Another Buck Urban Survival Situation

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Pondoro2310

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I've already told you the terrifying stories of cooking with Buck knives when my wife and (adult) kids did not do the dishes and left me with no clean kitchen knives. Here is a different urban survival tale.

My wife and I are on a Valentine's Day trip and we ate at a nice restaraunt. I finished my steak but my wife brought half of her lasagna back to the hotel in a doggie bag. Later in the evening she said I could eat it as a snack, but our hotel had no plastic cutlery! I had a Buck 345 and a Buck 55, plus a Bucklite out in my truck.

*%#*+! NO! I did not eat with them! They're sharp as all get out. But our hotel has these great coffee cups made of thick cardboard. It was a simple matter to cut a crude spoon out of a coffee cup.

I've still never had to baton...
 
Pond, great move! I'm glad you improvised and made sure your wife could enjoy her lasagna on a Valentine's day trip. DM
 
That was very inventive. Buck to the rescue!

This begs the question whether or not Buck has ever produced a Hobo knife? I don't recall ever reading about one. I would certainly buy one if they made it.
 
BuckShack said:
That was very inventive. Buck to the rescue!

This begs the question whether or not Buck has ever produced a Hobo knife? I don't recall ever reading about one. I would certainly buy one if they made it.
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Look for a Buck travelmate kit!

JB
 
Pondoro2310 said:
I've still never had to baton...
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jb4570 said:
Look for a Buck travelmate kit!
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Scary story with a happy ending. Now I can sleep. When you do have to baton thru vintage roadside lasagna rest easy Craig has vowed to defend your right to tell the tale on this very forum bless his heart (Few take up orphan causes of youth).

I have and use the travel mate kit. It is fantastic. The spreader has a Paperstone handle, wide blade with a very sharp edge. The small fork has an opener and everything fits together nicely to fit into a pocket conveniently. Love it. Don't leave home without it.





 
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oregon said:
I have and use the travel mate kit. It is fantastic ... Love it. Don't leave home without it.

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in principle I like picnic cutlery sets like the Travel Mate Kit. But this one?
A travel cutlery set without a spoon makes no sense for me. Oregon, do you
carry a searate tablespoon with you when you leave your home? Or did you
give up eating liquid food? Just curious ;)

Haebbie
 
I never travel with a spoon. Never with the intent to use it for eating. I once went to Eugene with this spoon to flog Dennis Elligsen with but I didn't eat until I returned home much later that day and not with that spoon ever.



With a knife and a stick I, probably, can make a spoon:
[video]http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=whittle+a+spoon&view=detail&mid=3CE5731935FA9FB8A2033CE5731935FA9FB8A203&FORM=VIRE15[/video]
 
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Nice! :)

And the second tool to make is a fork. Then you can leave the
picnic set at home.

:D :foot: ;)

Haebbie
 
I've had the travel set for a long time. Kept it in a box on the shelf thinking that I would gift it. I finally re-discovered it while cleaning up and put it to use making a sandwich just the other day. Fantastic spreading mayo, mustard and then cutting thru completed layered bread/stuffing mess for sharing or just to have two pieces. Much better than a regular non-cutting knife from the silverware drawer for spreading/cutting. Head and shoulders above. I celebrate it. Not sure what to do with the fork...

I just returned from a stay in a home with red Paperstone kitchen counters, 10 years old. I will post some photos. I can't recco the product now that I've seen it after a decade of use next to quartz in the same kitchen. Even water seems to stain the Paperstone counters:









 
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That's funny: I don't leave thew house without a spoon. For me it is an
important tool for cocking and eating.

I'm sitting in the Office now and if you like I will take a photo from my
picnic set later, when I'm back home again. It is an old set from the 50s
from "Othello".

Haebbie
 
I have one of the LightMyFire sporks in my everyday/travel/carry on bag. I don't go anywhere without it.

One of the travel mate tools would be nice but again, no spoon. I'd be concerned that a TSA agent might argue that the can opener is a knife.
 
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The spreader is a wolf in a sheep's clothing. It is probably the sharpest knife I own. I call it a spreader. It is a very capable spreader. It is extremely sharp and will cut like any knife in your knife block. Really it will. No kidding. I was quite surprised. Sandwiches will flee before you now with one of these! :eek:

Your spork looks the business. Here is the Ti version, there are resin versions in color also, Buck could do a spork don't you think:

 
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That Travelmate set is nice, but I can't eat soup or cereal without a spoon. I think I would have designed the bottom of that nylon sheath into a nice big spoon.
 
A 112 or a 110 like this Hobo is what I was thinking about. I keep two of these in my truck and I have needed them. Would it sell? I don't know. But it would be an instant classic IMO.



 
oregon said:
Buck could do a spork don't you think:

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Yes, a Buck spork will be a good add on to the Buck spreader. But why not a combination: A

Buck spork spreader travel mate kit?

The spreader makes the small knife edge at the fork of the spork needless.

Haebbie
 
Buck did make a knife with a spoon, but it wasn't very well received.

Bert
 
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