what knives do you bring camping/hiking

SAK outrider. necker (by me). the first knife I forged which is my EDC (4.5 blade, 5160. 19th century clip point style).

That's all EDC, anyway.

For hiking i'll add stuff- generally a larger blade and a hawk or axe. this is day hiking, or a fast and light overnight in the lowlands.
 
SAK Camper is the only knife I carry when doing long distance hiking. When camping/hunting etc I add a Mora to that (either store bought or one I handled). If I am canoing/kayaking/fishing I take my Grohmann #3 (only stainless straight blade I own). If I'm not going far or staying long I bring my little old hatchet. If camping for awhile I take my no name GP bush axe and usually a bucksaw. If at the camp: 16" Poulin chainsaw.
 
Usually a SAK with a Multi tool backup. Sometimes a fixed blade accompanies me, and those are varied. Standby has been a pilot's survival knife from Camillus or Ontario.
 
Between 1 nad 4 of these cutting tools. I usually have a Leatherman PST 2 as well.

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My current favorite is the Fehrman Shadow Scout.
 
I work my way up based on duration and distance.

Always: SAK Outrider
Most of the time: Koster Nessmuk
Sometimes: Ranger RD9/Tramontina/Snow & Neally Pen Bay Hatchet, depending on mood.

But man I've been eyeing a Fallkniven A1. It's just a little too tactical looking for me or I'd be all over it.
 
koyote said:
Isn't the Outrider nice, though?
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I aboslutely agree! I have a few and after seeing the Micarta scales (who was that?) added, that may make me orgasmic:eek:

Great collection to choose from perksy!:thumbup: I continue to find myself drawn to the Bravo-1 and I'm having a horizontal (ala Bear:jerkit:) sheath done up...

ROCK6
 
Last time I went out, I had a Grohman #4, a leatherman blast, and my wetterlings that I BROKE!, man didnt that suck, had my girl friend and a few of her friends out for a overnighter, stuck my axe in a pine and wrnched on the handle and cracckk, my own fault but you should have seen the look on my face.
 
ROCK6, in your chosen line of work, that's a good idea!..."I carry the extra weight purely for the physical conditioning...doesn't everyone?" :D

It's interesting to note that almost everyone has either a SAK or a multi-tool in their hiking/camping/hunting combos. I'd lay odds that they're the ones that get used the most while out! :thumbup: I certainly know it's that way for me!

I like my Vicotrinox SAK Farmer that Scibeer added the scissors to, and the Breeden 4" Pathfinder that's on its way to me will become one of my favorite fixed-blade choices for getting out on the trail.

Ron
 
I always have a SAK Rucksak in a Ziplock bag in my backpack with many other handy items (some tape, cleenex, lighter, cordage, etc). If I am going to be arround ropes at all (climbing, canyons or whatever) I carry a Spyderco Rescue Wave handy. If I am in a day hike and I don't plan on making fire but just some food prep, I take my biggest Opinel. Fire involved, folding saw and F1/Aurora/RAT-7/CanadianCamp.. whatever I feel like carrying.
Mikel
 
If I take a hatchet too, then this:

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(A traditional puukko, made by Pentti Kivimäki, Kauhava, Finland)

... if not, then this:

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(Sissipuukko by JP Peltonen)

I also EDC a Leatherman Charge TTi, so that's with me in the woods too.
 
Ron53 said:
It's interesting to note that almost everyone has either a SAK or a multi-tool in their hiking/camping/hunting combos. I'd lay odds that they're the ones that get used the most while out! :thumbup: I certainly know it's that way for me!
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They're so small and easy to carry, I don't know why someone wouldn't have one every time they went out. To be honest, I think I've used the actual knife blade on my outrider once or twice at most. The most used tool on it is the scissors.

A lot of ultralight backpackers only carry a SAK.

.... but I'm still taking a medium fixed blade with me. :thumbup:
 
I use the blade on my outrider once in a while. usually as an extra camp kitchen blade. Most used is scissors, then probably bottle opener, phillips, tweezers, saw, corkscrew.

I think if I made a nessmuk like blade or a wharncliffe blade to replace it with I'd be happiest.
 
On camping trips I take my Gerber LMF II, Ka Bar Kukri, Leatherman Wave, and a Case tiny trapper for small stuff. Oh yea and my cheap home depot hatchet.
 
I usually have a FFBM strapped to my pack with a Beefy folder (usually a Manix) and a small fixed blade (gossman, may, etc) in a tool steel. Sometimes I carry a saw, axe or Khukri just depends. I like the knives pictured here though.

Oh and I have a multi-tool for sure and a sak somewhere in there! cant forget those lil guys.
 
Vic Soldier/Vic Trekker/Buck 110/Mora 2000/Mora Classic Nr.2/Ka-Bar USMC/Tramontina machete
 
Well now that's what I am trying to figure out right now;)

I'm going camping and backpacking for about 4 days this weekend.

I have it narrowed down;)

This is for sure going:
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Then for a fixed blade it is either:

This Charlie May Scandi Swamp Oak
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Or number 3 or 4 Nessmuk here:
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Or one of these 2
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To be honest the Skookum and the Stripey Nessmuk are the top contenders.

Hard not to take the Skookum. Love everything about it.
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