Wet weather firestarting with my Hiker XL !

[pitdog]

Being a big fan of weird looking blades my JK Hiker doesn't get as much use as it should.
In reality I could quite easily get by with this as my only knife, it's the perfect size and shape for a great all-rounder woods knife.

Anyway I decided to take it out in the rain today and practice a little wet weather firestarting.

By pitdog2010 at 2011-03-12

The Skunk Cabbage is sprouting, a sure sign that we are coming into Spring, the bears love this stuff !

By pitdog2010 at 2011-03-12

Snicker followed me into the Skunk cabbage patch and ended up looking like she was wearing socks !!!!

By pitdog2010 at 2011-03-12

This looked a good spot to practice making fire....

By pitdog2010 at 2011-03-12

Took me quite a few strikes to get fire, I was a little worried that Snicker would knock the camera off the tree root it was precariously balanced on !

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[GenerallyAwsomeDude]

Nice! looks alot like the terrain around here. (Washington)

*EDIT haha I didn't see you live on Vancouver Island.

 

[pitdog]

Nice! looks alot like the terrain around here. (Washington)

*EDIT haha I didn't see you live on Vancouver Island.

Pretty wet over there as well I guess eh !

 

[JK Knives]

Good to see that old Hiker Plus getting some use again. :thumbup:

 

[Mr. Sogetsu]

Is that wood or micarta, kinda hard to tell? I definitely need to do more firestarting, heck anything that involves getting away from a computer/textbook.