I finally settled on a knife for backpacking, it's a Landi PSK w/ thin scales- I wanted a fixed blade as I recently went to dual fuel stove- one of the fuels being wood 
I wanted something light, but still stout enough for light batoning/splitting duties- the PSK utilizes a flat grind w/ 1/8" stock (1095)- so it should hold up just fine. I also wanted something w/ a decent size grip- I saw several nice knives that fit the bill, but most were lacking in the grip department- the Landi is not lacking.
The knife will be carried around my neck, I use 2.5 mm Spetra line- it has a 250 # test w/ a braided sheath. I don't want it to strangle me so I utilized a small plastic piece that came off an old glove so it will break given sufficient force (much less than 250 #). The sheath is wrapped w/ 15' of the Spectra- more than enough to erect a debris shelter. Within the sheath is a 3/16 x 2.5" firesteel- I have a couple of these smaller firesteels and the Landi's squared blade top does a good job of making sparks.
A Fox 40 Micro whistle and Photon light are added to the neck lanyard.
I made a wrist lanyard w/ a double hole cord lock, this allows me to lock the knife into the sheath w/ no chance of it coming out- the kydex sheath snaps in nicely, but didn't want any chance of the knife coming out. The wrist lanyard also keeps the whistle and light from clacking about.
The whole kit and kaboodle weighs in at a svelte 4.7 oz
Landi PSK 2.7 oz
kydex sheath 0.6 oz
firesteel 0.3 oz
15' Spectra 0.6 oz (includes cord lock)
Photo light 0.3 oz
whistle 0.2 oz
thanks to John for making such a nice knife!
Mike
I wanted something light, but still stout enough for light batoning/splitting duties- the PSK utilizes a flat grind w/ 1/8" stock (1095)- so it should hold up just fine. I also wanted something w/ a decent size grip- I saw several nice knives that fit the bill, but most were lacking in the grip department- the Landi is not lacking.
The knife will be carried around my neck, I use 2.5 mm Spetra line- it has a 250 # test w/ a braided sheath. I don't want it to strangle me so I utilized a small plastic piece that came off an old glove so it will break given sufficient force (much less than 250 #
). The sheath is wrapped w/ 15' of the Spectra- more than enough to erect a debris shelter. Within the sheath is a 3/16 x 2.5" firesteel- I have a couple of these smaller firesteels and the Landi's squared blade top does a good job of making sparks.A Fox 40 Micro whistle and Photon light are added to the neck lanyard.
I made a wrist lanyard w/ a double hole cord lock, this allows me to lock the knife into the sheath w/ no chance of it coming out- the kydex sheath snaps in nicely, but didn't want any chance of the knife coming out. The wrist lanyard also keeps the whistle and light from clacking about.
The whole kit and kaboodle weighs in at a svelte 4.7 oz
Landi PSK 2.7 oz
kydex sheath 0.6 oz
firesteel 0.3 oz
15' Spectra 0.6 oz (includes cord lock)
Photo light 0.3 oz
whistle 0.2 oz
thanks to John for making such a nice knife!
Mike
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