I think I might be overdoing it.

kamagong

kamagong

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Just a tad bit.

I'm taking my little girl camping for the first time next month (she's 4). Nothing too challenging, it'll simply be an introduction to the outdoors. Making fire, sleeping under the stars, with some hiking, and hopefully some swimming thrown in. Mostly my goal is to get away for a few days, and show her that it is quite possible to go without electronics.

I'm getting a bit restless, the trip is still a few weeks out. Nothing to do for now other than get the gear in order. These are the knives I'll be bringing.



:eek:

The SAK lives in my pack, the stag slipjoint in my pocket. The puukko is my belt knife. The criollo looking knife stays in camp, while the khukuri is coming along in case I feel the need to chop something. I'm bringing the two bushcraft knives at the request of my wife, who asked me to bring her something to "whittle" with.

Overkill? Most definitely. But we'll be car camping, so I don't mind the weight. :p Besides, if my wife can bring quad chairs and an eight-person tent (for three people...lol), I can certainly bring along some sharp and shinies.
 
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you are going to play for a couple if days
you are taking toys for your daughter
and toys for yourself
and I am sure your wife will bring what she wants too
 
Flashlights and teddy bears were big hits when the kids were small.

I always take a hatchet car camping in New England. Buy firewood locally (bugs travel) and split the large purchased wood for kindling. I avoid wood harvesting in most cases and definitely when car camping as all of the places we end up are just too hammered already to sustain harvesting. YMMV in your local places, obviously.

Oh, smores and hot dogs cooked over the fire are fun.
 
There's no need to bring a teddy gear or other toys. Ever since she was a baby she's been taught that the toys stay at home. We'll be bringing old fashioned games, chess checkers, dominoes, and such.

Got the flashlights. Thinking about the smores, though we might just do roasted marshmallows.

Got the memo about buying local. I won't be harvesting any wood for fuel, though I will be hunting for some fatwood. No need to bring a hatchet with the khukuri along.

We'll be in the Sierras.
 
These are what I take camping:
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Along w/whatever else I want to!
 
kamagong said:
There's no need to bring a teddy gear or other toys. Ever since she was a baby she's been taught that the toys stay at home. We'll be bringing old fashioned games, chess checkers, dominoes, and such.

Got the flashlights. Thinking about the smores, though we might just do roasted marshmallows.

Got the memo about buying local. I won't be harvesting any wood for fuel, though I will be hunting for some fatwood. No need to bring a hatchet with the khukuri along.

We'll be in the Sierras.
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Kamagong, give this a try. It’s a step up from smores. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1071481-Hunky-Bacon?highlight=hunky+bacon

If you can’t find szalonna, ordinary slab bacon will do.
 
Thanks for the tip. Maybe next time. This trip I think we'll stick to the classics, hotdogs and marshmallows.

I read some more about szalonna. Sounds delicious. Check this out.

In Search of Lard Time
 
kamagong said:
Thanks for the tip. Maybe next time. This trip I think we'll stick to the classics, hotdogs and marshmallows.

I read some more about szalonna. Sounds delicious. Check this out.

In Search of Lard Time
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Nice article, Kamagong.

It’s also called Gypsy bacon or cigany szalonna.

We mostly called it Hunkey bacon in my family. That was fair. When my maternal grandparents left Slovakia, it was part of Hungary. We were Hunkeys.

Hunkey bacon is a gendered food. At the big finish:

The women cubed the szalonna, and arranged it on the bread in an open faced sandwich.

The men do as I described. Fold bread around the coxcomb of szalonna, and bite.

Both styles are delicious.
 
Lol... I usually have four knives and a hatchet in my pack, along with whatever else I throw in that I think I will need. I think too many people get caught up in worrying about weight. I did 150 miles at Philmont with my Scout troop in the early 90s. I carried a 90lb pack the whole way. With the proper pack, unless you are trying to pack the kitchen sink, just make it fun. :)
 
Haha, I usually have the same problem. I'm usually strict on stuff i bring, with exception for knives. I can't choose and take a whole bunch.
Often I pack the knife I feel like bringing, usually I end up with an entire pile. Then get shocked about the number and start removing knives until the pile is small/light enough to fit in my pack.

Hope you had a great trip and good intro for your little girl to the outdoors!
 
I only really only used three of the knives during the trip. The slipjoint stayed in my pocket and the criollo was used for cooking duties. The khukuri was my fatwood getter, while the puukko was used for whittling and making fires.



 
Regardless of which tools you used on your 1st camping trip, it was a huge success in that your little one got to go out with her Daddy. I hope she had the time of her life and xtra kudos for eliminating ELECTONIC SCREENS!!!!

We're heading out this weekend for some slam-door camping ("camping" in a site campground....), but will bring along my favorite outdoor tools/toys and my kids get to practice using their ESEE Izulas and my son's SAK recently acquired/bequested by grandma (my Mom) for whatever they want to use 'em for (so long as they're safe of course).

Following my historic laziness, I doubt I'll have pics, but good on you for taking some and sharing!
 
It was a rousing success. My daughter loved it and asked when our next camping trip will be. My wife was a bit dismayed at how my little girl took to the outdoors, noting that she loved getting dirty a bit too much. Hahaha...
 
I took my 4 year old daughter camping last year for what was supposed to be 2 days, she had so much fun we stretched it to 5. It was worth the mess I came back to at work :rolleyes:
 
It was made by Pekka Tuominen, the guy who designed the Spyderco puukko.
 
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