Photos What knives would you take on a road trip

Knives&Lint said:
I've thought about picking up a Benchmade Tactical Triage for road trips (or even the Outlast), but other knife wants always end up coming first. Besides, I already have a few Benchmade rescue hooks stashed throughout my vehicles. I also keep a BK9 in my rides, as well as a SAK rescue tool. Not to mention my daily carry pack goes with me when I leave the house; which has another rescue hook, Freek, Spydiechef for any food needs, plus a fixed blade.

Beyond that, my carry really just depends on what activity I'm doing on the road trip or the destination. Typically it would be a modern folder, slipjoint, SE Dragonfly, and my Swisstool which I carry daily.

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That's a great setup
 
CSG said:
Most of my road trips that have an overnight component are taken in my Pleasure Way Traverse camping van. I keep two daypacks in it along with light kitchen gear and a couple of standalone items. As far as edges go - I always have a SAK Executive in my pocket and either a Bugout 535BK2 or Mini-Presidio clipped to my opposite pocket. In the van's console, I have a Leatherman Wave and SAK Champ +. The "kitchen knife" is one of my old Buck 501's. In the packs, the large one has a Fallkniven F1 and a Farmer and the small one has just a Farmer. In the back, I carry a small Wetterlings axe. I also keep an old Gerber sliding pruning saw in the large daypack. All that said, most of the time, all I normally use is the Executive or Buck 501 for food prep.

Most all of my trips are in the mountain west as I live in Idaho, so, other than my state - WA, OR, MT, WY, UT, NV, NM. I don't carry big choppers as there is no use for them IMO. But I always have a couple of firearms.

BTW, OP, you should encourage your kids to eat the whole apple, peel and all. Far more nutrients.
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Where I'm from there's alot of fumigation chemical on the skin and peeling them is easier then washing them on the road. But I fully agree with you :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
sonofwilfred said:
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Opal fields of the north west of my state
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That's a nice shot of the Toyota. I watch that Discovery Channel TV show on gold mining and opal digging/mining in Australia often. I find it amazing that you can find a fair amount of nugget gold with a metal detector. I think if I lived there, this is something I might give a try just for the fun of it and hope that I at least break even on expenses. I suspect there is a knack to being even marginally successful.

You mentioned "peeling skin".... not sure I understand that unless it's due to sun burn. Are chemicals routinely sprayed over big areas?

It is generally one or two people on my road trips, most frequently just me.... I drive a Toyota pickup and so far it has done well and has been dependable. I keep a locked box in the bed that contains all sorts of emergency road accessories either for myself or to help someone else out. I need to add a medium sized fire extinguisher to the mix, but it needs to be in a relatively handy spot where I know precisely where it is. So much of my stuff simply gets buried and in an emergency I would have trouble finding it quickly even if I knew I had it with me. I could even carry a really big knife or axe if I wanted to. I do keep what I consider a pretty good chopping machete with me.

Do you have to haul spare gasoline with you just in case when out in the boonies?
 
22-rimfire said:
That's a nice shot of the Toyota. I watch that Discovery Channel TV show on gold mining and opal digging/mining in Australia often. I find it amazing that you can find a fair amount of nugget gold with a metal detector. I think if I lived there, this is something I might give a try just for the fun of it and hope that I at least break even on expenses. I suspect there is a knack to being even marginally successful.

You mentioned "peeling skin".... not sure I understand that unless it's due to sun burn. Are chemicals routinely sprayed over big areas?

It is generally one or two people on my road trips, most frequently just me.... I drive a Toyota pickup and so far it has done well and has been dependable. I keep a locked box in the bed that contains all sorts of emergency road accessories either for myself or to help someone else out. I need to add a medium sized fire extinguisher to the mix, but it needs to be in a relatively handy spot where I know precisely where it is. So much of my stuff simply gets buried and in an emergency I would have trouble finding it quickly even if I knew I had it with me. I could even carry a really big knife or axe if I wanted to. I do keep what I consider a pretty good chopping machete with me.

Do you have to haul spare gasoline with you just in case when out in the boonies?
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Last question first, I should have brought fuel with me simply because in White Cliffs, the opal town, fuel was $1.78 a litre!
A quick conversion is $4.55 American dollars a gallon. Otherwise these days there's fuel within range of most cars. We can do 720km (447 miles) to a tank of fuel. If covid allowed us to leave our state yes petrol would need to be taken with us 100%
Now where I live it's an agricultural area that grows alot of fruit and nuts and to protect our export markets we need to be extremely careful about pests and disease, so any fruit brought in has to be unripe and fumigated. Then its left to ripen inside our protection zone. It's not ideal but we can't afford to let pests in. So it's advised that we clean the pesticide chemical off fruit before eating. So I peel the skin (outer red layer) off the apple with my knife because it's quick and easy. I hope this answers your questions mate.
Until age 30 I thought bananas were ment to be crunchy like an apple because I have never eaten a properly ripened banana
Dan
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22-rimfire said:
That's a nice shot of the Toyota. I watch that Discovery Channel TV show on gold mining and opal digging/mining in Australia often. I find it amazing that you can find a fair amount of nugget gold with a metal detector. I think if I lived there, this is something I might give a try just for the fun of it and hope that I at least break even on expenses. I suspect there is a knack to being even marginally successful.

You mentioned "peeling skin".... not sure I understand that unless it's due to sun burn. Are chemicals routinely sprayed over big areas?

It is generally one or two people on my road trips, most frequently just me.... I drive a Toyota pickup and so far it has done well and has been dependable. I keep a locked box in the bed that contains all sorts of emergency road accessories either for myself or to help someone else out. I need to add a medium sized fire extinguisher to the mix, but it needs to be in a relatively handy spot where I know precisely where it is. So much of my stuff simply gets buried and in an emergency I would have trouble finding it quickly even if I knew I had it with me. I could even carry a really big knife or axe if I wanted to. I do keep what I consider a pretty good chopping machete with me.

Do you have to haul spare gasoline with you just in case when out in the boonies?
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Oh and thankyou for the compliment on my photo, I enjoy photography and I appreciate people commenting.
Dan
 
sabre cat said:
Most people have never eaten a banana fully ripe. When they are exported, they are picked green and then chemicals are used.

They are delicious when you can get them straight from the tree.
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That seems true for a lot of fruit. Yes, you can get a good one at the store or ripened at home. You can get a great one off the plant if you're in the right place at the right time. We just harvested some local wild raspberries. :)
 
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sabre cat said:
Most people have never eaten a banana fully ripe. When they are exported, they are picked green and then chemicals are used.

They are delicious when you can get them straight from the tree.
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Totally agree with you mate :thumbsup:
 
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I used the Phillips screwdriver to tighten up the hotel cupboard door handle. I could have got the staff to do it but why not take an opportunity to use my knife. I haven't used the BK2 yet but I haven't done any camping yet either, its ready to go in the glove box. The proponent has just opened a few packets of lollies and served as a bit of a confidence booster in unknown parts of towns.
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This photo is at dawn from the top of an open cut mine in Broken Hill NSW.
 
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We just got home from our 3600km (2230 miles) road trip, and the Swiss Champ handled everything I needed to do. I'm glad I took the proponent and BK2 but I didn't really need them.
Next road trip I will probably bring the same knives.
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Actually - NONE !
Such things are banned, on planes, on borders,
and that's just beginning ...
Ihre Papiere Bitte !
 
Funny seeing this thread as I've been thinking of this lately. My last toad trip to the Grand Canyon I took the endura 4. This year it will probably be between the Socom elite, pm2 or recon 1. Hmmm...
 
Zerobladeplay said:
Funny seeing this thread as I've been thinking of this lately. My last toad trip to the Grand Canyon I took the endura 4. This year it will probably be between the Socom elite, pm2 or recon 1. Hmmm...
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All fine knives. I'm sure which ever you pick, it will be the right choice :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Wouldn't change much from my EDC: Leatherman Juice CS4 and a Spyderco Endura. Probably throw a RAT RC3 and an Opinel #9 in the day pack.
 
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