Traditionals in the Wild (Pic Heavy)

[*Magic*]

Thanks for sharing, and taking us along for the journey!

 

[Ratbert]

Daniel, fantastic post of the outing with your son. He is quite the bushcrafter with his fire-making skills! Thank you for sharing this.

 

[TheFactor]

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[willythekid]

Thanks guys!

I wanted to thank you for that post as well... taking us along on you and your son's adventure is inspiring! Great job dad.

 

[Bigfattyt]

I had a tough time getting the focus on these. The back lit sun doesn't help to get the moumtain tops in focus.

 

[SadSappySucker]

First of all Tilley, I could've used your sons assistance last night! I am a novice when it comes to getting a fire going. I can get by, but last night all I had to work with was water logged wood. I struggled to say the least. But surprisingly my little JK fixed blade held up wonderfully to the light batoning and fuzz sticks(which I am also a novice at).

Almost immediately in the trip I was greeted by a pleasant sight. SNOW!(or what was left of it) We don't get it often where I live, so excuse my excitement. There was still some patches left from the storm that hit north GA last weekend. And it was a god send. Because of some stupidity on my part I had to resort to melting the snow and using it as drinking water when mine ran out. I didn't check in advance where the streams were located, and by the end of the first day when I hadn't passed any running water I started to get nervous and started hoarding snow. But hey, snow has never tasted so good!
The JK also served ice pic duty.

Here's a couple of the many exceptional views from this trip.

Here is my camp.

And the final mountain which is the tallest of the four I hiked over on the trip.
Mountains for days...

And the cutlery! I brought along my 77. I think I said earlier that this knife has been with me for every mile I've hiked on the AT, so it's pretty much tradition to carry this guy.

And the duo together

Another highlight of the trip was passing through one of the only hiking stores placed right on the AT. I mean you actually had to walk through a little breezeway in the building to stay on the trail.
This was a challenging trip. I definitely learned a few valuable lessons too.

Sorry for the "wordy" post.

 

[Old Engineer]

I enjoyed your post very much Erik . Nice to see your 77 again . It is still aging well my friend. Beautiful pictures too .

Harry

 

[redsparrow]

Enjoyed your post SSS.!! I love the AT!!! Even though most of my hikes were well north of where you were, you brought back pleasant memories of some good times. Thanks for sharing the trail with us. -James

 

[Tilley Knife]

Great post and beautiful pictures, SSS! I'm glad that that you got out. It was 70* here yesterday with no humidity. I really wanted to camp :grumpy:

 

[zolthar]

Had a short walk in the woods today.

 

[SadSappySucker]

Thanks guys!
I really like that green bone Boker, zolthar.

 

[zolthar]

Thanks SadSappySucker, I really enjoyed the post about your hike.

Mark

 

[MeanStreaker]

 

[MeanStreaker]

 

[Tilley Knife]

^^^^Very nice combo my friend! I love the grain on that BRK :thumbup:

 

[TheFactor]

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[VashHash]

Some real nice pictures in this thread. Makes me wish we got snow down here.

 

[jmh33]

What pattern is the BRK?? Very nice!!! :thumbup: John

 

[VashHash]

 

[MeanStreaker]

What pattern is the BRK?? Very nice!!! :thumbup: John

That's the Bravo 1 Hunter LT in Cocobolo and 3V steel. The LT designates one of their designs with thinner blades, although that's harder to see in this photo. The Bravo LT is .156" thick instead of the original which is .215"