What do you guys think is a great tool system for bushcraft?

[Peroni1973]

Yup - they the Outdoor Dynamics Parangs.

10 inch - 6.0mm to 2.5mm at end of the top edge.
10 inch - 5.5mm to 3.0mm at end of the top edge.

They are all hand ground so I strongly suspect that there will be variation in each one.

I will say that I am very happy with both. Kind of prefer the 12 inch in use, but that's just me.

Cheers,

Ben

 

[pinnah]

My approach to bushcraft is to avoid doing it at almost all costs. The places I hike and ski get used heavily and "bushcraft" attempts translate into horrible scars of cut limbs and fire scorches. Better to carry a fly and rely on stove craft.

My standard backcountry carry is an Opinel #9 and Leatherman Squirt.

Outdoor Carry by Pinnah, on Flickr

The Squirt is just enough to handle most equipment repairs. I carry different tools for ski camping.

When ski touring along rivers in the hardwoods, deadfall is more plentiful and I'll carry an Emberlit wood stove. For that, I carry a Mora Companion and Silky Pocket Boy. But I don't consider that "bushcraft" the way Mors talks about it.

Note, I'm not saying bushcraft is always wrong. Just saying that in New Hampshire and Vermont, it doesn't make sense on public land.

 

[22-rimfire]

Pinnah, you have the right approach as with more and more people out in the woods with their edged tools, one needs think in terms of take nothing but pictures, and carry out what you carry in.

 

[Alnamvet68]

If you want the best when bushcrafting, look no further; everything else pales in comparison....

 

[monstrum]

marcinek Vic Farmer and a brain containing a skill set.


Lmao +1

 

[Mike-The-Knife]

My Survive Knives GSO 5 and Necker II and my Silky 210 folding saw can do anything I need :thumbup:

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[upnorth]

My personal favorite is the Ontario SP8 for dedicated chopping and larger tasks, Schrade SCHF36 for a mainline bushcraft knife, and of course the LapLander for sawing.

Get out there and use whatever you have in good and bad weather. What works, or does not, will become abundantly clear. It's not always the tools, but the user behind them. I still struggle to consistently get feather sticks to a personal standard. I can put together many variations. But for my region a Mora Companion, Vic. Farmer, Bahco folding saw, and Swedish hatchet on a belt work for me. Just the hatchet with a Mora or other fixed blade back up is often more than enough.