That 12 is coming along rather nicely!
Indeed it is, it has certainly become a favorite.
I know what you mean Paddy when it comes to camping with the family. Lots more work. Haha. Good stuff though! My kids love to camp. Making memories makes it all worth it.
How you liking that 12?
Despite the added stress, I wouldn't trade it for the world. If the kids are happy in the woods and away from screens for awhile, then I count that as a success.
The 12 is a fantastic knife, it is made even better with
91bravo
's special touches. It really fits that size niche just about perfectly for me. My last serious outing, the only two knives I really ended up using were the 9 and the 12, I could do just about everything with those two blades. I know a lot of folks swear by the 9 and 16 combo and though I do like the 16, I actually find it almost uncomfortably small. Though my hands are probably not as big as
The Warrior
's, they are still pretty large and the 16 doesn't fill the hand very well. That being said, when I just want to throw a small knife on a daypack and go, it is hard to beat the 16 in terms of its compact size and the fact that it can be far less intimidating to the masses.
On my last outing, I took the 9, 10, 11, 12, and 16. My brother used the 10 the whole trip and I pretty much exclusively used the 9 and the 12. I found that I didn't have a need for the other knives. The 9 did the heavy lifting and the 12 took care of everything else and I never felt that I needed anything smaller. I couldn't be happier with that combo.
