What's your favorite camping combo?

Andrew Lynch

Andrew Lynch

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Tons of you guys must go camping, and it would be interesting to see the gear (blades specifically) that you bring along (then maybe I could choose the right gear for me...). Since nearly everybody has their own idea of the ideal blade or combination of blades for camping, it would be nice to hear from you guys. Thanks to those who respond!
 
Camping is not a Blade-show, where knife under $200 is for a rookie. I take knives for work. On belt a carry Gerber Gator with ATS-34 blade. Strong lockback with thick handle withstand a small fixed. Hold razor edge for a long time. On backback i carry Coldsteel Bushman for chopping. Sometimes i take an small 'no-name' axe.
 
I can't think of a single camping trip that I have been on in the last 9 years that I didn't have my Kabar with me. (And used it!)

These days, I would be tempted to take my RTAK and something smaller like my Daughter's Simonich Cetan.
 
Depends on weather conditions:

Wet weather: Fallkniven A-1 & good old Endura '98
Dry weather: 52100 custom made survival knife & Small AFCK.

The 52100 custom is a small version of the busse battle mistress, as big as the fallkniven, and cordwrapped handle.
 
I always take a knife for kitchen chores like a CS Bushranger or Grohman #1 , a smaller locking folder (Delica mini AFCK) and a folding saw for fire wood.
 
The only two knives that go with me EVERYWHERE are my SAK officer and my leatherman WAVE. Both come camping. Other than that, My bushman (soon to be replced with a Battle Mistress -E) and a cheap folder or two. (for when i am inevitably the only one with a knife when someone needs one)

James

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The beast we are, lest the beast we become.
 
Specifically for camping I carry a Camillus Official Boy Scout utility pocketknife, A BuckLite with a 3" blade, and a Leatherman PST II. If the camping is related to hunting or fishing I also take a Buck FieldMate and a filleting knife. And of course the usual camp cooking knives (butcher knife, etc.) Oh yeah, and my Schrade Old Timer Middleman Stockman in my pocket.

 
Spyderco Wegner, small Greco (companion cub or Little Baron), and an HI khukuri or Entrek Brute for chopping wood. When I go to Montana this summer for clinical work at the Blackfeet Reservation I will probably trade the khukuri for a dedicated hatchet that I bought. Generally I like taking a bunch of knives with me because it gives me a chance to review them, but as a general rule, I usually take a folder, a neck knife, a small belt fixed blade, and a long blade for big work.

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My choices when camping currently include a Greco Companion and a Leatherman SuperTool. Covers all of the things I ever need to do with a knife while camping.

If hunting is also on the agenda, then I also bring along either a Dozier Yukon Pro Guide or a Simonich Talonite Cetan.

I always try to follow the KISS principle... keep it very simple (or in this case, fewer is better).

AJ
 
A blonde and a redhead. oops
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! Blackjack #5 and my Sebenza.

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It's only a mistake if you fail to learn from it!
 
Buck Master Series Vanguard (or the standard Vanguard-R) and the Victorinox Climber. This takes care of pretty much everything. I might substitute some other SAK for the Climber (like maybe one with a screwdriver instead of a corkscrew), but so far the Climber has been sufficient.

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iktomi
 
My wife and a cooler full of brewskis

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The thorn stands to defend the Rose, yet it is peaceful and does not seek conflict
 
There's camping and there's backpack camping.
Other than Backpacking, my motto is "Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." With that in mind:
Buck 110, Leatherman SuperTool and Chris Reeve Shadow IV; along with hatchet, 3/4 axe, machete, kitchen knives including Buck Special.

Backpacking: 110, SuperTool and CR Shadow IV, or Fallkniven A-1 if wet/oxidation inducing clims/environs are expected.
 
For years it was my Schrade Sharpfinger and a folding saw (the saw is a constant) Then came my Buck FB, I forget the number, but it is the steak knife sized one...Both served me well
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This year it will be my new Dozier Slim Outdoorsman.
there is usually a large FB along, for the late night 'comfort factor'... but the little ones and the saw get all the work!
 
Unfortunately, I'm not near the stage where I've settle on a fixed set of tools. I end up being a mobile lab of edged stuff. This is truck camping, not backpacking!

Always in my truck, camping or no: Gerber Multitool, two flashlights, Gransfor hatchet, Gerber folding Sport Saw with spare blades. Off and on I'll stick either a CRKT Sealtac or CS Bushman in the truck, but really between a pocketknife and the hatchet there's really little need.

Always in my pocket, camping or no: Wenger Esquire Photon.

In the woods, a Wenger locking blade SAK with saw blade, either medium or large size, goes in the pocket. I'll also either have a belt knife or one-hand knife. I'm partial to a Buck 110 in a one-hand draw sheath. A CS SRK makes a fine belt knife. I also have a Marbles which I should use, but it's so pretty...

For camping, I may also take a Gransfor Forest Axe (3/4 axe) and a pocket chainsaw. For meal prep, a Frost Swedish Army knife, and maybe some Old Hickory knives.
 
Kabar, SAK and Sebenza. Rarely use the Sebenza, but wouldn't leave home without it.

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Brandon

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I've got the schizophrenic blues
No I don't
Yes I do...
 
I like my Chicago Cutlery 8" hollow ground carbon steel butcher knife. I don't own another knife that slices tomatoes like this one. It's unreal (when I regrind my Old Hickory, I'll see if it can cut like the CC, but I doubt it). I like a small Chicago Cutlery paring knife as well. I also take a Rapala fillet knive but last summer I was turning summersaults over my "Pan Handler" fish filleter--I love that thing! My #12 Opinel has also assumed camping duties. A great knife which will do most of what I need a knife to do while car camping. For the belt around camp, whittling marshmallow and hot dog sticks and making fuzz sticks for fire starters, cutting rope, tent stakes, etc., it's the Grohmann Camper or a nice Finnish Lapinleuku. Either of these will also slice and dice veges and trim meat. For serious chopping, its the Plumb axe or a Sandvik hatchet. Also, I take a butter knife or two for PBJ, mayo, mustard, etc. Use your carbon steels on this stuff, forget to clean them, and your blades will etch. For relaxing and whittling small objects, it's an SAK buddy or sometimes I will bring along one of my Warren carving knives.

For day hiking on the trail (who wants to sit around camp all day anyway?) it's the Badger Attack on the hip and a small sebenza in the pocket (it's always in the pocket) and an Opinel pocket saw in the pack (a Camelbak Cloud Walker).

In the truck I keep an SAK multitool or a Leatherman Wave for quicky repairs (for serious stuff, there's a huge box of tool back there). Also, one or the other also goes in the pack for day hiking. Along with a survival kit, bird book, edible plants book, rainsuit, a Bausch & Lomb 5x collapsing hand lens, and Leica binos. I also take an 8" screw driver (Snap On, of course
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)for digging (I used to use an Arkansas toothpick for this but they are illegal in Michagan).

In the belt pack is a small device used to deliver small pieces of lead substantial distances at considerable velocity.
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Hoodoo

The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman
 
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