Pick a knife to live in my kit bag

DMG said:
I’ll have a good small led light in the kit bag, probably a Fenix E12 with an energizer lithium. I alway have a Reylight AA or olight or Fenix in my pocket, too.

Two is one and one is none.
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Awesome! But hopefully no trek in the woods at night would be necessary.

“No be there.” -Mr. Miyagi.
 
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Rupestris said:
😎👍.


There should be a small hole in the handle scale near the philips screwdriver pivot. You can put a straight pin in it for splinters and whatnot.

If you like perusing YouTube, check out Felix Immler’s channel. It’s full of SAK tips and tricks.

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I’ll check it out after work today
 
Here it is in its new home in the front compartment of a HPG Kit bag with:

Bandana
Fenix E12 painted orange after it hid among some sockets for 10 minutes while i worked on our Gambler 500 car in Michigan
Bic lighter
Ferro rod
String
Paper towels
Ear plugs in Saran wrap
Not shown, Lifestraw

In the main compartment, G19 and spare mag

On the front, a quick mount for a Fenix headlamp.
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This kit has served me well but it needs some small pliers.

Last week my wife, son and I were walking with our 2 dogs in the woods near our house. It was getting dark soon and we were maybe a half mile from home when one of our dogs ran into the woods and came out of the bleeding from the mouth and very upset. He had roughly 15 porcupine quills in the roof of his mouth. He was pawing at his mouth to no effect. I made him sit and with my edc Reylight in my mouth for light and the Swisstool that happened to be in my pocket because I was working in the yard earlier, I opened his mouth and removed them all in under a minute. He is a smart dog and we have had him since he was a puppy so he sat there and let me pull them and went back to his normal self immediately. The blood even more or less stopped. I am still surprised by how quickly got over it.

If I hadn't had the Swisstool, we would have had to try to drag him home as he pawed at his mouth and potentially pushed the quills into his sinus cavity or even eyeballs so it was very good that i had the swisstool. Rather than leave it to luck next time, I think I need to add some small pliers to the kit. I'll look at what I have in my toolbox that I can add to the kit.

Any suggestions?
 
Victorinox Trekker. For a night or three out in the woods it has the basics - blade, great little saw, bottle opener and can opener.
 
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DMG said:
I frequently carry a HPG kit bag in the woods with a pistol, some very basic gear and usually my phone stuffed in there. I have a lighter, fire steel, a small flashlight and a lifestraw in there too. I want to add a knife. Here are my ideas but I would like to tap into the collective wisdom on this forum so the next time a lost dog or a bad shot on a deer causes me to spend an unplanned night in the woods, I have a spare knife.

As it will be a spare, I don’t want to spend a ton of money on it.

Skeletool. Does knife stuff ok but also has very basic tools

Buck Paklite. Cheap, simple, takes up no space and will be hard to break.

Bugout. I have one in the rotation but the Bailout and MC Deka get more pocket time.

SAK. Hard to argue with the utility.

Suggestions?
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"I don't want to spend a lot of money on it".... then lists a Benchmade Bugout!

While a nice knife, I don't think it justifies the price. Get a KABAR Dozier Hunter in D2 instead, costs 1/4 to 1/3rd of the Bugout and are about the same size. Or a RAT2 in D2.

I suggest you choose a big locking SAK (Soldier or OHT). Decent blade, nice saw, etc.

Mikel
 
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