Minimalist camping without a fixed blade

jackknife said:
I love an orderly universe. A universe that you can count on certain things always happening in order. The sun rises in the east, the tides come in on a schedule, and Gaston will always use any excuse to insult the U.S.A. and firearm ownership. Like clockwork, so it gets easier to tune out the drivel. :roll eyes:

The boy's reliable if nothing else.
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Lol. Yes sir!
 
robgmn said:
Sorry for the threadjack.
Maybe there are other endemic reasons that gun ownership in Canada is less than 1/3 of what it is in the US (adjusted for population differences).

Regardless, I'll bet some amazing knives have originated up there.
I know my wife's relatives crafted a lot of their own tools for their farm, and I'm sure sturdy cutting implements were included in what they made.

Canadian, fixed blade, AND an outdoors knife!
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As noted, about 30% of Canadian adults have a gun vs. 36% of U.S. adults. Perhaps we have more per person, but that may be little consolation if you are looking to get shot. The guy with only one gun may know how to use it well.
 
Thomas Linton said:
As noted, about 30% of Canadian adults have a gun vs. 36% of U.S. adults. Perhaps we have more per person, but that may be little consolation if you are looking to get shot. The guy with only one gun may know how to use it well.
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Sure but what types of guns are they? Can they be carried for self defense? Yes the gun ownership might be the same but the freedoms granted over that ownership might be different. In many states it is very easy to buy a gun and carry it for SD, concealed or otherwise. In my state for example it takes a citizen with a clean record minutes to buy a hand gun (or long gun for that matter) and openly carry it. Further, it takes the same citizen with a clean record 45 days to apply for and receive LTCF. This license is also honored in most of the rest of the United States (32). So just looking at those raw numbers doesn't really explain the difference in gun restriction law between the two countries.
 
craytab said:
Sure but what types of guns are they? Can they be carried for self defense? Yes the gun ownership might be the same but the freedoms granted over that ownership might be different. In many states it is very easy to buy a gun and carry it for SD, concealed or otherwise. In my state for example it takes a citizen with a clean record minutes to buy a hand gun (or long gun for that matter) and openly carry it. Further, it takes the same citizen with a clean record 45 days to apply for and receive LTCF. This license is also honored in most of the rest of the United States (32). So just looking at those raw numbers doesn't really explain the difference in gun restriction law between the two countries.
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All good points, and if you look past the numbers, a very different story comes out. In the whole, Canadian citizens do not enjoy nearly the firearm freedoms that the citizens of the U.S. do. The matter of honest self defense is not allowed in Canada, and weapons can not be carried just for that sake. But in the U.S. most of the states now have concealed carry laws, with a few states even going one step further for Constitutional Carry. No permit needed as the carrying of a gun is seen as a right of the U.S. citizen. Handgun ownership in the U.S. of course would swamp the numbers of Canadian handgun ownership.

The rights of a human being to defend themselves as well as any loved ones with them or their home is a very precious right. Or should be. When a government tells you that you can't, it's time to put that government on a shorter leash.
 
I was responding to the issue actually raised - Canada as a place where "they're afraid to let people have guns."

I cannot disagree with your observations about concealed carry. The human right to life includes the right to go armed.

On the other paw, Jefferson's concern over governmental tyranny is met quite well by long guns - better in fact than by hand guns. "Never take a hand gun to a gun fight."
 
craytab said:
Sure but what types of guns are they? Can they be carried for self defense? Yes the gun ownership might be the same but the freedoms granted over that ownership might be different. In many states it is very easy to buy a gun and carry it for SD, concealed or otherwise. In my state for example it takes a citizen with a clean record minutes to buy a hand gun (or long gun for that matter) and openly carry it. Further, it takes the same citizen with a clean record 45 days to apply for and receive LTCF. This license is also honored in most of the rest of the United States (32). So just looking at those raw numbers doesn't really explain the difference in gun restriction law between the two countries.
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Short answer; Canadians have a better deal than Californians. We're also about par for pop.

Long answer; I walk the local municipal greenways with with a Winkler II Belt knife that has never caused anyone to have a case of the vapors on sight. I hike etc. with it too. Anyone who feels they're happier hiking with a folder or something lighter is fine by me too. As soon as they start expounding on why you should carry safety scissors instead of a scary edge I say tally ho, roast them.

The troll who once again started the derailment lives in a complex fantasy world. It's just one big feedback loop of insecurity and ignorance that at this point isn't even a bit funny.
 
I've had one of those outlaw SXS 12 inch barrels. Fun gun but not really useful so traded it. In Canada there is no such thing as self defence. Seriously not allowed. You're either a target shooter, collector or hunter. No self defence. Whatever you say it's not for self defence. Pathetic
 
Brad "the butcher";16728533 said:
with a name like Gaston methinks he could be a French Canadian who hate anything Anglo-American......trolling his douche views....go figure that word is french
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Nah. That would be too obvious. I bet he's false flag just to give Canadians a bad name. Who could be doing that? The Mexicans! They think if we focus more north there'll be no wall down south.
 
Peter Demmer of Terrier blades.
No affiliation whatsoever. I just needed to show a Canadian-made knife!
 
What a thread!

Mulling the question at hand....

When I was in high school, we lived in Alaska. I was in a scout troop that camped/backpacked one weekend a month, regardless of weather conditions. During long Christmas breaks, the scoutmaster would arrange a backpacking trip above the treeline for senior/seasoned scouts.

We didn't use stoves, unless above the treeline.

I had two knives in my inventory. A fixed blade Buck 102 and a folding Buck 112.

Which knife for which trip? I was no genius, mind you, but if the trip was off the beaten path, or the weather was going to be extra cold, I generally reached for the Buck 102. Nothing wrong with the 112, but the fixed blade gave me more peace of mind and I could work with it better while I was wearing big mittens.

Looking back over the years, I'm pleasantly surprised at my sage decision making--at least on the knife subject. :)
 
craytab said:
Canada. He has posted numerous times his anti-USA views as well as other outlandish thing.
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Just because I don't like car culture, and don't find handguns practical, doesn't mean I'm anti-US.

Last November 8 I think I lost the last remnants of my anti-US sentiments... And you don't want to know what I think of other Western countries, including my own, since August 31st of 2015...

Gaston
 
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Gaston444 said:
Just because I don't like car culture, and don't find handguns practical, doesn't mean I'm anti-US.

Last November 8 I think I lost the last remnants of my anti-US sentiments... And you don't want to know what I think of other Western countries, including my own, since August 31st of 2015...

Gaston
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You're right...we don't know or care to hear what you think of other Western countries in this forum. We have a Political Arena forum to contain the stinky political mumbo jumbo.
 
Gaston444 said:
I don't see it as preachy either, not to mention many woods have habitations, cottages or even small towns cutting through them. That is why I carry fixed blades only inside the waistband...

Actually, come to think of it, really deep isolated woods is about the most stressful place to come across anybody... Whenever I hear someone in some remote wood, they tend to give me a wide berth and I do the same...

Gaston
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Yes, we've all seen the pictures. You'll forgive me if I choose to carry my fixed blades in a more comfortable manner than jammed down in the crotch region. LOL
 
craytab said:
Sure but what types of guns are they? Can they be carried for self defense? Yes the gun ownership might be the same but the freedoms granted over that ownership might be different. In many states it is very easy to buy a gun and carry it for SD, concealed or otherwise. In my state for example it takes a citizen with a clean record minutes to buy a hand gun (or long gun for that matter) and openly carry it. Further, it takes the same citizen with a clean record 45 days to apply for and receive LTCF. This license is also honored in most of the rest of the United States (32). So just looking at those raw numbers doesn't really explain the difference in gun restriction law between the two countries.
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Canadians have far fewer restrictions than the tens of millions of us who live in Mass, NY, NJ, MD, D.C., Illinois, CA, etc..
 
I guess I've been lucky. Never met anyone who spooked me or visa-versa. Waist belts on packs largely preclude belt carry of anything. Fixed blade rides in upper right side pocket of my current pack.
 
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