Modern Nessmuk Trio, other combos, pics...

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Magnum22

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looking past Sears' gear and methods, which are anchored to what he had at his disposal, and instead applying his principles to modern tools and supplies, i think Nessmuk's trio would look something like what follows. the woods haven't changed, just us, so changes would probably revolve around the stockman.

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I don't have a double bit or a nessy, so i subbed these guys in. The yellow huntsman is the major change here. two blades, like his stockman, plus the saw, scissors, reamer, and the other standard sak tools.

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swisstool spirit s and the mag block. match made in heaven. with the locking tools he may have forgone the sheath knife, maybe not. we'll never know, but i'm fine with it.

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remember the financial statement in chapter two? a week and a half's pay for his double bit. if he liked infi, he might carry these. not too likely since he didn't like bowies.

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unlikely he'd carry this either, but i think it's a good pair. for the dollar, there's little that'll do much better. maybe tram bolo and the carbon opinel paring knife. that's $11 total. i don't have a tram and the opinel's still in the mail.
 
The top pic is close to what I carry. Very basic. I'm not big on large blades in the woods. All though I keep a few around the house. Moras are very light and basic, easily replaced as well. I also carry a Vic Farmer and a Woodsman's Pal for chopping. That's a good combo and would have to agree with you on the modern Nessmuk Trio.
 
a word about the orange mora. this may not transfer to all moras, but ignoring price, that knife is ideal. the blade is thin with a single high bevel, the steel is quality, the weight is low, the handle is comfortable, and the whole thing is brightly colored, durable, and all weather. expendability is just a bonus.

that orange mora is my primary fixed blade, leaving hard use for the ranger.
 
I like the combos. I usually carry a Gerber saw instead of ax, along with either my Fallkniven F1 or BRKT Fox River and SAK Trekker. If I leave anything home it is usually the saw.
 
That first one looks pretty close to the trio that I just completed:

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I just bought the SAK Hiker last week with some of my Christmas money. I think it rounds out this combo just about perfectly. The Hiker was the most expensive piece at about 25 bucks, but it came with a "free" utility knife that's probably worth at least 5 bucks. If you look at it that way, the whole combo came in at just under 50 bucks. Heck, even at 55 it's still a bargain.

Edit: The Mora is a model 521 in case anyone comes along to look at this who doesn't recognize it and wants to know.

Here's a pic of the utility knife:

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It's a pretty nice little freebie! :thumbup:

Oh, and the jacket that I used as a back drop for the pics was found for about 5 bucks at Goodwill. :thumbup:
 
i would have put in a fiskars had i owned one. i've also been thinking about getting a hiker, since i never use the scissors on my huntsman. your combo looke better than mine. i really like the utility knife as well, especially with the nylon scales.
 
No pics yet but my trio is a vic OHT, Fallkniven F1 and a Gransfors Bruks small forest axe.
I feel pretty dumb saying it but i just realized with shipping this trio cost me about 300$!
I could have a decent trio for under 50 easily.
I like that stacked leather hatchet a lot, whats the brand name?
 
Magnum22 said:
i would have put in a fiskars had i owned one. i've also been thinking about getting a hiker, since i never use the scissors on my huntsman. your combo looke better than mine. i really like the utility knife as well, especially with the nylon scales.
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Nothing at all wrong with that Estwing hatchet either. It looks really classy with the stacked leather handle. I've thought about grabbing one quite a few times, just haven't done it yet. The one thing I like about the Fiskars over the Estwing is that it's very comfortable to hold all the way up to right under the head.

The utility knife is nice, but it has a chisel grind on it, and it's ground on the "wrong" side of the knife. I did a search and discovered that it's actually called a "Gardener." It's ground that way so you can hold it "upside down" and cut toward you when trimming/pruning plants and cutting buds for grafting shrubs and trees. I also discovered that it sells on it's own for about 10 dollars which effectively (to my slightly twisted sense of logic) means that I only paid about 15 dollars for the Hiker :thumbup:
 
Longbow, if I carry my clipper instead of the F1 we are pretty close.
I really like that hunter, how do you like the small serrated blade over the screwdriver?
I prefer the liner lock in the black ones, do you know if the green hunter has one?
 
Liam Ryan, I like the small curved serrated blade and I don't need the screwdriver on the Hunter, because I carry an old WWII army issue folding utility knife that has one if I need it.

I don't know if there is any difference between the red and green handled hunters aside from the scales.

I do have a green handled OH Trekker that is issued to the German Bundeswehr and aside from scale color, there is a difference between the black handled and green handled OH Trekkers. The green handled version doesn't have the pick & tweezers.
 
This what I use now.
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Before I used a 780 instead of the 510. The camping SAK is about 17 years old and used as an EDC.
 
Wow! I like that $5 Woolrich jacket! Now THAT'S a bargain! And I like the cutlery combo as well!

Ron
 
My indoor photography leaves a lot to be desired, but here's my woods trio:



Wetterlings axe.
Jack Black Knives U1.
Victorinox Hunter.

The U1 hasn't been made for 10 years, so I'm not trying to sell it! But obviously I AM biased! If I didn't have the U1 I'd probably go with a Mora too. Background is my old (prototype) Snowsled Overhead Classic ventile climbing smock.
 
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