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I did a little CAMP work today and thought I'd let everyone in on how things went.
I was puttering around the yard and saw a squirrel creeping up to the house. My cat was stalking it so I thought I'd relax a moment and watch the huntress hone her skill. My daughter saw the cat, yelled at it to come to her, and in doing so scared the squirrel up a tree. Not wanting to deprive my beloved family cat of well-needed nutrition (she just had 4 kittens), I ran in the house, got my Browning .22 pistol (figured the .45 on my hip was overkill), and popped the squirrel in the neck. It ran down the tree and just hung there bleeding slowly on my wifes Hostas. I reached around the tree, slipped my Advanced Folding Combat Knife under the squirrel's neck, and with a quick little slash nearly took it's head off. I tried to skin and clean the squirrel with the Advanced Folding Combat Knife but I found it bit lacking in the "animal prep" dept. I kept cutting holes in the pelt or gouging the meat. No real control. I pulled out my Cetan and WOW, what a difference! The little Cetan was a dream, small enough for delicate up close work and razor sharp. No problems skinning with it. It made quick work of cutting off the furry tailed rat's feet and head and splitting the pelvis and rib-cage. No damage to the knife edge from the bones. It was still plenty sharp after cutting up the animal for the stew pot tomorrow.
I wish I had a Cetan as a lad, it would have saved me much heartache constantly sharpening my Shrade Sharpfinger while dressing small to medium game.
As far as my (old) AFCK, I am thinking that maybe upgrading to the new Advanced Folding CAMP Knife model will help out in the utilitarian dept. Any thoughts on that?
I was puttering around the yard and saw a squirrel creeping up to the house. My cat was stalking it so I thought I'd relax a moment and watch the huntress hone her skill. My daughter saw the cat, yelled at it to come to her, and in doing so scared the squirrel up a tree. Not wanting to deprive my beloved family cat of well-needed nutrition (she just had 4 kittens), I ran in the house, got my Browning .22 pistol (figured the .45 on my hip was overkill), and popped the squirrel in the neck. It ran down the tree and just hung there bleeding slowly on my wifes Hostas. I reached around the tree, slipped my Advanced Folding Combat Knife under the squirrel's neck, and with a quick little slash nearly took it's head off. I tried to skin and clean the squirrel with the Advanced Folding Combat Knife but I found it bit lacking in the "animal prep" dept. I kept cutting holes in the pelt or gouging the meat. No real control. I pulled out my Cetan and WOW, what a difference! The little Cetan was a dream, small enough for delicate up close work and razor sharp. No problems skinning with it. It made quick work of cutting off the furry tailed rat's feet and head and splitting the pelvis and rib-cage. No damage to the knife edge from the bones. It was still plenty sharp after cutting up the animal for the stew pot tomorrow.
I wish I had a Cetan as a lad, it would have saved me much heartache constantly sharpening my Shrade Sharpfinger while dressing small to medium game.
As far as my (old) AFCK, I am thinking that maybe upgrading to the new Advanced Folding CAMP Knife model will help out in the utilitarian dept. Any thoughts on that?
