hiking the appalachian trail.

Weighing in on the weight aspect.

I too find an ASH 2 way bigger than anything I would bring.
Are you bring any other tools for cutting wood? Like a folding saw, perhaps.
A folding saw and a smaller(a lot smaller), thinner blade would be my combo.
 
Definitely jealous of you SRTR! Have a great hike! While I love leather, I'd go kydex from Buybrown, Mashed Cat, or Azwelke. I've hiked/ boulderer with leather (mostly my Hellrazor or Skinny ASH) and found that the leather gets torn up. I don't take it easy on hikes/ my gear unless my little ones are with me.

As others have said, reach out to the makers and see if they can get a sheath to you quick.

As for the ASH2... looks like a great blade, but a little heavier than I'm used to for longer hikes with significant elevation gain. That said, I picked up a Trash 2 recently--this way I can have a big blade that weighs just under a pound (w/o sheath). Dave Brown made me a sheath, and it's pretty lightweight altogether.

Good luck man, and have a great time. And be safe!
 
Rasmus80 said:
Weighing in on the weight aspect.

I too find an ASH 2 way bigger than anything I would bring.
Are you bring any other tools for cutting wood? Like a folding saw, perhaps.
A folding saw and a smaller(a lot smaller), thinner blade would be my combo.
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Absolutely--folding saw is a must!
 
As much as I like leather, I use Kydex (or other "plastic") for most trips. I prefer Mashed Cat Kydex for Busse(kin).

I like using a wood stove with an alcohol stove and fuel for backup and carry a Silky folding saw. A medium fixed blade allows for splitting the wood. As much as I like big knives, I usually carry something smaller like a Pork Shank, SwatManDu, S5LE, or War Dog.
 
I've got an Emberlit ti stove--it's small but light and simple, and works very well. That, and a Laplander folding saw.
 
Silky folding saws are light weight and cut like butter. Easy to carry and change out blades.
 
Aias said:
I've got an Emberlit ti stove--it's small but light and simple, and works very well. That, and a Laplander folding saw.
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Been looking at the emberlit stoves. think that will be the next piece of kit! may I ask what size fixed blade you carry? assuming the saw does a lot of wood processing.
 
Hey NYdude,

My Hellrazor has been out and about with me most often; sometimes my Randall #5-6. Even my Lon Humphrey Kephart in 3v is enough knife. Otherwise, my TGLB. If car camping, I'll being a big chopper and a Wetterlings hatchet too. My new Trash 2 is big and light--I need to give that some woods time; I have a feeling it will perform very well. I also usually have a small fixed or folder with me too.

BTW, I'm a former NY dude... born and raised, 25 years in Queens and Manhattan--then I moved away for grad school and ended up in SoCal.

The Emberlit stove is a fun, super light, and very durable piece of gear--make sure you get the Ti one, there are some stainless steel ones out there. Ti holds up better, I believe. Not having to lug fuel is a great thing.

Anthony
 
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Jerry Busse said:
Lightweight you say. . .. ????:)

Hmmmmmm . . . . ;)

I'm on it! :thumbsup:

Let's drink! :thumbsup:

Jerry :D
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I'm already loving the seemingly light BURP (I got the varsity)... light, long, lean, and mean... that's music to this hiker's ears!
 
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