What knife do you carry when shoveling or working in the snow?

DRK said:
Yeah my body is getting a bit beaten up but still hanging in. I got frostbite a few years ago on my face and sadly that comes back, If I don't watch it and protect my skin I am walking around looking like I have 2 pieces of bacon on my face for a couple of weeks. that I could live without.
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Check out a few of the face masks they have at Cabelas. I have a balaclava that does a pretty good job of blocking out the wind and cold.
Hang in there. :thumbup:
 
SAK Spartan. "Handier than a pocket in a shirt" when it comes to removing cowlings, adjusting snowblower/chainsaw carburetors etc.
 
Cereal_killer said:
This week (we just had a huge storm 2 days ago and more snow is coming tonight) I'm carrying a mora companion. Of I loose it I'm out <$15.
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Exactly, and I've already lost a couple. Toss one in the car trunk or a bag and forget about it....... Knives and snow\cold ? Two things stand out for me. When I come in from serious cold my cutting tools often form a skim of semi frozen moisture on them and they ''sweat''. I give the tools time to get to room temp then I wipe them off and oil them. A few years back I had a Spyderco Resilience clipped to the top of my winter boot (with a wool liner). I forgot about the knife and the next morning, or that evening ?, can't remember, I pulled the knife off. It already had rust specs across the blade from the salty\humid environment.
 
Whatever is my edc at that time - I dont have a dedicated knife.

I do have pockets in my coat and overalls that zip - so I make sure my knife, keys, and anything else of value gets in a zipped pocket so I dont have to wait until spring to find them if they fall out.
 
Winter provides the opportunity to carry fixed blades, when there is snow there are frozen waterways around here which means travel on lakes. Fixed blades offer extra protection for getting out should one go through the ice. It happened only once, it happened very fast, and I wouldn't be writing this post today if it were not for using a knife to provide grip to pull me up and out of the slippery cold icy situation.
 
sunandsteel said:
Check out a few of the face masks they have at Cabelas. I have a balaclava that does a pretty good job of blocking out the wind and cold.
Hang in there. :thumbup:
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Thanks, I did they have quite a few models. I have one now and have tried a couple over the years but never really found one that doesn't just build up with condensation and then freeze to your face. But it looks like they have one that may work, thanks for the tip!
 
Bufford said:
Winter provides the opportunity to carry fixed blades, when there is snow there are frozen waterways around here which means travel on lakes. Fixed blades offer extra protection for getting out should one go through the ice. It happened only once, it happened very fast, and I wouldn't be writing this post today if it were not for using a knife to provide grip to pull me up and out of the slippery cold icy situation.
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What a story, close call, glad you made it. I've had ice crack but never completely give way, scared me to death I can tell you.

I noticed that no one has said "filet" knife. Must not be many ice fisherman in this bunch. Victorinox makes a great variety of filet knives, what I use.
 
KB3AUM, I don't remember meeting you but we may have since I'm only down the river a bit . AC2RC

I don't worry about it while shoveling snow.When I skied a knie was handy to remove ice from bindings.
 
Bufford said:
Winter provides the opportunity to carry fixed blades, when there is snow there are frozen waterways around here which means travel on lakes. Fixed blades offer extra protection for getting out should one go through the ice. It happened only once, it happened very fast, and I wouldn't be writing this post today if it were not for using a knife to provide grip to pull me up and out of the slippery cold icy situation.
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:thumbup: :thumbup: I've considered that a few times (admittedly didn't think of using a knife) as part of my early ice fishing considerations. I used to pack a screwdriver now and then. Thanks for the wake up\alternate view, it works for me.
 
I was on cross country skis when it happened. It was late season and I was crossing the beaver pond at -10 C. I felt for a moment that I was falling backward, then suddenly I was up to my neck in water and ice. The ice kept breaking off as I tried to pull myself up and at the same time I felt this burning pain of icy cold, my snowsuit was dragging me down and tiring my arms out and the damned skis still attached didn't help

I reached for my knife on my belt and stabbed the ice and used the knife as a pick to pull me out. With one hand holding onto the knife handle I could reach with my hand to remove the skis. I rolled myself up onto the ice and was about to leave the skis, but needed them for the ice was too soft to stand on. With one pole I recovered the skis. Got up and got going ASP as I could feel my whole body seize up and getting weaker. I was soaking wet, and everything started freezing up. All I could do was get home and get into the hot shower.

Never trust the ice ever, and always carry a fixed blade when setting out on frozen water ways.
 
GatorFlash1 said:
What kind of steel and edge angle?
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Aluminum transfer scoop for snow, personally. No bevels.

For chopping ice clods along the edge of the road my eye hoe comes in handy--not sure of the steel but it's probably similar to SK-5. Edge angle is about 35° single bevel and the edge itself left about 0.5mm thick so it doesn't ding when I hit the numerous rocks in my soil here.
 
hmmm. i seem to recall a forumer whose avatar showed him shoveling snow while dressed as a superhero (just briefs and boots.) is he still here?
 
For the same reason winter golfers use orange balls, I lean toward an orange knife for winter activities (Buck Selector).
 
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