another day hike: battle creek knives' kephart.

[JV3]

i was able to do a quick hike earlier today with mountainmistwanderer and test out rob's pass-around kephart knife briefly.

mountainmistwanderer's firesteel, made by rod ferro.

and his bark river aurora i think along with the kephart.

chorpie was nice enough to send me this pair of stainless steel chopsticks check out that custom-fitted case that he used to mail it to me - this guy has the same ocd i do

noticed this spider rappeling down my sleeve.

...and down on the snow/ice.

gotta have the black microspikes - hey, i don't always have to have everything orange!

 

[Tbaggin]

Nice pics, thanks for sharing

 

[DavidZ]

Those photos are incredible! great job! Thanks

 

[Marty Young]

Great pictures! You're certainly well equipped.

 

[KuRUpTD]

Love the kephart knife and matching firesteel

 

[Hawkeye5]

Nice post JV. Like the pictures . But where did all the orange go ?

I really like that Kephart with wood scales. I have this one that Bryan made and it is a way cool knife.
Thanks for posting.

 

[sicily02]

Love the pics, very cool will the spider, The knife looks it will get so some woods time.
SS chop sticks :thumbup:.

Bryan

 

[miltmaldo]

Love the pictures . Where in NJ . I'm trying to get my family to do a hike at Wawayanda state park . They say its to cold . I can't wait to go trout season open in a couple of weeks . So I'll go then . I'm goin to try out my new fallkniven A1 . Can wait.

 

[Ethan_Hardy]

Nice! Beautiful knives! What little stove are you using? How light is it?

 

[JV3]

Nice pics, thanks for sharing

thanks and you're welcome!

Those photos are incredible! great job! Thanks

thanks!

Great pictures! You're certainly well equipped.

thanks!

Love the kephart knife and matching firesteel

thanks, i'll forward your comment to the knife maker.

Nice post JV. Like the pictures . But where did all the orange go ?

I really like that Kephart with wood scales. I have this one that Bryan made and it is a way cool knife.
Thanks for posting.

thanks! i hid all the orange in the pack for a few seconds

Love the pics, very cool will the spider, The knife looks it will get so some woods time.
SS chop sticks :thumbup:.

Bryan

thanks, bryan!

Love the pictures . Where in NJ . I'm trying to get my family to do a hike at Wawayanda state park . They say its to cold . I can't wait to go trout season open in a couple of weeks . So I'll go then . I'm goin to try out my new fallkniven A1 . Can wait.

thanks! this was actually in the southern tip of harriman in ny but it's not that far from wawayanda (i think it's around 15 miles away)...it was colder than i expected on this trip but i like the cold - the colder and more snow the better for me

we mountain bike frequently in the area (jungle habitat and ringwood are my favorites) and wawayanda is well-known in the biking community for spotting bears so if you hike in the less traveled parts, just make lots of noise

Nice! Beautiful knives! What little stove are you using? How light is it?

thanks! that's the titanium version of the emberlit...along with the stainless steel crossbars (for supporting smaller cups and pots) and the case, it's only 7 oz (0.437 lbs)...great wood stove!

 

[Mannlicher]

thats a great looking Kephart. The pics are really nice, especially for a Florida boy that never gets to see snow and ice.

 

[JV3]

thats a great looking Kephart. The pics are really nice, especially for a Florida boy that never gets to see snow and ice.

thanks! the snow is nice because it lets me explore areas i normally wouldn't go in the summer for fear of running out of water. i can scope out new areas to overnight later on too with little risk of getting lost.