Backpacks and Bowies

Threw the sheath back on the pack to show it on my bag. The bottom pic is how I would normally carry it; horizontal with the handle facing forward either in this piggy back or with a different single sheath and then a smaller knife in a dangler below it (or just a folder).

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If I have multiple tools then I start throwing things into the pack but usually the big knife is on the hip because of where I hike and process wood. If I know there's not much to clear while I'm actually moving then I'll usually drop it in the pack or fix it up like I did above but in the marshes behind my home these get a lot of use clearing down trees, brush, weeds, building natural bridges, and whatever else I can think of that helps me traverse the wetlands. I like to take some of the deadwood to make crafts and things with which is what a lot of my tromps have been, more like scavenging for materials.

I've also been toying around with toggles and paracord attachments on a roycroft pack frame Axe and tomahawk toggled and looped on to side sticks and the 911 was strung on with the rope straps/belt.
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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.

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