How much knife for hiking

vinprom said:
Good that you accepted my apologies. Anyway, seemingly you are deliberately humiliating me: new, lack of knives, grammar mistakes, not posting pictures. Not nice.
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Cray being honest. Don’t be insulted. You should be able to take little heat, not a big deal…
If you don’t mind: Does “vinprom” have anything to do with “Винпром” ?
 
POCEH KOCEB said:
Cray being honest. Don’t be insulted. You should be able to take little heat, not a big deal…
If you don’t mind: Does “vinprom” have anything to do with “Винпром” ?
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Point taken. Yes "Винпром," it is. As a kid, maybe second or third grade, I had a knife with this government company's logo. Lost it, then got another one, used it for years mostly for playing it it, a lot of blade wobble. Memories from childhood till my early teens.
 
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I'm a bit late coming to this thread, so no matter where I get posted, I'm answering the OP's question back on page 1... At 73 YO with a bad back and knees, "heading out into the woods" in my case means a day walk in a state park or a conservation area (plenty of those here in GA). These are areas that have quite few people in them and/or have rangers, attendants, etc. nearby. I do fine with a Bradford G3 and a G10 Bugout or Hogue Deka. I don't need any more blade than the Bradford has and I appreciate the strength of even a small FB over a small folder, but the folder is still a little handier and easier to use.

Years ago, when I did more backpacking and tent camping, I'd carry a Para 2 or Military for a folder and something the size of an Essee 3 or 4 as a FB (for strength), although I rarely used the FB for anything. Never carried or needed a saw or hatchet.
 
vinprom said:
Point taken. Yes "Винпром," it is. As a kid, maybe second or third grade, I had a knife with this government company's logo. Lost it, then got another one, used it for years mostly for playing it it, a lot of blade wobble. Memories from childhood till my early teens.
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😅 Those slip joint traditionals... They were all crappy, went trough few for myself, actually as a teenager got stubbed with one in my shoulder and the blade broke... 😂
Those were the good years with no safety nets. I'm glad to find another member from the old country, I believe. This is a good place, be honest and don't get touchy, there is a tons of knowledge here and lots of fun.
Добре дошъл and good luck.
 
POCEH KOCEB said:
😅 Those slip joint traditionals... They were all crappy, went trough few for myself, actually as a teenager got stubbed with one in my shoulder and the blade broke... 😂
Those were the good years with no safety nets. I'm glad to find another member from the old country, I believe. This is a good place, be honest and don't get touchy, there is a tons of knowledge here and lots of fun.
Добре дошъл and good luck.
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Благодаря! Yes they were low quality, but I did a lot of knife throwing practice towards trees, opening tin cans (with the tiny blade, it is not difficult or unsafe with proper technique, but damages the edge), throwing them to stuck in the ground, sometimes quite sandy and stony ground. Spent summer vacations ( mid-70's to mid-80s) in small villages with grandparents, in one of these villages(у северозападо), on father's side, was customary men to have a small hunting knife on their belts all the time.
 
As you can see, my brother is very concerned about how many ounces he carries. ;)

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He had an RD-9 and a Condor Golok in his pack...plus a few other knives.

Marks of use:

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For plain old "Hiking for the sake of hiking", I'll generally have the pocket knives I normally carry (one in left front pocket, one in right front pocket), and whatever fixed blade I throw in the backpack just because I like knives. :)
The Swisschamp is always in the pack.

Weight of knives does not slow me down for hiking...my stupid back and its wonderful spasms do that for me. :cool:
When the spasms kick in hard and the medication stops working, hike is done.

I'm not climbing mountains or hiking the Appalachian trail, but a lighter knife wouldn't make it happen.
If you know where I can buy all new skeletal muscles (and maybe some new tendons, ligaments and cartilage), then we can talk about that.
 
RugerNurse said:
I didn’t mean for this thread to go all over haha. I was curious what kind of knives people take on hikes. Although those can turn into more dire situations.
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I don't even go to the store down the street without a fixed blade on me. But to answer the Op's question, it depends. Are you going into unknown territory? Are you going alone? When I leave home on an ordinary day, I'm thinking in the back of mind that this may be the day that TSHTF. My attitude would be much more serious if I were going for a hike.
 
stabman said:
As you can see, my brother is very concerned about how many ounces he carries. ;)

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He had an RD-9 and a Condor Golok in his pack...plus a few other knives.

Marks of use:

LgPIJNf.jpg


yhsxhsK.jpg
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Cool photos and nice fire.

However ..... I'd classify that under camping .... clearly him or somebody else had a saw and prepared firewood before using a knife. Like most fixed "bushcraft" and batoning knife recommendations it is assumed that fire wood logs already exist. This is not for "small hikes" (as per OP). I'd argue that for occasions like your brother's, and in the wild, a saw might be more important than a large knife. But maybe there is one in his backpack :)
 
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ferider said:
Cool photos and nice fire.

However ..... I'd classify that under camping .... clearly him or somebody else had a saw and prepared firewood before using a knife. Like most fixed "bushcraft" and batoning knife recommendations it is assumed that fire wood logs already exist. This is not for "small hikes" (as per OP). I'd argue that for occasions like your brother's, and in the wild, a saw might be more important than a large knife. But maybe there is one in his backpack :)
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Also has concrete blocks and bricks around the fire. I don't know any people that goes hiking with concrete blocks and bricks. A staged photo probably not far from where they parked the car. :rolleyes:
 
ferider said:
Cool photos and nice fire.

However ..... I'd classify that under camping .... clearly him or somebody else had a saw and prepared firewood before using a knife. Like most fixed "bushcraft" and batoning knife recommendations it is assumed that fire wood logs already exist. This is not for "small hikes" (as per OP). I'd argue that for occasions like your brother's, and in the wild, a saw might be more important than a large knife. But maybe there is one in his backpack :)
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There was definitely a saw.
I had a saw as well. :)

Lots of food and water as well.

My stepbrother is a weird on for weight carried.
Everything fit into one pack.
He would obsess over the weight of every item...weighed them all.
But then he carried so many items and redundant ones as backups that the pack weighed 90 pounds!!! :D
I think he got the weight down eventually, but still more than many would like to carry.
 
Lesknife said:
4 oz heavy
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Obviously, yes. 4 oz would be "very heavy." For field use that is. For a hike, who cares?
Lesknife said:
Over the years growing up on a farm and ranch we were used to packing around necessary tools to fix fence and other chores all day long. A fencing tool is kinda like a multi tool and the ones that we used weighs around 14 oz. Then with a half pound spool of wire and a half pound staples and insulators plus our stockman knives and a shovel we managed well. If we needed anything bigger we trekked back to the pickup to get it. It was hard work but it didn’t hurt us any.
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Yep. When I do ranch work, I have a big multi-tool, maybe a sledge hammer, spool wire, pliers, pockets full of etc. But like you said, you're only carrying it from the pickup to the fenceline, and then if you have to go back to the pickup you're not carrying anything and really that walk is a break not a chore. Then at the end of the day you carry the shit back to the pickup - once. Not even close to the same as what I'm talking about.
Lesknife said:
At work I sometimes carry around a gear edc bag at aprox 3 lbs with my 7.5 oz leatherman wave, 4.5 oz edc knife, 5 oz hazlo flashlight and a 12 oz mulitgas tester. The yard here is about 60 acers square and walking around doing maintenance and testing it’s about 8-10 miles of walking for the day. It is a vigorous work day but not over exertion.
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If that's true then more power too you (and your poor knees!) but I have to call it into question. An above-average hiker is making 2mph. I do more than that but I'm experienced. So let's say you're doing 2mph. That would be 4-5 hours of walking if you walk 8-10 miles per day. That means that you've only got 3-4 hours for work (assuming an 8 hour day).

If you're really working for someone who lets you work 3-4 hours per day, all I can say is... are they hiring?
 
shane45-1911 said:
You obviously don't know many members here or their occupations, and what they use their knives for on a daily basis.
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Huh? Why would that matter? We weren't talking about what secret lives people keep, just the general low quality "barber shop banter" of people actually posting here. I'm guilty of it too at this point I think.
 
Went hiking today. Didn’t really need a knife, but I like to have one. The H10 is only a 3.5” Blade / 7” OAL. Very small and can even slip into the pocket without much trouble if the trails are “busy”. Unless you need a survival knife (or are actually camping/processing wood) I don’t think you need much bigger.

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campandtravel said:
Huh? Why would that matter? We weren't talking about what secret lives people keep, just the general low quality "barber shop banter" of people actually posting here. I'm guilty of it too at this point I think.
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It matters a lot when you make asinine statements like "This forum isn't for serious discussion. It's a bunch of hobbyists sitting around the barber shop."

Again, there are hundreds of people on this site that use their tools as part of their profession or lifestyle daily - nothing "secret" about it. And there is plenty of serious discussion about it.
 
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