change my mind and get one......maybe....well probably