Camp Tramp

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What makes the Camp Tramp so desirable? It seems pretty hefty, it might make an OK cleaver for lopping off fish heads, but a bit clunky for detail work. Is it supposed to have been designed for rough bushcraft? Is the design supposed to excel at any particular action?
 
Detail work is for the Spyderco or Emerson clipped in my right front pocket. I'm a knife nut so the big blade is always an addition to my edc. The Camp Tramp and knives in it's size class are more of a hatchet replacement for me along with large cutting chores. I have a 711 which is pretty close to the Camp Tramp and a Chopweiler and they are great knives. Pretty versatile blades for work in great outdoors.
 
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BTW, does anybody have pics of that Camp Tramp after it cut them out of the car? The links are broken in that thread and I'm quite curious to see how well it did..... :)
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Fortunately I was able to see the pics before the links broke. The knife did extremely well considering what it went through. Some chips and rolls were evident in the edge, but they could easily have been ground out and the knife brought back to like-new condition with a little Wauseon TLC. For what it's worth, Featherstone's story and Cliff Stamp's review are why I bought a Camp Tramp when I first got here and why I own it to this day.

PS: Here's Cliff's review of the Camp Tramp for those who may be interested:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080610192141/http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/camp_tramp.html
 
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The camp tramp is a awesome camp knife. I use mine for a lot of camp chores ,splitting wood cutting up potatoes chopping veggies making marshmallow sticks all sorts of things. I always have a Sebenza or smaller belt knife to but the tramp is legendary for a reason.
 
aaaa_cccc said:
BTW, does anybody have pics of that Camp Tramp after it cut them out of the car? The links are broken in that thread and I'm quite curious to see how well it did..... :)
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Pretty sure this is it...

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The Camp Tramp is an awesome blade. That story was a testament to its toughness.
 
niceguyedy said:
Pretty sure this is it...

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It's been longer than I can remember since I've seen the pics that were posted in Featherstone's thread. But if that's not his pic, I can tell you that his Camp Tramp didn't come out much worse for wear than the one in this pic. The only thing more extraordinary than how Featherstone was able to use a Camp Tramp to save his life is how well it survived the event.
 
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bld522 said:
It's been longer than I can remember since I've seen the pics that were posted in Featherstone's thread. But if that's not his pic, I can tell you that his Camp Tramp didn't come out much worse for wear than the one in this pic. The only thing more extraordinary than how Featherstone was able to use a Camp Tramp to save his life is how well it survived the event.
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I found it via google images... it is the cached version

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Clicking on it brings you to to the original thread or photobucket where it has been moved/deleted...

Photo's like that should be kept with the original story.. for historys sake :)
 
Heck, if there's a "hall of fame" in Wauseon somewhere, that knife should be enshrined there forever. Lord only knows how many sales of Swamp Rat knives it's been responsible for.

PS: Eric may still have the original pics. It might be worth getting in touch with him and finding out . . .

PPS: I sent an e-mail to Eric asking if he still had the pics and if so, if he'd be willing to re-attach them to his post in the Featherstone thread. Keep your fingers crossed.

PPPS: Eric responded. He lost the pics, but the one niceguyedy posted is of the actual Camp Tramp Featherstone used to extricate himself from the Jeep. So that has now been confirmed.
 
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