My woods blades, and some miscellany

[Joben]

Had a bit of yard work to do today, so i got to play with some of my gear.

I took some pics of my woods blades. The One Hand Trekker is brand new. I like it. More on that below.

Left to right. Victorinox OHT, Izula, RC-3, Mora 911, Florian folding saw.

Joining them in this pic, a Cold Steel Trail Hawk

My Maxpedition 'woodsbumming' kit.

The job I was doing was taking down a wire fence.
I found application for several items in my EDC and woods kits.

My little widgy bar really proved itself as a viable tool.

Some of the little hook tabs were bent over making it impossible to free the wire.

Option 1: use the widgy bar as a pry tool and tap it in, therebye bending the tab further open.

Option 2: Wirebreaker!

Put the wire in the notch and twist several times.

Success!

Oh look, I found a snack! jk, this is not Man vs Wild.

I like these little toads, they're cute. They panic when you first pick them up, but after a minute or two they calm down and will stay on your hand indefinitely.

 

[Joben]

Mini-review of the OHT, with some comparison pics.
I like this knife a lot, I wish I had bought it sooner.

All the tools.

The bottle opener/screwdriver is beefier than the one on the standard size SAKs. I think the tool selection is well thought out. For years i've been happy with my Tinker. The Trekker is essentially the same, just bigger, and swapping the small blade for a very nice saw.

With an ESEE/RC-3 and Spyderco Byrd Crossbill

Thing seem to be sized well and thought out properly. Note how the opening hole makes a thumb ramp. Also I really like the serrations, and having them on the front of a combo-edge makes a LOT more sense then at the back.

The saw is nice. It's angled in an interesting manner, I'm not sure why yet, but it certainly isn't a problem. Also the spine is nicely squared, could make a firesteel striker, if you're careful not to shut it on your fingers...

This shows the angle difference, the blade comes out straight, the saw is tilted back.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Great photos

Looks like a set of top quality tools and gear

Well Done

 

[TheGame]

Need to get one and get rid of the serrations on one of those.

:thumbup:

 

[ROCK6]

I took some pics of my woods blades.

Joining them in this pic, a Cold Steel Trail Hawk

That's a great bunch of tools! :thumbup:

ROCK6

 

[KuRUpTD]

Nice write-up :thumbup: I haven't seen that Florian saw before how does it perform?

 

[Joben]

Need to get one and get rid of the serrations on one of those.

:thumbup:

You can get them in plain edge too.

I'd been turned off serations by some bad experiences with crappy serrations on cheap combo edge knives.
But the ones on the OHT are so different i decided to give it a shot...figuring i could always grind them off.

Totally different beast. First off, they are in the right place. This meens among other things that they keep the majority of the blade off the cutting surface when doing things like food prep. And you still have a nice plain edge in the high wear area near the base of the blade where a lot of wood working takes place.

Also, they are in a unique style, they aren't the needly serrations one so often sees, it's more like the edge has waves in it. very nice in my opinion.

Nice write-up :thumbup: I haven't seen that Florian saw before how does it perform?

I should do a write up on that one since I haven't seen it mentioned here. Probably will soon, and I'll go into detail. But bottom line, it's really nice.
For me it cuts faster and easier than the average...erm fixed blade coarse wood saw.

 

[pitdog]

Great stuff buddy, those OHT's are very tempting !