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That is a beautiful 110, thanks for sharing!
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"Little did the orcs know, that Gandalf was packing Gerber under his cloak..."
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JMH, Cool Helle. One of my first fiixed blades was a Helle Eggen. All though my handle does not look like any of the posted shots you see on-line with the sweet Curly Birch . Did not know any better or I would have sent it back for exchange.
Rich K.
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The family and I started the new year with a short hike around our favorite local ponds.
Love hiking!
Usually I go for 1 day activity: distance 10-23km, with total ascent from 500m to 2200m, once a week.
Though there are controls, restrictions for holding and bringing knife in the place I am living now, I try to bring the knife (in compliance) when hiking.
Actually no knife has been actually used (on wood, animal, rope) in any activity, the only usage is to cut prepared food (e.g. sandwiches, hamburger), coz I need to walk as fast as possible to catch up the sunset, otherwise, I may get lost in the forest.
Hopefully one day I can have a real camp or journey for several days, and let the knife play its' real role in the wild.
Usually I go for 1 day activity: distance 10-23km, with total ascent from 500m to 2200m, once a week.
Though there are controls, restrictions for holding and bringing knife in the place I am living now, I try to bring the knife (in compliance) when hiking.
Actually no knife has been actually used (on wood, animal, rope) in any activity, the only usage is to cut prepared food (e.g. sandwiches, hamburger), coz I need to walk as fast as possible to catch up the sunset, otherwise, I may get lost in the forest.
Hopefully one day I can have a real camp or journey for several days, and let the knife play its' real role in the wild.
wanted to ask a question: usually where do you put the knife bring with?
For smaller one, like in the picture, I put in the hip-belt pocket. But for larger (longer) ones, (e.g. The Mule, or length like opened Para Military 2) , I have no idea where to put for easy access.
(auto-locking blades are controlled / restricted in the place I am living
)
For smaller one, like in the picture, I put in the hip-belt pocket. But for larger (longer) ones, (e.g. The Mule, or length like opened Para Military 2) , I have no idea where to put for easy access.
(auto-locking blades are controlled / restricted in the place I am living
)
bikerector
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wanted to ask a question: usually where do you put the knife bring with?
For smaller one, like in the picture, I put in the hip-belt pocket. But for larger (longer) ones, (e.g. The Mule, or length like opened Para Military 2) , I have no idea where to put for easy access.
(auto-locking blades are controlled / restricted in the place I am living
Depending on the pack's belt, I'll put it on the belt in crossdraw fashion, often using a strap of velcro to put it on. Or, and probably more commonly, a dangler sheath that puts everything below the waist belt of the pack. If I don't have a pants belt, which isn't all uncommon either, my hiking pants have leg pockets and I'll place them in there.
Another option is drop it in a pocket and use a string from sheath to belt or belt loop to allow you to pull the fixed blade from the sheath by pulling the knife away from you body. The sheath hangs on the string so it's a two-hand resheath but the draw is pretty quick and simple. This method is more annoying for tasks that require sheathing and unsheathing a lot.
For trail maintenance occasions, when I have numerous tools on my belt already, I'll attach it to the shoulder strap upside down as long as I trust the sheath a lot and there's not a lot of chance of me going down and causing the knife to be a snag point or it getting pulled from the pack. I use a teklok to keep the sheath on. If the strap has a d-ring, you could do the string method mentioned earlier and let the knife hang or maybe velcro the sheath again, but that's not one I've tried.
Playing around with some paracord and 8-12" length of velcro can give you many less traditional options to carry a fixed blade around your body when there are plenty of straps, as is the case when hiking with a pack.
Thanks for these inputs!
"put it on the belt in crossdraw fashion" is really my ideal way! I'll look for those suitable for The Mule or like "Hidden Canyon Hunter" one.
bikerector
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Completely forgot I had this badly put together video for a customer's kid who was buying one of my knives. It covers the velcro and string carry methods. For the string, I used a metal bead chain as thag particular knife could also be neck carried comfortably.
The video is unlisted as it was only originally intended for the kiddo but I think it should still work here.
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Very helpful video! Since i have the 15017-1 default sheath, I can customize the it for the velcro method. Thanks again!
just recovered from this week's hiking.
The stone (where the knife was placing) is very special imo. I've been in this route for 7 years, when I first time went bypass it, I noticed it.
The shape and color are different to the rest stones around, and it's larger than them.
I looked at the photo taken 5 years ago, almost similar color (clay or to some degree: cyan) and same "yellow stuff" attached on (the yellow stuff is not sand), no matter which season.
Following picture was taken in summer, above one is in winter (this week's activity).
ya, "it's just a common stone", but i don't know why it looks so different imo
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