Practice What We Preach Weekend Write Up

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Oh, about 2 weeks ago during the first weekend of this month, a few of us got together and had a little survival training expedition. It wasn't anything too rigorous. We just wanted to get out into the hills and try some of the things that we all talk about. Mainly, it was just an excuse to get out and play with some of our toys--mainly our knives.

Terrill Hoffman (Knife Photographer)was the one who coordinated this event, and I have to say that I had a pretty good time. We had the chance to compare different knives, and how they performed at different tests. I was very impressed with the Camillus/Becker lines and how they performed while we were there. You can read about our impressions on a web page I have posted with pictures and a short write-up about the weekend. For you technoids out there, it's not chock full of specifications. It's just a little bit about the things we did and what our general impressions were. I think we're going to plan to do this again quite soon, and I think we'll have a more rigid schedule, and do some more detailed comparisons. This weekend was just mainly about having some fun, and learning some different survival skills as well.

The saddest part about leaving on Sunday was having to turn over the Cuda Talon 1 back to Terrill. He brought it along on the trip, and I confiscated it Friday and kept it with me all weekend. I loved this little knife. I plan on getting one at the end of this month.

The link to the page with the pictures and write up is as follows:

Practice What We Preach Weekend


Don't give me too hard a time about the page setup. I didn't have a lot of time to format everything perfectly on the page, but you get the general idea. I just wanted to get this out there for everyone to see.

I hope when we schedule our next weekend that more people will come out and join us. It was a lot of fun!!
 
Great write-up and pictures, and nice array of knives! Thanks for posting that. Your comments at the bottom of the page once again encouraged me to get out there with my young son and do some camping.

- Mark
 
G-man, Thanks for taking the time to both photograph the doings in the NC woods and putting together the webpage to share your impressions & photos with the rest of us. Good job reviewing the performance of the various blades!!

You made a great point about spending more time actually getting outdoors and (to paraphrase the Nike line) "Just Doing It!!" The simplicity of the shelters & campfire pictured reminded me that we don't really need a tent, folding cot, Coleman cooler & block ice, camp chairs, two-burner propane stove, table with umbrella, flush toilets or showers to enjoy the outdoors. It's been way too long since I've been on an overnight camping trip, so I really appreciate the stimulus your pictures provide to get out there and do it again.

I suspect much of the camping technology actually serves to isolate us from experiencing the outdoors because we spend too much time fiddling with the camping toys. That time could otherwise be invested in viewing the scenery or hiking through it, fishing, listening to birds, tasting the wind, feeling how the sun has warmed the bark on one side of the trees, rolling a pebble in the palm of my hand, or vigorously doing nothing. Thanks for reminding me to K.I.S.S. :)

- Greg -
 
Excellent write up G-man! Great knives and some great scenery. Sounds like you had a ball, I'm jealous!
 
Really nice work, I think the site looks great and I appreciate that you took the time to post this information for everyone to benefit from. I'm really impressed with your results from the Becker PM, looks like I had better add one to my shopping list.

Once a little more snow melts around here I will have to go and try to get some of the great outdoors and brush up my skills too.

Thanks again for the hands on reviews and insights.
 
Interesting reading and nice shots, thanks. If you do it again, you might want to take along a couple of cheap knives for comparison, one with and another without edge modification if possible, as one of the biggest problems with low end blades is poor edge geometry.

-Cliff
 
GMan, thanks for sharing with us. I was hoping to go, but work would not allow it. I am hoping to be moving to Charlotte with work soon, so hope I can go when it is a lot closer.
 
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