Advice on a crkt hammond abc operator

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I live in the Philippines and i purchased a hammond abc operator because it seemed like a perfect all around knife for my favorite activities: diving and travel. It's rust resistant, lightweight, compact, easily concealable with both a plain and serrated edge.

However, I've recently got into hiking and camping the mountains of the Philippines, and will maybe go into hunting. But, from what I've read, tanto points like that on my knife is less than ideal for survival/bushcraft. With my dive and hiking gear, I'd rather not bring another small knife, though i've purchased a cs gurkha kukri for my longer hiking trips

Thus, my question is can i and should i make do with the tanto tipped abc operator? If not, can i modify the knife by reprofiling the tip to a more conventional shape without ruining it? Or is there another all-around small knife more suitable for my needs? Thanks.
 
lemme see now...must be a reason it's called ABC
All Bases Covered, right?
just don't try reprofiling.
going hunting?
you would need a 6-foot bali from armand palacio :-)
the perfect all round small knife on land is actually much smaller than you think.
and that's found in a swiss made SAK.
 
To be completely honest, you can probably make due with the Hammond ABC as a hiking knife. It's far from ideal (tanto tip, double edge, etc.) but it will cut all the stuff you'll need to cut on a regular camping or hiking trip. It won't be very good for hunting.

If you want to get a new knife, there are plenty of small lightweight fixed blades that will suit your needs much better than the Hammond ABC. Take a look at the Izula by ESEE knives (small, versatile, great steel and even better warranty), Becker Necker made by Ka-Bar (also small, great steel and quality) or any of the carbon steel knives offered by Mora of Sweden (their stainless in OK, but the carbon steel they use is better). All three options are quite affordable, well designed and lightweight. You can pair any of them up with a SAK and cover 99% of your urban and outdoors needs (look at medium models like the Farmer, Hiker, Huntsman, etc.).
 
The thing is, i'd rather not bring still another knife, since i already bring one for diving. This probably means i'll have to settle with bringing a tanto tip for camping, since i already use it for diving. I do have a swisschamp and keep it in my bag. Another question would be, can a tanto tip poke a hole into hard coconut inner shells. I heard that americanized tantos were developed for stuff like this.
 
a bolo does work good for this, you know.
also know that a lite weight knife which isn't "blade heavy" would take more human effort in removing the outer layer of husks.
but yeah, a tanto tip would be just as effective as any tip to puncture the nut's exposed membrane once the hard inner shell is hacked open :-)
 
I have a couple of these knives and find them quite usefull.
The tanto tip it stout and strong, should be fine for coconuts.

It's probably not the ideal skinning knife, but I think that in skilled hands, just about any knife will work.

Have fun in the woods.
 
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