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What are you guys up to that you need so much kit?
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How many tools do you take (be honest)
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Vnox Hiker, and usually a Spyderco Delica.
When thinking of having a campfire because of being stuck in a designated primitive campground, a BK&T BK7 or Blackjack #1-7 for splitting wood, and sometimes a GB small Forest Axe in case I need to do some chopping. I'd call that "car camping" stuff, though.
Carried a Busse Basic 4 in my pack for the last couple of overnighters. It doesn't really have a job, but did get used to hack up some small stuff where I wanted to dump my bivy week before last. Don't know whether that will become a regularly carried item or not.
There's a LM Micra in my first aid kit, and a Vnox Classic on my keys, if those count.
When thinking of having a campfire because of being stuck in a designated primitive campground, a BK&T BK7 or Blackjack #1-7 for splitting wood, and sometimes a GB small Forest Axe in case I need to do some chopping. I'd call that "car camping" stuff, though.
Carried a Busse Basic 4 in my pack for the last couple of overnighters. It doesn't really have a job, but did get used to hack up some small stuff where I wanted to dump my bivy week before last. Don't know whether that will become a regularly carried item or not.
There's a LM Micra in my first aid kit, and a Vnox Classic on my keys, if those count.
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For one day or sevreal nights I take:
A 4 to 5" fixed blade
an orignial Leatherman more for the tools then the blade
in my pocket I have a key chain with leathem mirco (it was free), hooked with fire started, a AAA led flash light and a little para cord.
Some times I carry a chopper but it deppends on where I'm going.
For hunting I add a spare 3 to 4" blade hunting knife but it is more as a loner then for me, I have some forgetfull freinds.
A 4 to 5" fixed blade
an orignial Leatherman more for the tools then the blade
in my pocket I have a key chain with leathem mirco (it was free), hooked with fire started, a AAA led flash light and a little para cord.
Some times I carry a chopper but it deppends on where I'm going.
For hunting I add a spare 3 to 4" blade hunting knife but it is more as a loner then for me, I have some forgetfull freinds.
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What I "need" and what I carry are different things. Most of the time I over do it on purpose, just because is fun.
My usual day-hike set-up:
my overnight set-up adds this:
but honestly I'd be fine with any of these:
and then are the ones that are not pictured....
I've always appreciated/enjoyed a good scandi grind.
My usual day-hike set-up:
my overnight set-up adds this:
but honestly I'd be fine with any of these:
and then are the ones that are not pictured....
I've always appreciated/enjoyed a good scandi grind.
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2-4 depending on time of year and that's if you include the sak classic. When I go heavy it's usually the classic, edc blade like the izula or sak farmer, fixed blade which is just a koyote stead knife(only belt knife I own), then a wood processor like a gb mini or cs trail hawk.
Edit; subject to change... all the time.
Edit; subject to change... all the time.
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2-3. I generally follow the hatchet/belt knife/folder paradigm. Specifically a hatchet or hawk, ~4" scandi or Green River or Fiddleback, and a Vic Rucksack/OHT/Farmer. I've taken a few trips with the BK7 though, which subbed in for both the hatchet and belt knife.
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Anytime I'm in the woods I normally take a chopper and a 4" knife and sometimes an Izula as well. Occasionally I''ll swap out the chopper for a machete depending on where I'm going.
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Depends on where I'm going and what I'm doing.
Backpacking fast and light?
-Bahco Saw
-Medium Sized Fixed Blade (7" blade or thereabouts)
Extended backpacking / camping?
-19" Gransfors Axe
-Bahco Saw
-Small Light Duty Knife (Mora #1, usually)
These tools are mainly for fire making, but occasionally I catch Trout, Grouse, or Rabbit that will need to be cleaned.
It's very wet where I live, and in order to have fires during rain / snow storms I need to access the inside of wood. The Bahco Saw is the most useful item I've found for this, so it's always with me, even on day hikes. A medium fixed blade is used to baton wood if my axe is not available. If my axe is available, I switch over to a smaller, more agile knife for carving and cleaning.
In addition to these, I always have my EDC folder on me, but that's just a force of habit from carrying it every day in the city. I rarely use my folder in the woods. Mainly to cut cordage, or gut the occasional trout.
Backpacking fast and light?
-Bahco Saw
-Medium Sized Fixed Blade (7" blade or thereabouts)
Extended backpacking / camping?
-19" Gransfors Axe
-Bahco Saw
-Small Light Duty Knife (Mora #1, usually)
These tools are mainly for fire making, but occasionally I catch Trout, Grouse, or Rabbit that will need to be cleaned.
It's very wet where I live, and in order to have fires during rain / snow storms I need to access the inside of wood. The Bahco Saw is the most useful item I've found for this, so it's always with me, even on day hikes. A medium fixed blade is used to baton wood if my axe is not available. If my axe is available, I switch over to a smaller, more agile knife for carving and cleaning.
In addition to these, I always have my EDC folder on me, but that's just a force of habit from carrying it every day in the city. I rarely use my folder in the woods. Mainly to cut cordage, or gut the occasional trout.
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My maximum load-out is:
-Lightweight Folder
-Leatherman (Wave or Original)
-Buck Vanguard or 119
-Gerber Folding Saw
-Condor Golok
If I'm going lightweight I'll only take the saw, Vanguard, and a folder or Leatherman (depending on if I want pliers or not)
-Lightweight Folder
-Leatherman (Wave or Original)
-Buck Vanguard or 119
-Gerber Folding Saw
-Condor Golok
If I'm going lightweight I'll only take the saw, Vanguard, and a folder or Leatherman (depending on if I want pliers or not)
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On Saturday I did a long day hike and some skills practicing.
I always bring my Järvenpää Aito Puukko in birch bark in a JRE sheath. I put a 'biner through the top loop and wear it as a dangler on my side pants belt loop.
On my front pants belt loop, I always have as SAK.
In addition to those, on yesterday's hike I brought a Ontario RAT-7 and a Kershaw folding saw.
I always bring my Järvenpää Aito Puukko in birch bark in a JRE sheath. I put a 'biner through the top loop and wear it as a dangler on my side pants belt loop.
On my front pants belt loop, I always have as SAK.
In addition to those, on yesterday's hike I brought a Ontario RAT-7 and a Kershaw folding saw.
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this is what was with me the last over night. The picture does NOT include the ESEE RC 3 secured to my pack, a small Wetterlings Axe, or the Echo CS-400 chainsaw. 
Last weekend I went to Iowa for a class with Terry (Midwest School of Bushcraft). While we were out and about I carried: Gerber Sliding Saw, 4" Unscandi Bushcrafter, and an Alox Farmer. While back at camp I had my Gerber Sport axe. The Farmer was never used, next time I might leave it at home.
I had a bunch of other blades but they were either in my truck (otherside of the lake) or they never left my main pack.
Ski
I had a bunch of other blades but they were either in my truck (otherside of the lake) or they never left my main pack.
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I'll second Zombie Zeke and ask what everyone is up to with all of these tools? Where I tend to hike along the AT open fires are not permitted and I'm always within a couple of miles of the various towns that dot the way. That being said I never carry an axe and though I have a nice Helle that I *think* about taking with me every time, the fact that my pack has a load-bearing waistbelt prevents me from wearing it on my hip.
As it happens I almost always end up taking my Spyderco Para-Military and even then, rarely cut anything with it.
That being said and I'm looking at a new Leuku anyways, you know, just in case.
As it happens I almost always end up taking my Spyderco Para-Military and even then, rarely cut anything with it.
That being said and I'm looking at a new Leuku anyways, you know, just in case.
For an overnight [usually involving a hike or approach - I rarely camp near or next to a vehicle], I only bring a Spyderco Military. I very very rarely make fires in the kind of places I go [mostly above tree line], so chopping wood etc. isn't a necessity.
Yesterday, I went for a day hike and carried a ZT 0300.
Most trips, I like to go light so I'll carry [at most] a sturdy folder and a Leatherman multitool. If I'm doing a trip where I'm building a fire, I may bring a GB small forest axe and a fixed blade.
Yesterday, I went for a day hike and carried a ZT 0300.
Most trips, I like to go light so I'll carry [at most] a sturdy folder and a Leatherman multitool. If I'm doing a trip where I'm building a fire, I may bring a GB small forest axe and a fixed blade.
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Tools: An old well worn stockman knife
Toys: A large variable pile of sharp pointy things of all shapes and sizes
I enjoy the outdoors as much as any of you; but, were it as much work as some of us would like to pretend, I would think that most of us would choose to stay home. We generally head out for a weekend walk through a park, not a 19th century expedition into a savage unexplored wilderness, where we would have had to spend weeks trail blazing, harvesting food, and constructing all forms of major infrastructure.
n2s
Toys: A large variable pile of sharp pointy things of all shapes and sizes
I enjoy the outdoors as much as any of you; but, were it as much work as some of us would like to pretend, I would think that most of us would choose to stay home. We generally head out for a weekend walk through a park, not a 19th century expedition into a savage unexplored wilderness, where we would have had to spend weeks trail blazing, harvesting food, and constructing all forms of major infrastructure.
n2s