what you use your knife for???

All that are listed plus batoning for firewood and pounding in tent stakes (before my SLOW mind realized it would be easier with the baton :rolleyes: )

An that was last weekend camping with my son
 
Transportation: Clearing trails, I usually use my Becker when I'm on a trail and it is blocked by vines or branches. If I move off trail I switch to the machete in dense brush but tend to resist it as long as possible. When I get hung up by vines the Becker does the trick.

Camp Clearing: Often in the lowland forests or scrub land I have to clear the ground of underbrush for my hammock. In light brush I'll use the Becker. In heavy growth I'll use the machete. If I'm going to sleep on the ground I'll often chop out roots and dig up rocks, for this I use the machete. It isn't as abusive as it sounds because I'm using the blunt tip anyway.

Shelter Building: I normally sleep with a bivy and poncho or tarp and hammock. Of the shelters I have built I much prefer the machete over the Becker. If you have to chop alot of stuff the added reach of the machete is a big plus. The Becker can do it but you have to drag the materials to a place you can work more upright like a downed tree.

Firemaking: In dry season I don't have to use any special techniques to make fire here, dry materials of every size abound. In rainy season it is a real challenge to find anything that will burn, especially small stuff. I have used all of my blades to baton open wood, the Becker is best for this but the machete is almost as good. I use the squared back of the machete blade to scrape up a large handfull of dry tinder from split wood. I often use the back of my Mora to strip off wet bark, make fuzz sticks, or split small kindling. I use the squared off back of the Mora blade to scrape my ferro rod. A folding pruning saw is far easier to make firewood than chopping with anything.

Digging for Water: Machete. I will often shove the machete down into sandy places and give it a twist to see if it comes back moist. If it comes up dry it pays to walk farther downhill than dig 12 inches of sand and gravel. I have done this with the Becker as well but I cringe every time I do it and I've only done it up on mountain tops when I didn't have the machete.

Small Cutting Tasks: Cutting cord, whittling, food prep, cleaning game, drilling holes, shaping materials, stripping bark, making cordage, etc, Mora.

Mac
 
1) Fire prep.(Fuzz sticks, tinder making, etc.)
2) Practicing knife skills
3) Food prep.(slicing and dicing)
4) Field dressing and skinning animals or fish.
 
I whittle when I'm in the woods. I love sitting and whittling little simple carvings. Thats probably the most common task. Cutting chord is another. Then maybe cleaning fish and game.
 
Not quite answering the question asked but the most unusual thing I have used my knife for was rescuing a sheep !
I was living in the UK and I came across a sheep that had fell and rolled down a banking wrapping itself in thorn bushes as it went.When I found it the bushes had wrapped so tightly that it could not move at all.The only knife I had on me was a SAK ,it took me a while but I managed to free it ok and was rewarded with both arms covered in scratches from the thorns and a loud 'bleet' from the sheep as it ran off back up the banking !!!
 
Making walking sticks in the winter is very common for me. My Atlas snowshoe poles always tucked away in the basement.

I say fire prep, but there are usually enough stuff to burn up here anyways. I need to baton maybe one night out of the week that I'm out canoeing/ cross country skiing.

Some food prep, depending on what food I"m bring. Not goona break out the seal 2000 to cut up pasta!

I sometimes chop down evergreen boughs to insulate the ground in winter if it's really cold, or if I"m staying put for a few nights. I also cut them down into smaller pieces so they decompose faster when I leave.

I don't really use my knife to cut minor things, I just use the blade that comes with the multitool.

Of course I like to carry it around the house for no real reason but look cool to myself...note to self, must take knife off when answering doors...
 
pit man said:
Not quite answering the question asked but the most unusual thing I have used my knife for was rescuing a sheep !
I was living in the UK and I came across a sheep that had fell and rolled down a banking wrapping itself in thorn bushes as it went.When I found it the bushes had wrapped so tightly that it could not move at all.The only knife I had on me was a SAK ,it took me a while but I managed to free it ok and was rewarded with both arms covered in scratches from the thorns and a loud 'bleet' from the sheep as it ran off back up the banking !!!
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Was that sheep or sheeple:D Wouldn't imagine you'd let THEM get away. Nice gesture to the sheep though:thumbup:
 
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