how many knives do you take/carry on a camping trip?

[shootist16]

Curious as to how many knives you take or carry with you on a camping trip?

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[HJK]

One neck knife or a knife lashed to PFD; one big knife for chopping and similar uses; one Swiss Champ. Sometimes one more for cooking, depending on which big knife I take and which neck.

 

[takao]

one six inch fixed blade and one three inch folder to go camping.

 

[Bladewizard]

One six to eight inch fixed blade depending on gear. One four inch folder, usually my Police model cause the darn thing's still cutting, and my SAK.

 

[storyville]

One sturdy 4.5" fixed blade, one SAK (Rucksack before, now Trailmaster), and a multi-tool.

Glen

 

[Hagar]

2 or 3.....
usually a hunter with a 6" blade, a small fixed blade(6"overall) and a folder in the survival kit and often a multi tool also.

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[not2sharp]

1) Start with a good SAK
2) Add a lock back folder (usually a Buck
110)
3) Add a medium fixed blade (about 6-7
inches in blade length)
4) Add a 3/4 size axe
5) Add a Machete

On many short backpacking trips I seldom go beyond item 1. But depending on conditions, I will add the rest as required (the load would be distributed among group).

 

[Islander72]

five

 

[sevenedges]

(1) Battle Mistress
(2) Folder or Mean Street

 

[Michael Bennett]

This weekend I took SAK camper and trailmaster models, a Schrade folding lockback, and a SpecPlus SP-5.

I used the pen blade of the SAK camper most. The SP-5 was used for cutting seasoned birch, poplar and pine for firewood. I used the trailmaster's saw a little. The rest went unused.

Mike

 

[conrads]

having just returned from a trip with my scout troop...

I took an opinel
and a KISS
and a leatherman Micro




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conrad

conrad@canadamail.com

 

[evasion]

SRK, afck, SAK, schrade stockman

 

[Shamrock Don]

1. 18 inch Ang Khola Khukri
2. Cold Steel Bushman
3. CRKT M16-14
4. MicoTech HALO 3
5. Swiss Army Pocketknife

 

[Joe Talmadge]

Some people, when they go camping, carry knives because some camp chores require them. Sometimes I think I have it bass ackwards, I go camping so I can try out more knives.

As a result, although I'm a huge fan of minimal gear, I often carry way more knives than necessary. I usually have a Leatherman PST II, some kind of folder (used to be AFCK, now it's Axis), high-performance fixed blade (TTKK, or A.G. Russell Deerhunter), and big-job knife (12" Ontario machete, or hatchet). On top of that, whatever knives I want to take for a test drive on this trip.

On hikes, everything gets left back at camp except the high-performance fixed blade, and possibly the folder.

Joe