Over knifed?

cgusek111 said:
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.
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I learned the same thing from my grandfather back in the seventies. I think he had a knife for every little camping/fishing/hunting chore, and when he went camping, he carried at least 4-5 knives that I recall. And with the variety of knives today, no way can anyone be overknifed. If you 'adopt' one, well, you can't leave the others there in the case whimpering. You gotta bring the big/little brothers & sisters home too. It's only fair. ;)

My wife doesn't tease me about having too many knives. I learned how to sharpen knives properly, and I keep her kitchen knives sharp. If she starts badgerin' me about my knives, I just threaten to withhold certain 'knifely favors'. That usually returns peace to the household. :)

thx - cpr
 
Here are the knives I took on a car camping trip---Could have brought more actually.

Was a blast testing each one--and since weight was not as issue--wish I would have broght more.

http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=6686610

If I had to carry them(as on a backpacking trip)---I would have taken 3-4--but not all

Hell--part of the fun of being "knife addicted"(as I'm sure most of us are) is deciding which to bring --and then testing it.
 
out in the woods i just carry my ranger rd7 , my emerson cqc8 in my pocket and a becker necker hidden away in my back pack. at work i usually carry just carry my cqc8 but lately ive started carrying another for times when one of my buds need to cut something nasty .
 
I'd go with either the SAK & Mora, or the SAK & hatchet. They're pretty much equivalent in use, with a few differences.

Hatchet pros:
more efficient chopper/splitter
hatchet minuses:
heavier

Mora pros:
better slicer
minuses:
worse splitter (won't chop)

assuming you've got a saw on your SAK, there's no real need to chop, but chopping is faster. I'd say the hatchet + SAK is most useful and efficient, but the lesser weight of the mora might tip it over the edge for backpacking.

I carry a SAK farmer and a mora 760 when backpacking, but I don't have a hatchet. I should probably get one of em.

I definitely don't think you need all 3, but I'm not a "knife knut" so maybe I shouldn't be posting :P
 
WOW!:eek: I can't beleive this thread is still going! Well finally I got some people that isn't so knife crazy like us. :p (I didn't type this to PO anyone) The more I was thinking about it I should trade the Mora in for a blade to keep in truck and get a fallkniven F1 to replace it. That way I can still baton and not have to worry about blade failure. Maybe also carry a pocket chain saw(A good one, not the cheesy wire ones) for the bigger stuff. So that will also lighten up the load alot. Hmmm..decisions, decisions.:confused: This is the only problem in owning and getting alot of knives. You can never figure a good combo for every situation.:D It's great isn't it! This is also an opportunity and an excuse to get a F1 too.:D
I would like to thank everyone that took the time to enlighten me and my wallet a little further.:D
Gil
 
GEC said:
That way I can still baton and not have to worry about blade failure.
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I don't want to talk you out of getting an F1 (I will eventually they seem like great knives), but I've batoned the crap out of my mora, and it's still kickin. Just make sure you do it right. There was a great thread a while back about good batoning technique, you can probably find it with the search function.
 
WILLIAM.M said:
Here are the knives I took on a car camping trip---Could have brought more actually.

Was a blast testing each one--and since weight was not as issue--wish I would have broght more.

http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=6686610

If I had to carry them(as on a backpacking trip)---I would have taken 3-4--but not all

Hell--part of the fun of being "knife addicted"(as I'm sure most of us are) is deciding which to bring --and then testing it.
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Nice collection WILLIAM, Is that a famous G.L. Drew $65 knife bottom right?
 
k-spar said:
I don't want to talk you out of getting an F1 (I will eventually they seem like great knives), but I've batoned the crap out of my mora, and it's still kickin. Just make sure you do it right. There was a great thread a while back about good batoning technique, you can probably find it with the search function.
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I too have batoned the heck out of my 780. Nothing to crazy, but within reason. That's why I'm so reluctant to replace it. It easy to sharpen on a stone or on a leather belt if you have too. It's just something to look forward to in the future, like replacing my mora.:D Who knows I might even find something else to replace it with. The more I float around this forum the more ideas I get from different points of view.:D

Gil
 
well, nessmuk style would say you are just about perfectly equipped.....

I always have some fixed blade, my SAK outrider, and usually a hatchet or hawk, often an extra fixed blade that rides in the bottom of my pack as a backup anyway.
 
koyote said:
well, nessmuk style would say you are just about perfectly equipped.....

I always have some fixed blade, my SAK outrider, and usually a hatchet or hawk, often an extra fixed blade that rides in the bottom of my pack as a backup anyway.
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Don't know how closely you guys are watching Koyote's knifemaking progress, but his stuff is blowing me away these days. Bueno bro. How about some pics of that combo??!!
 
GEC said:
WOW!:eek: I can't beleive this thread is still going! Well finally I got some people that isn't so knife crazy like us. :p (I didn't type this to PO anyone) The more I was thinking about it I should trade the Mora in for a blade to keep in truck and get a fallkniven F1 to replace it. That way I can still baton and not have to worry about blade failure. Maybe also carry a pocket chain saw(A good one, not the cheesy wire ones) for the bigger stuff. So that will also lighten up the load alot. Hmmm..decisions, decisions.:confused: This is the only problem in owning and getting alot of knives. You can never figure a good combo for every situation.:D It's great isn't it! This is also an opportunity and an excuse to get a F1 too.:D
I would like to thank everyone that took the time to enlighten me and my wallet a little further.:D
Gil
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I suggest that instead of a pocket chainsaw that you get the bahco laplander/kershaw folding saw (same saw just sold under kershaws name and colour choice). their lightwieght and they have worked flawlessly for me. :)

http://www.knifeworks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=7421&strVarSel=&strCompare=
 
Fiddleback said:
Don't know how closely you guys are watching Koyote's knifemaking progress, but his stuff is blowing me away these days. Bueno bro. How about some pics of that combo??!!
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awwwwww.

nothing special tp photograph about a fiskars hatchet or the SAK outrider (though if you aren't familiar with it, it's worth looking up)

here's a skinner I did recently- the pins actually follow a curve with the lanyard hole, and the line is a reflection artifact. It's convex ground and slices really well.
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larger photos:
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more to the point, haha- this one is a utility (survival) thrower I sent off to australia last week. I'm in the middle of making more of these, which is going slower than I like because I need better tongs, but that's life-

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larger again:
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the smaller forged knife I made out of 5160 I need to get new photos of, I just did a cordage wrap with a polyurethane glue using 1.5mm linen that's turned out very nice and has good coverage. As soon as my wife gives me back the camera!

thanks Fiddleback, it's quite an adventure getting this far!
 
and here is the one I've been using for EDC - a bit smaller than the utility/thrower, with the second cordage handle (first one was deerskin lace and was okay, but this one is better)

I've been asked about some cordage stuff, what I'm doing here is using gorilla glue on the handle, lightly, with the linen cord soaked in water.

Once wrapped, I use a wet rag and wipe off the foaming glue as it forms for anywhere from 10 minutes to a half hour, just once every 5-10 minutes.

Over than, I've put another layer of the linen and then just for fun I linseed oiled it up this morning.

Comfortable and handy, easy to do.

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I like that one a lot! Not my style as far as the handle, but damn. Its pretty.

Your work is good.
 
I'm getting ready for my next hike and I'll be carrying a SOG Seal Pup, CRKT hawk neck knife, Leatherman Wave, Ontario modified machete, and lately I have been getting back into the GI pilot's Survival knife and I traded some one on the forums for one so I'll be carrying that too. That's 5 for me. Oh, maybe an Entrek Badger for a field test. I love my knives.
 
it's going up the mountain at 5 am tomorrow with me for a two day trip, along with a woodsman axe (driving, I can take it), SAK, an experimental carpentry blade I'm working out, my SOG government (that's the backpack backup, btw), my rigging knife since I'm supposed to teach splicing, and my little necker- which isn't polished yet, but I think I'm going to try wrapping it with gorilla and paracord in the afternoon when we're done getting dirty.

(two leathermen hardly count, but they are in the bag)

how's that for over knifed? :)
 
I carry a 5" homemade stag handle knife(Avatar) on my belt, a Leatherman PST in my possibles bag, a CS Norse hawk tucked under my belt and sometimes a modified CS Trueflight thrower as a beater blade... you're only under-knifed when you run out of knives! Whatever that means... That's all that came to mind... sometimes I don't make sense... I admit it.

Rick
 
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