Thin blades?

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Fjell

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How many of you do carry a very thin blade with them when out hiking?

I just don't like the thickness of normal knives when it comes to food-prepping.

And I'm not talking about peeling an apple with for example an Junglas ;)

Even folders are already to thick for me. (though I must say that I had a spyderco centofante III which did quite well).

Anyway, I like to carry such a knife with me:

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Very sharp, very easy to re-sharpen and rusts like hell :D

Does anyone of you also carry such a knife, or do you got used to use thicker blades?
 
I carry both an Opinel No.8 and a CS K4 Neck Knife in my pack, along with a small Epicurean cutting board. :)
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
I carry both an Opinel No.8 and a CS K4 Neck Knife in my pack, along with a small Epicurean cutting board. :)
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I keep a small cutting board in my pack, too. :thumbup: If you get a plastic one, it's easy to keep pretty clean and useful for a lot of things.
 
I just don't do much food prep when out in the woods to justify me carrying a very thin blade. 1/8th is as thin as I go unless I am on a fishing trip. I always have a fillet knife in my tackle bag.
 
I used to carry one of these victorinox as dedicated food prep blades
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Now any of my moras does it.
 
Another fan of the Opinel #8 here. Unless I'm car camping, in which case I usually take a full sized chef's knife and cutting board.
 
One cool thing about thin knives... They CUT! And WELL! I advocate thin knives. Yes. I do.
 
Erasmus said:
Wow! -- where did you find that plastic handled Victorniox?
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Smart & Final in my area carries them for about $7....great utility blades
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If no Smart&Final in your area, just google "Victorinox 47508 3-1/4-Inch Paring Knife"
 
Just about any specialty kitchen retailer should have those Victorinox paring knives. Good stuff. I've got a plain-edged one and three red-handled serrated ones in my kitchen drawer.
 
For years I carried a small thin plastic handled "swiss" paring knife.
It is in my cooking kit for backpacking.
Very light, very sharp, and very easy to keep clean.

It was the most used knife in my hiking kit!

Isn't it a pain when the most used knife is about a dollar and will last forever!
 
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I have an old VHS tape called "Skinning and Field Care of Alaska Bears".
They use the victorinox paring knife to skin and cape a huge Kodiak Brown Bear.
The same victorinox is used on many fishing boats as a bait knife.
 
Got it! Exactly as pictured above, and about $7 at Smart & Final. You have to stand in front of their knife aisle and gawk for 5 minutes straight, before you locate these nondescript paring knives on a low shelf. For some reason, they did not jump out at me, at all.

I like the thin, yet stiff spring temper of this stainless Victorinox. I'm gonna enjoy the factory edge for a bit, before I Sharpmaker it fiendishly sharp. FYI, the factory edge has a coarse and toothy sort of sharpness. This is exactly the sort of knife you would want to roll up with a fork and a spoon for backpacking.

Thank you, gentlemen. I'm not crazy about the serrations in the second paring knife, and so these might carefully dissappear under the influence of a bench mounted belt sander.


Huzzah, knife officionados.
 
Fiddleback makes several types of thin bladed bushcraft/camping type knives that would be good dual purpose ones:thumbup:
 
On multiday hikes I carry an Opinel with me. Those blades are thin and very sharp, which IMO is excellent for food processing.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
I carry both an Opinel No.8 and a CS K4 Neck Knife in my pack, along with a small Epicurean cutting board. :)
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For years I've thought a small cutting board would make a nice addition to my kit but considered it "impractical". SO much easier to ruin a small knife cutting against my upturned pot lid. From now on...
 
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