another dumb hypothetical

RescueRiley

RescueRiley

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going camping for 3 days in the back country an axe is provided, you get to bring 1 fixed blade for ubder 100 dollars what is it?
 
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13ot, nuff said
 
If you have an axe, you might be trying to keep a fire going. Something for all around use, minus chopping. For a knife I would go something gaurdless in a scandii grind, because they work so well for shaving wood, guardless makes food prep easier I think. For all around tool, full size SAK or Leatherman of some sort.
 
Running boar, you know 1/2 dozen makers probably make almost that same knife. When you decide you really like it, you ought to get a fancy copy made for edc.:)
Probably one of the most useful designs there are.
 
Any Cal. said:
Running boar, you know 1/2 dozen makers probably make almost that same knife. When you decide you really like it, you ought to get a fancy copy made for edc.:)
Probably one of the most useful designs there are.
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Mine is really fancy and my grandpa gave it to me, everytime I use it he is smilling down on me. He died when I was 16 and he taught me most of what I know about the woods and life and general, I think I will just keep using the knife I have, dressed 3 deer with it this year. :D Chris

BTW I will get you a package in the mail on saturday.;)
 
Sorry, about the OT.

Runningboar, wrong choice of words on my part. I meant like a barbeque knife. Not the thing for everyone I quess.:)

Back to topic. Riley, I don't think it would make too much difference, as long as it was pretty handy, since your axe would take care of a lot.
 
Any Cal. said:
Sorry, about the OT.

Runningboar, wrong choice of words on my part. I meant like a barbeque knife. Not the thing for everyone I quess.:)

Back to topic. Riley, I don't think it would make too much difference, as long as it was pretty handy, since your axe would take care of a lot.
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Absolutely no problem, I can see having one made, the only problem would be it would probably stay in the drawer and I would keep using my OT.:D
 
Queen premium drop point in oak,or sog field pup.Less than $100 for both,easy to carry,well shaped knives with good steel imo.
 
Geez-- with the axe, all you need is food prep and some survival backup.

I use:
SAK Trekker
Mora $8--- buy some new gear with the change!
Becker Necker

I got a little bid-happy on Ebay the other day and I sold my Entrek Javalina to escape the Wrath of Spouse. I ended up with a Browning Mako Pro and I like it a lot. I had been wishing for a flat ground knife about an inch longer on both ends than the Becker Necker, and this one is close. AUS8A steel, 4.25 blade, nice Concelex sheath with a large Tek-Lok, G-10 scales. It suits me just fine for my main trail knife. $45 with the shipping :D

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Mora
Marbles Fieldcraft (or one of the other mid size ones)
Pick your choice of the Finn/ Bird-n-Trout types, by a number of makers from Case to Queen (some nice D2s in Bone Stag in the $30-50 bracket)
Boker Arbolito Stag handles, the 519HH is my first choice.
Russell Green River with a carbon steel blade.

Pretty much any one of the above, or any number of other worthy, working blades. I'd probably not spend over $50 for any one of them.

The Marbles would probably be my first choice for an all around camping knife.

Also, for $90 shipped you could get a Model IX fixed blade from Shadowknives. A fantastic knife in 440C with your choice of a number of micarta handle options, G10, or even bone if you ask for it. All with a very nice, thick sheath. Oh, and handmade. You get one heck of a knife that doesn't cut, but parts things like Moses at the Red Sea.

If I also get only one folding knife, then a SAK Swiss Champ, or one of the newer style lockers, making sure it has a saw on it.

I'd probably opt for a tomahawk over an ax, but a good ax is just fine. I just fine a decent hawk does a lot of other things for me beyond basic chopping.

We get wrapped up in our equipment sometimes. We forget that the generations before us who routinely wondered the woods before high tech gadgets, materials, and super steels, used simple, light, functional knives, usually a knife, and actually chopped wood, built shelters, cleaned and cooked fish, fauna, and fowl, in the backwoods, usually for long stretches of time. Look at the various fixed, and folding, knives that were actually used in large numbers by those folks and you don't find thick, heavy, monster knives. The big military knives aren't that heavy compared to the knives you see considered the absolute minimum these days.

If you have an ax, then your knife is for cutting. If you loose your ax, then use your head, a few old techniques, and your knife in a sensible manner and you can do near anything.
 
Amos Iron Wolf said:
We get wrapped up in our equipment sometimes. We forget that the generations before us who routinely wondered the woods before high tech gadgets, materials, and super steels, used simple, light, functional knives, usually a knife, and actually chopped wood, built shelters, cleaned and cooked fish, fauna, and fowl, in the backwoods, usually for long stretches of time. Look at the various fixed, and folding, knives that were actually used in large numbers by those folks and you don't find thick, heavy, monster knives. The big military knives aren't that heavy compared to the knives you see considered the absolute minimum these days.
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Very, very, true words Amos.

The knives used today are way larger and heavier than the knives our grandfathers used, and they spent lots more time out in the boonies. Today we have highways within a few miles of most places, and there is very few places in the lower 48 where you are more than a days walk from a road, ranch, or even small town or civilization of some sort. Jeremiah Johnson was a nice movie, but is not a good basis for reality for the 21st century.

George Sears was one of the best examples of living in nature with the minimum of gear. He had a small hatchet, a thin bladed butcher knife, and a pocket knife. John Muir roamed the Sierra Nevada mountains on foot for days on end, and carried just a regular pocket knife and a canvas sack with a canteen, a pot, and oatmeal for his supplies. I can't help but wonder what they would think of if someone had offred them a 7 inch 1/4 inch thick knife.

Heck, even the mountain men carried a hatchet or tomahawk for chopping, and the Green River knife was just a large butcher knife.
 
That about does it...I know les stroud is no the most pupular kat around here (I like the show) but he goes out for a wek at a time with just a sak or a leatherman.... I personally am not a fan of large knives...I think they have there place but for me a medium to small sized fixed blade (less than 4 inch blade) and a sak would do me for knives i'd like a chopper (axe or machete depending on terrain) but that's just me..
 
jackknife said:
Very, very, true words Amos.

The knives used today are way larger and heavier than the knives our grandfathers used, and they spent lots more time out in the boonies. Today we have highways within a few miles of most places, and there is very few places in the lower 48 where you are more than a days walk from a road, ranch, or even small town or civilization of some sort.
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You ever been to the west coast? We've lost planes here.:o

As for the question. I'd probably choose a wave or a 4-5 inch fixed blade. If I was in a hurry I'd just go down to the local sporting goods and get a kabar.
 
Shotgun said:
You ever been to the west coast? We've lost planes here.:o

As for the question. I'd probably choose a wave or a 4-5 inch fixed blade. If I was in a hurry I'd just go down to the local sporting goods and get a kabar.
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Yeah, we'll see if he can make it out of the Pasayten Wilderness in a day (just kidding).

If I was in hurry, I could lift a 10" chef's knife from the kitchen-- looks like a Roman short sword. I wonder how it would baton..... :D
 
I'd choose my BRKT Wolf River hands down. The blade is 4" and OAL is just over 8". The thin blade makes it a powerful slicer and it handles very well in the hand. Plus its nice and light. This knife has the best edge on any knife I own.
 

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Lovin that corian Skunk! Hey, I shipped your package yesterday. Should be there soon. Sorry it took so long. Life is a mess right now.
 
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