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I trust these knives !!!

This is my absolute every day carry. I didn't even notice the Kershaw Blackout in my pocket for the first picture. If I have my pants on, its in the right pocket.

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Mike: "Did you hear about the guy who died in last week?"

Ike: "No. How did he die?"

Mike: "He was lost for about six days, and he died."

Ike: "How did he die?"

Mike: "He died from extreme dehydration, hypothermia, and systemic shock."

Ike: "If he had a fixed-blade on him he would have been alright."

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
It's all a matter of degrees and probabilities. If going into the bush meant there would be fair chance that I would have to trust my life to a knife, I wouldn't go. I trust a few knives to do the job I expect, just like I trusted my climbing harness when I used to climb. Nothing is absolute.

Weigh the probabilities and make a choice. Otherwise, being prepared becomes burdensome to the extreme.:)Regards, ss.
 
LMAO *looks wearily at allenC and skammer* You two are fighting in two threads now about almost the same subject :confused::eek::D. First the "why bring a folder in the outdoors," and now this one?

Skam, no one doubts the power of the almighty fixed blade, but some people prefer folders and that is what the other thread is about. This one is just about which fixed blade we all prefer to put our lives on.
 
Hi, guys. Although I've been reading the forum for a while, this is my first post. I do a lot of backpacking, camping, and canoeing and I really like carrying a Mora. But I also carry either a GB hatchet or GB light ax depending on the season. Sometimes with these hypos I think we're forced to oversimplify things. A Mora and a hatchet or light ax are what I'm real comfortable with. But if someone told me I could bring only one one tool with me for a month long backwoods expedition, well, ... I don't know.
 
batosai117 said:
LMAO *looks wearily at allenC and skammer* You two are fighting in two threads now about almost the same subject :confused::eek::D. First the "why bring a folder in the outdoors," and now this one?

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They have converged havent they LMAO ;)

Thanks for pointing it out.

Skam
 
Ray Mears does not use a Mora, he uses a custom scandi knife called a Woodlore, they usually sell at about $200 -$300, a lot more than Mora.
 
OH. Then he should do just fine. They must be 20 or 30 times better than a Mora then.:rolleyes:
 
Price is irrelevant, a mora is an extremely good deal, nothing more, nothing less.
Some might say their big choppers are a deal at a few hundred, as is their right.
 
it kinda bothers me that i've bought $500 knives that don't serve me as well as the old 760. such a fine knife at any price. does so well what knives should do.

think of ability to chop concrete and pry open bank vaults as a $490 option. sunroof, leather, 20" alloy wheels, they all have a price.
 
raybadge said:
Hi, guys. Although I've been reading the forum for a while, this is my first post. I do a lot of backpacking, camping, and canoeing and I really like carrying a Mora. But I also carry either a GB hatchet or GB light ax depending on the season. Sometimes with these hypos I think we're forced to oversimplify things. A Mora and a hatchet or light ax are what I'm real comfortable with. But if someone told me I could bring only one one tool with me for a month long backwoods expedition, well, ... I don't know.
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wow, a practical post on bf? the bladeforums unicorn, only posts once every leap year.
 
Magnum22,

You just reminded me of something: I carry a Cold Steel SRK on my PSK over here. I carry it because that $50 knife (purchased in the PX) has the ability to open up an aircraft skin like a can opener! That's why I carry it, not because it's a good slicer (which I don't think it is) or a good chopper (too short). But it will hack it's way out of a downed aircraft, if necessary. I guess you can say THAT'S a knife I'll stake my life on!

Ron
 
for me , any of these:

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true they are not high $$ , one is even home made , but they have never let me down and all perform above and beyond my expectations of them .

These are what I trust today right now , the orange handled one aside , what I have trusted in the past thru rough and sticky situations and thru normal messing around

I have noted tho , when I am in a sticky situation , I really look after my knives more than normal , since they are so much more valuable to me then .
just my $0.02
 
Ron53 said:
Magnum22,

You just reminded me of something: I carry a Cold Steel SRK on my PSK over here. I carry it because that $50 knife (purchased in the PX) has the ability to open up an aircraft skin like a can opener! That's why I carry it, not because it's a good slicer (which I don't think it is) or a good chopper (too short). But it will hack it's way out of a downed aircraft, if necessary. I guess you can say THAT'S a knife I'll stake my life on!

Ron
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:thumbup: Good point but let's say for giggles General aviation single engine or twin engine aircraft... any lock back blade or fixed blade knife will get the job done...your hacking thru aluminum skin with aluminum stringers,yes it may take a little time but you talking aluminum skins no thicker than your knife blade at the max. I am not knocking the SRK,I own one and truely like it ...but hacking thru a aircraft is not a good example...:D
 
If I had a throw away blade I would walk out into the shop and prove it,hacking thru a Aircraft is not as big of a deal as let on,unless your back or legs are broken and your knife is not on you ,if you lived to begin with...makes for a good selling point though...
 
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