Hiking Buddy picture thread!

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I looked through a quick search and didnt find an official 'Hiking Buddy' picture thread and seeing how I've just counted up what I currently have by way of Hiking Buddys - which is apparently my 2nd favorite model of Fiddleback - thought I'd start a picture thread for this beloved model.

Show off PICTURES of your Hiking Buddy(s)

My current collection.

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A RARE guardless hiking buddy (one of only a few ever made), 3/32nd






My EDC with some sexy pants gotta Love CPM154


 
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A guardless hiking buddy next to my old camp knife



Oh it's buried in snowmGgedon last year
Tapered tang to boot

 
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Wow Bud. First pic, third from the top. :eek: Gorgeous! What kind of wood is that? Love that its a 3/32 as well.
 
velosa said:
Wow Bud. First pic, third from the top. :eek: Gorgeous! What kind of wood is that? Love that its a 3/32 as well.
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Ironwood Burl .. and yeah, the 3/32" makes this dude one of the finest 'in hand' knives I own.
 
Ahh, the Hiking Buddy. It is that to me (literally) and more. Whenever I'm day hiking and going for a light load, it's the knife that comes along. In 3/32 and Bocote it's light as a feather. It's also one of my "church knives" I wear on Sundays. And it's my most carried EDC knife.

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3/32" O1, scandi, 1/4" pins. | 5/32" O1, glorious green. | 0.14" 154CM, hollow ground.

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Together with 1/8" O1, tapered.

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There has been flood of amazing picture threads lately. It's hard for me to get anything done anymore. :D There are some gorgeous Hiking Buddies here. I admit I have a new found desire for Box Elder after seeing Bonafide's knives throughout these threads.

It also never ceases to amaze me how Andy can take a simple piece of handle material and create such art with it. I'm not referring to the beautiful burls and exotic woods but even the micaratas and G10s become stunning pieces.

I do appreciate the quality of pics that are posted here. I just can't provide that with a cell phone. Great job everyone. Thank you!
 
This is an old pic, but I picked up a HB blank from Andy back when he still made them available and I put a handle on it. It's black paper micarta with black liners and stabilized maple burl.

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It is amazing to see the variety of handle configurations, bolsters, spalting, grinds, steels, etc. that Andy has produced over the years. I especially like seeing the older ones. Very cool.

Here is my Hiking Buddy Duo.



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What an awesome selection. Thank you all for sharing. I think the HB is a perfect size for EDC or hiking. It is versatile enough to take on general tasks, yet robust enough to get you out of a bind. Here is a CPM 154 Hiking Buddy next to a WAS O1 Bison with curly oak and canvas micarta. The spalting on both is remarkable. I couldn't ask for better tools.

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