Pathfinder 105 - A lazy afternoon by the fire

LostViking

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A quick afternoon fire with the 105 Pathfinder.

Well, it has be raining here for three days. Plus when it wasn't raining we have had some serious winds. So I haven't been out much.

A while back I ordered a Pathfinder. It showed up, and I like it. No surprise there, I like most knives.

I always prepare a few meals with a new knife. If I can't use it to feed myself. I lose interest real quick. The 105 does a very respectable job in the kitchen. Meat, bread, peppers, onions, you name it. Just no drama. I like that. No rust either. I like that even more.

Well today I decided to get my self out for a bit. And decided to take my new knife out for a woods walk. We have some downed trees that need to be addressed from the winds. But that is for another day.


The 119 is a Remer Stone I picked up a while back cut down to 5.25". Jury is still out on that one.


I was in a pretty lazy mood. It was raining on and off. Mostly on. So I decided to build a fire. I figured I'd see how the 105 did on a few feather sticks. What's the sense of having a fire if you can't make some feather sticks for it.



The Pathfinder did an excellent job. The Remer Stone not so much. For a custom knife, I would have thought it would have a better edge. But I can fix that later.

This is about the Pathfinder. Is this a pretty knife or what?



Well as I said, I was in a lazy mood. I went out and grabbed some dry pine twigs from under a somewhat sheltered tree. Then I added some fluffed up jute twine. Because it was raining, everything was damp, and I didn't want to do it twice.



It caught, but barely.



Once those pine twigs got a touch of heat things took off from there.



I sat in the rain, by the fire, with my new knife, and enjoyed a thermos of tea I had brought along.



All in all, a nice afternoon. For my first attempt at a feather stick with this new knife. I thought the 105 did a very commendable job.



Right about then, the drizzle changed over to wet flurries. I tried to capture it, but failed.
And after this shot, my camera batteries gave up the ghost.


So that's all she wrote for today.
 
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The Pathfinder is just a pretty knife. It doesn't get much better. Fantastic photos, BTW. Makes me want to get to the woods. :thumbup:
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words.

A quick follow up.
Put new batteries in my camera.

No problem capturing those flurries this morning,

Same shot of my woods, quite pretty out there this morning.


And what is left of my fire. Glad I don't have to try and salvage some coals for the morning brew,
 
Lost, Your area has had the winter this year and last. We need that moisture as well. But not getting it. Would you trade some sunshine for it? DM
 
That looked like a great day. So good to see knives being used and enjoyed. I have so many different knife brands and it never fails I always have grabbed one of my Bucks when I head out to the woods or even just when working on my land. There is truly nothing like a Buck.
 
David Martin said:
Lost, Your area has had the winter this year and last. We need that moisture as well. But not getting it. Would you trade some sunshine for it? DM
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I wish it was that easy for you. We can always use a few more sunny days.
Yes, this winter has been another long one. But snow wise we have about two thirds of what we received last year.

One of the things I have come to appreciate about living in extreme upstate New York. Is its lack of drama. Yes we get cold and snow. Sometimes like this week, even some wind.

Yet we seem to escape most of the evils that often appear in other parts of the country. Droughts are rare and nothing compared to other places. No quakes, forest fires, tornados, hurricanes, mud slides, or any of the other life changing events. We do get most on the above list somewhere in upstate New York. But for the most part they are reduced in size and scale.

We almost never have to worry about water, (quietly knocks on wood) it is an abundant resource up here. I have a drilled well and several great springs within a half mile circle of my home. Plus we capture rain runoff for the gardens and emergency toilet duty.

Having spent some time in Colorado, I begin to understand what you drought stricken folks have to endure. Water was just never an issue for me. When you live some place for a while where it gets scarce. You see what others go through.

At times the mundane of cold and snowy or damp, cloudy, dreary days can test your resolve. But it doesn't leave you looking at a town destroyed by a tornado. Or staring at thousnands of acres of drought stricken crops.

I am glad you pointed this out. It serves to remind me how well I actually have it here. Thanks for that.
Even if it does make fire building a challenge at times.
 
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