Hello everyone

Sounds like a good Tactical Knives article onthe last page. Maybe send one in when you are all better. It's worthy of paper, that's for sure.
 
Aw, that little darlin's just getting broken in. Few passes on the grinder and she's ship shape.

The scars make her yours. :D

Thanks for the eye candy Eric.
 
Ryan, I'm glad both you and your friend are OK; thanks for sharing your story! It was good thinking to bring the knife and light.

Eric, Thanks for the pic!

Gene
 
I'm glad you came through this okay. Heal up, soon.

Thank you for sharing your account.

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Eric,

Would you please also post a picture which includes the butt of the handle, where he pounded it with the rock.

Thanks.

--Mike
 
Thanks for all the wishes gents,

Eric as always thanks for posting the photo,she dont look half bad To be honest I didnt remember what she had looked like except for the few chips out of the edge. The coating also held up real well that is something I forgot to mention,sorry about that.

Like I said she probably wouldnt have chipped if I hadnt of twisted the blade but it was the only way I can save energy due to the blade getting stuck ,so I would rock the blade side to side:eek: I'll tell ya the noise it made,made me wish I had ear plugs LOL:D

Thanks again everybody and to Swamp Rat a BIG thank you.
 
I would like to see a picture of what is left of the 4x4 after the camp tramp had its way with it!!!!

Take care of the old brain bucket, head injuries can take awhile to recover from.
 
First thing, congradulations for having the necessary focus to get out (though I would have to insert the obligatory "you should have told someone comment" even though I have been guilty of not doing it more than once).

Second, it is situations like these which come to mind whenever I see the carrot cutter crowd push the latest puukko as a survival knife. Yes the edge on the Camp Trap got slightly damaged by all the hacking and prying, consider how one of the ultra-light tomato slicers would have done in comparison.

This of course isn't an attack on such knives, I have many of them and they are great at what they are designed to do, performance in extreme survival/emergency situations isn't of course one of them. Greg Davenport is one of the few survival guys who makes a distinction between method of outdoor camping/living vs outdoor survival.

In a survial situation your main goal is to get out, when camping or living it is to create an adventure, a way of life or just to have fun. These enviroments are in no way similar. I can go to a junkyard and take pretty much any knife and carefully cut a hole in the roof, trunk or body of a car. If I take my time, use a decent baton and take care with hit placement the knife should come out ok, even with cheap knives, I have done it.

However if you are in a car, upside down, you may or may not be bleeding, the temperature is dropping, it is raining/snowing, your buddy may be worse still, there may be large predatory animals around attracted by all the blood and/or sounds of distress. All of these will greatly add to the stress and tension you are under, these tend to have more than slight effects on the ability to perform delicate tasks and a lot of caveman smash tends to happen.

There are times when you want a delicate slicer, and there are times when you want a solid blade. The worst that can happen if you need a delicate slicer and you have a solid blade is that your sandwitch is a little less than perfect, if you are hungry then you will not care, if you are not hungry then its not much of an emergency/survial situation - you just walk up out of you basement and presto you have "survived". If you need a solid blade and you have a delicate slicer, the worst than can happen is that you become someone else's sandwitch.

Hit that edge with a belt for a minute, I would not even bother to remove all the chips, just hone until the majority of the edge is sharp and she will be good to go. In time the edge damage will be removed with repeated honing. There are lots more truck removals left in that blade, of course you hope that she is never called on to have to do it, but you know that the ability is there if you need it.

-Cliff
 
Hey Cliff,

Yes it would be bad if I would of had a Puukko or some kind of blade of that nature.Getting threw the door was a pain in the ass,but the darn roof was horrid,I had to cut a decnt size square but I had to be careful cause that was part of the support,cut to much and it might crush us more :eek:

The problem with the roof was the dirt and rock underneath,P.S Why is it when you NEED to dig the ground is either really hard or there are BIG rocks?

So that wasnt fun,but the CT got through it and after that was removed I could dig a decent size hole to give myself some room to work,Plus this is how I got the rock to use as a hammer to get the CT threw the door.........

P.S Did I mention how handy that CMG light was:D ?I wear that thing around my neck,a single aa battery last forever in that thing,It also was a life saver.
 
Glad to hear you are all right. Hope you heal well.
I have heard many manufacturers say that their knives can cut through aircraft fuselage, and I must add that compared to the door of a 4x4 aircraft skin is like paper. Must be a great knife.
Best wishes,
Jaime.
 
So do you have pictures of the 4x4??? I'd like to see the "cause" and results of your efforts.

Will certainly show us what is what with the CT.

Mike
 
Im sorry I wasnt able to take any photo's as I was in no condition to hike all those miles in the next morning,and my friend had to have the vehicle removed ASAP or he would get a huge fine and pay the cost of towing on top of that.

The drive to the scrap yard where he sold it was a 2 1/2 drive from home and there was just no way I could have made that drive, I almost didnt make the drive to my doctors for a check up which is 15 minutes....

I wish I would have taken a picture of the bump on my head,this bump raised about the size of a golf ball,it was so big I couldnt put my hat on:eek:

Again I wish I was able to take some pictures for you folks to see,but again I was just in no condition to move,heck the doctor was pissed that I drove the 15 min to my appointment.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
Hey Eric, you still got that camp tramp picture? :)
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I was finally able to get it off of my old computer.

Here are 2 pics of this Camp Tramp.
FeatherstonesCampTramp-1.jpg

FeatherstonesCampTramp.jpg


Doesn't look bad at all for what it went through.

:D:D
 
those pics did not show up any more , do you Eric Isaacson still keep those Precious pics ?

i am sorry for digging up this ashed thread , but i really like the story and love tough blades.

dingy
 
I just received an e-mail from Eric. He lost the pics but he confirmed that niceguyedy's picture is Featherstone's Camp Tramp! Thanks for digging it up, niceguyedy. :)
 
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