Spyderco for camping?

[Hairlesstwinkie]

Take your spyders camping. You'll be happy. As long as you're not doing things like batoning or chopping then the knives can hold up very very well. If you do need to baton or chop, they can handle some of it. I had batoned with my Southard for kicks, and it held up very well.

Something to try is to go to your backyard and just play around with your spyders. You'll just be smiling the whole time.

 

[MNofUSN]

I'd suggest that it has more to do with the user than the knife.

I'm a big fan of fixed blades, but my son's and I have spent a lot of time in the woods (Boy Scouts only allow folders on camp outs)

Sad, my troop was fine with fixed blade knives on camp outs, even when they said no i still had a small Western stashed away in my pack

it's posts like these that make me think any new knife user should be forced to carry a Swiss army knife...

Isn't i some sort of rule that requires you to start off with a SAK when camping???

 

[MNofUSN]

Take your spyders camping. You'll be happy. As long as you're not doing things like batoning or chopping then the knives can hold up very very well

uuuuummmmm too late, but mine held up fine

My Manix 2 worked surprisingly well for these types of task, not my first choice but a definite back up if need be

 

[shunsui]

Rough translation: good knife.

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[Clang!]

Should be fine. Most of the people I've hiked and backpacked with used SAKs, mainly Spartan and Camper models, and the Resilience is built much heavier then those. IMHO, If you're building traps or anything else that requires notching, consider a small folding saw as well.