Over knifed?

tknife said:
Definitely, though it causes some seperation anxiety about the ones that have to be left at home :p
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I told the ones that I leave at home that they're so special to me that I can't bare to hurt them. They're just too beautiful and precious.

Then, I shut the door behind me and laugh while I hug and snuggle on my favorites on their way to the camping pack. HAHAHA! Stupid stay-at-home knives. lol
 
GEC said:
Okay so me and my wife go camping for a couple days this past weekend. I pull out my Fiskars hatchet, Mora 780, and SAK camping model. My wife started messing with me about having to many knives and think it a little over board. She herself carries a SOG fieldpup or my OHT on her when we camp or hike, but just one of them only. She can understand the machete/hatchet and SAK. I think that she doesn't like my mora because it cheap and ugly. I know what it can handle and it limits. The 780 is tough as nails in its class of knives. Maybe not the best but it will get the job done.
I got to thinking about it alot and maybe she is right. I used to just carry my SAK all the time in the bush or hiking. I never needed anything else but to cut open food items, using the can opener, I use the saw alot, and small task. So do I really need to carry the mora for anything? What do you guys think? Do you think I would be better just carring a chopper and a SAK just to save the weight?
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I carry more than that when I walk my dog around the block !!!:D
 
Just print out this picture and show it to her next time you pull out three blades. Here is my load for a week long canoe trip in the adirondacks. Some for work, some for play and all for fun!

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This might be "over knifed" but certainly not 3.
 
3 or 4 usually come along one for big stuff (fire, shelter) 1 for everthing else, and a sak for use as a tool and as a back up blade..... I'd rather have all 3 and only use 1 or 2 (usual case) than have 1 and need the others.... as a wilderness survival enthusiast you become a specialist in that particular area and the more specialized an individual becomes the more intimate they become with the tolls requires to adequately carry out there tasks..... if a plumber came to my house to fix my sink... and just walked in with 1 wrench I'd think either this guy is awesome or an idiot.....
 
As I write this, I have a Wenger "Soldier" SAK in one pocket, a Victorinox "Huntsman" SAK in a nylon belt pouch, and my trusty #34OT Old Timer in my right front pocket....nah! I don't think you're "overknifed!"
 
I now realize that I made a mistake asking you guys. :) I love having my trio with me and I have used them alot lately. It just makes things easier for outdoor camping or hiking. Each tool for a specific jobs or for multi uses for emergencies. Another thing I realized is that she never carried a knife on her until I started using my knives for camp chores and what not. So, it is proven that it is a contagious disease to have sharp things on your hip/pocket or maybe I just got tired of her asking me to borrow the tools. :)
Pitdog- I hope you don't trip and fall on the ground. :D I alway carry a switch blade or 3' baton made out of oak that looks like a regular stick when I walk my dog. By the way you have a beautiful dog. Mine is a Reverse Brindle boxer and he almost looks like you dog.

K estela-I showed her the pic and she laughed so hard that she spit water on shoulder. I think she feels differently now that I explained it to her again. I think she does anyway....:)

Fiddleback-Yes indeed. I have loads of fun messing with sharp objects, but i hate lugging it around for 10 miles to nearest campsite. Not to mention most of my equipment. If I don't, I know I will be sorry for it later. So I do it anyway. :D
 
RescueRiley said:
if a plumber came to my house to fix my sink... and just walked in with 1 wrench I'd think either this guy is awesome or an idiot.....
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that pretty much sums it up! :thumbup:

the other day I was talking to a co-worker of mine - he's an avid hunter but doesn't EDC a pocket knife. I asked him about it and he shrugged as if it wasn't anything remarkable not to carry a knife. I agreed but explained that where I grew up (down south) if you were outside the house and someone discovered you didn't have a knife on you, they'd just look at you like you were stupid. Being caught without a knife was just embarassing. My co-worker admitted he grew up in the suburbs. ;)

Nothing wrong with carrying the respectable Nessmuk-style trio. Sure, if you're going light for a backpacking venture you might leave one to save a few ounces. But carrying a chopper or hatchet, medium-sized fixed blade, and a pocketknife is sensible.
 
Reproachfully, "you're carrying too many knives!"

"You're right, dear. I'll replace replace my handful of inexpensive knives with one super expensive dream knife! I'm so glad you thought of that. Maybe those nice guys at Bladeforums will have some helpful suggestions."

Gentlemen, turn knife conversations to your advantage!
 
My wife also complains about my knives, until she needs a sharp knife. After twenty years of marriage, I have developed a basic response: Why do you need more shoes than I have knives?

Spud

PS: Take the knives you will use, and take some more for fun. Life is too short for one knife.
 
bigbcustom said:
When I am packing in to camp, I carry three knives and a leatherman at least.....when I am car camping.....well......there could be twenty knives with me just because I want to see how they compare to each other doing different things. My wife thinks I am a crazy fool for doing it.......but......she doesn't undestand the need for my .45 while camping either. You have to remember that you are asking knife knuts if you are overknifed....that's like asking a group at a pyromaniac convention if they think you should carry more than one match lol.
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couldn't say it beter. my wife carrys three knifes when we hike camp or kayak camp i carry about 5 unless it's car camp then who knows like above i like to see side by side compare.
 
2 knives is my MAX. A smaller pocket knife (Case Moose, Vic Farmer, FK U2, etc...) and sometimes a larger fixed blade (FK F1, FK H1, etc...) and I'll add a folding saw if nescessary for the firewood/shelter. If it is winter or I am going to be deep into the woods for an extended period I'll pack an axe (Gransfors Wildife/Small Forest... maybe Scandinavian... oh, I also like the fiskars, their fairly lightwieght). :)
 
I'm the kind of guy that thinks of the Nessmuk Trio as a minimum, not the ideal.
My basic load is a 20" HI Ang Khola, RAT-7, Ka-Bar Mule. If I'm camping, and not just hiking, I add a Gerber Pro-Scout Multitool, because the tools do come in handy.
If I'm procuring food, add a filet knife and a skinner.

The filet knife, skinner and multitool ride in the pack. Everything else rides on my "bat belt" as the little woman calls it. OF course down here in FL, it's legal to carry just about any size knife you want openly (barring local ordinance), but I wouldn't worry about getting looks anyway. They'll probably freak out because of my rifle before they do because of my kukri.
 
Wabajack said:
The axe and SAK seem appropriate.
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I agree. I love my knives just the rest here, but I try to carry the minimum I likely need based on past experiences. Plenty of thu-hikers carry just a SAK and are fine for weeks, even months.
 
After our last camping on a bushcrafting festival, my wife suggested me to buy an axe. That was very strange comment - she is not into knives and does not really appreciate me having too many knives. Also, I was acceptably comfortable using my relatively small Busse Badger Attack 3 for everything: preparing wood for fire, cooking, making traps, hammering down sticks and carrying the knife all the time on me, I felt that was the idea of bushcrafting and light travel, i.e. capable doing more things using very little resources.
Also, my wife just loves Mora 2000, she finds it cute.
 
Roy Rogers said "never trust a man who doesnt carry a pocket knife".

Sounds like good advice to me.

Skam
 
Dylside said:
I told the ones that I leave at home that they're so special to me that I can't bare to hurt them. They're just too beautiful and precious.

Then, I shut the door behind me and laugh while I hug and snuggle on my favorites on their way to the camping pack. HAHAHA! Stupid stay-at-home knives. lol
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:D:D:D:D:D Really snotted beer on that one!:thumbup:
 
You can never be over knifed. I've heard of some guys in the military carrying 3 to 5 knives. I carry 3, sometimes 4 in the bush.
 
excellent thread.....I usually carry two on me on a daily basis. If I go backpacking, the number goes up to 3-4. I almost always have a leatherman wave on me as well as a good folder. If I have one knife on me, I feel underknifed and it has nothing to do with self defense as I have a firearm almost always. It is from the tool standpoint.

I cannot even count the number of times that my wife or mom have asked me to cut something for them because I could.:D
 
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