Backpacks and Bowies

[deltablade]

How do you carry your Bowie?

 

[jbmonkey]

on my belt.....

 

[Smaug]

I don't have one any more. I had a sweet, US-made Gerber Khyber Bowie with the coffin handle, and only used it once, just to try it out.

I carried it one other time, but it was just too big. In reality, if I was going to carry one, I'd rather have a hatchet, then a smaller folder.

I can see the point though, if it had to be just one knife.

 

[hexenjager]

How do you carry your Bowie?

What knife is this, deltablade ? I like the handle. Any chance of a pic of the rest of the knife?

 

[22-rimfire]

Nice rig, but what do you use your large Bowie for on what appears to be a day hike pack?

 

[Dr Heelhook]

In the backpack or stuck in the belt.

 

[deltablade]

Nice rig, but what do you use your large Bowie for on what appears to be a day hike pack?

Clearing out woody stuff around my deer blinds

 

[deltablade]

Nice rig, but what do you use your large Bowie for on what appears to be a day hike pack?

 

[deltablade]

What knife is this, deltablade ? I like the handle. Any chance of a pic of the rest of the knife?

My modified Ontario Marine Raider

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/ontario-sp10-marine-raider-mods.1609660/

 

[JParanee]

I back packed all over the world with an old Bagwell Bowie on my pack or belt

 

[katanas]

For many years, as jbmonkey said.

 

[Basp2005]

I carry everything on the inside of my pack. Exception being a water bottle. Two reasons. 1. In an urban environment I don't want people to see or steal what I have. 2. In the woods, I don't want anything to snag on brush and potentially get lost.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Betwixt my teeth.

Usually on my belt. It's no heavier than a full size revolver and generally more useful...this coming from a revolver kind of guy.

I didn't back pack today, bit I did clear a bit of wood and split some kindling for a fire on a frosty afternoon. I want using a Bowie, but an 18.5" overall seax did the job. 26 oz on the hip. 13" of blade.

Wore the same thing to the office Friday just because

 

[deltablade]

I back packed all over the world with an old Bagwell Bowie on my pack or belt

What a beautiful Bowie.

 

[22-rimfire]

Clearing out woody stuff around my deer blinds

It's fun when you actually have a need for a big knife. I would have probably used a machete myself, but I have big ones available to me as well.

 

[bikerector]

I carried my ratweiler on the pack's shoulderstrap using a paracord loop and a belt clip set horizontally. I couldn't find any pictures of the setup on my pack. I used the carry method for trail maintenance or bushwacking the marsh behind my house where there are frequent trees and vines that fall into the path. I usually have a pair of pruners nearby for the trail maintenance days also. Axe and saws go in the back.

Here's all of the hand tools I had with me re-shaping a feature on a mountain bike trail.

 

[GB940Rookie]

I use backpacks and different types of sheaths.

 

[hexenjager]

My modified Ontario Marine Raider

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/ontario-sp10-marine-raider-mods.1609660/

Thanks for the link. Very nice work. I like your mods a lot.

As to your original question, I carry medium-large fixed blades like that on on belt most of the time, but I'll also put it on or in a pack if I think it fits the circumstances better, so some of everything for me.

 

[tiguy7]

View attachment 1019279 View attachment 1019280 I use a Napolean pocket.

 

[Charlie Mike]