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Recommendation? Bushcrafty backpacking wood processing setup
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I'm going to go with
knoefz
on this one. I actually prefer a large knife to a camp hatchet or sportsman's axe, and I love me a Tracker/Trakker.
Hell, I'm also a huge fan of the Laplander. It's my favorite saw. I think the only thing I'd change about your set-up would be a locking folder, but that's just for me. Even then, if I had to make do with the with the Trakker/Laplander/Stockman combo, I'd still be good to go.
Enjoy your trip.
knoefz
on this one. I actually prefer a large knife to a camp hatchet or sportsman's axe, and I love me a Tracker/Trakker.Hell, I'm also a huge fan of the Laplander. It's my favorite saw. I think the only thing I'd change about your set-up would be a locking folder, but that's just for me. Even then, if I had to make do with the with the Trakker/Laplander/Stockman combo, I'd still be good to go.
Enjoy your trip.
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I think you mixed up the topic starter with meI'm looking forward to seeing your pictures when you get back!!!! I always enjoy seeing your lunch breaks!
I have no trip planned unfortunately(As he's new here I assume you havent seen much of his lunches yet.)
And I hope you enjoyed my pic of my lunch breaks
(I kniw you gave loads of likes)I think you mixed up the topic starter with me
(As he's new here I assume you havent seen much of his lunches yet.)
And I hope you enjoyed my pic of my lunch breaks
I guess so...Either way I do enjoy your lunches!
There's a high likelihood I'll end up taking the Trakker, it's a knife I feel like playing around with. Any small knife I end up taking will mostly be for some fine whittling, although I have a Helle Algonquin that would cover that task nicely as well. I threw in the stockman in the first iteration just for something different, usually it's a Victorinox I take.I'm going to go with
Hell, I'm also a huge fan of the Laplander. It's my favorite saw. I think the only thing I'd change about your set-up would be a locking folder, but that's just for me. Even then, if I had to make do with the with the Trakker/Laplander/Stockman combo, I'd still be good to go.
Enjoy your trip.
I'll be interested in trying out the Laplander, I just picked it up to try something smaller for a change. It's not like I'm processing wood for a group of people, it's just the two of us going and my friend will have a similar setup, different knives but similar idea of cooking with wood.
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In my humble opinion, you can't go wrong with the Trakker and the Laplander. I've used the hell outta' both.
As far as the kit you posted, this would be MY version of it...
Again, enjoy your trip.
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I guess it all depends on where you're headed and what's available. I know any number of people who do quite well in the woods of the Southeastern US with only a chopping blade and a SAK or similar. Here's the one that I used for quite some time, paired with either a Swiss Army Tinker or Gerber Multiplier:
It is basically a reproduction of the Blackjack Marauder or kindred. I paid about $30 for it in the mid-1980's.
It is basically a reproduction of the Blackjack Marauder or kindred. I paid about $30 for it in the mid-1980's.
I have a Silky, never had a Bahco - so it might be just as good or better. But the thing with these saws is you don't want to go hectic with them. They are pull saws, not push saws after all. Go gently on the push, a little power on the pull ("...she said..." The Office meme gratitiously to be inserted by someone else perhaps). Tools generally last longer if used as intended.
Not that I doubt your tool-use proficiency.
I have 3 different Silky saw, and if you gorilla them they can break. Pull cut only, trying to push a Silky blade forward into the kerf will result it it bending and breaking. They aren't meant to be a survival tool, they are arborist tools originally intended to cut green or live wood, not dead dry wood.