Which blade to serve as a backup blade?

SAK Farmer or Izula. I'm also playing around with the idea of the Izula as being my primary.
 
oguruma said:
Alright, so I want input from you guys on what serves as a functional backup knife for your main blade? I.E. you lose/break your primary knife, or your main blade is too large to serve for smaller tasks. What do you feel makes a good secondary/backup blade? A Sak? Your favorite Spyderco/Benchmade? Your largest beefiest overbuilt folder? A Neck knife? None at all?
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I always carry a golok or parang style knife with me as my main blade because there's always some sort of work to do on the ranch and the golok or parang are excellent all-purpose work blades. But in one pocket I'll carry a SAK fieldmaster model (I use the little saw a lot) and in the other pocket a muskrat folder of some sort because I've found that to be the best knife for foraging things like nopalitos (young prickly pear shoots) or pitaya fruit (a type of barrel cactus) or any number of other edible wild plants found in the region where I live.
 
Mannlicher said:
This is the group that will go hiking with me Saturday. The Sierra saw is in the day pack. The SAK and the little skeleton blade will be on the pack, the smaller fixed blade (TobinSmith) goes in the pocket, the Spyderco is carried baldric style, and the larger knife ( by Tim Olt) fits on my belt.
Hey, they all have to get out of the safe for some exercise now and then. :D
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I'm really digging that Tim Olt, any more info? Sorry, if it's a bit off topic.
 
I carry a Victorinox German Bundeswehr issue SAK (Trekker). It actually gets used a lot more than any fixed blade that I might have with me and has performed admirably as my EDC blade, as well as what some would call, adverse conditions.
 
Oldie but goodie thread.

I carry a Vic SAK most of the time as a "backup". Of late I have been carrying a BK-16 and my Dozier K42 Personal along with the SAK. My SAK is the Adventurer model. I really like the One Handed Trekker with the plain edge. It is just a bit thick to carry in my pocket. MY "backup" gets 3x the use of my so called "primary blade".

I vary my woods fixed blade choices as I am not in love with any particular knife. Been experimenting.
 
Duzzy said:
How many people simply carry a duplicate of their main bushcraft blade?

I ask because when I used to paintball; I talked to someone who played competitively and his back-up marker (paintball gun) was the same as his main. Same marker, same air system, same loader, same barrel, same operating pressure, same everything. The idea being that if he ever had to use his back-up he wouldn't ever be at a disadvantage due to unfamiliar, or less familiar, equipment.

So does anyone simply carry a duplicate of a knife they're comfortable doing anything they deem necessary with? (I know that on a knife enthusiast forum odds are people don't; odds are that people carry multiple types so they can have fun and play.)

Is there anyone who would? Or wouldn't? And if so why? Or are the differences between knives really so negligible that there isn't a need (a good edge is a good edge mentality)? Personally, I don't own any small knives aside from what's on my Swisstool and a small SAK and thus cannot really comment, but I'm rather curious...
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I agree.
In yachting, I made sure my back-up anchor was newer & better than my every day anchor. The OP mentions breaking a FB. I would want another FB, not a folder.
There are plenty of small tough FB around: Becker necker, izula, BRKT necker. Most puuko's are light & useful.
I often do take 2 FB of a similar size, though never identical. To balance that, I generally carry only one folder in the bush.

To answer a previous question, I have done a bit of woodwork with a Fallkniven U2, & no chipping problems.
 
Opinel + folding saw
SAK + folding saw
SAK + Mora
Opinel + Mora
Mora + folding saw

All good options that have worked for me. One for food and one for wood. It really depends on the kind of mood I am in and the kind of tasks I am doing.
 
The two "back up" blades that a I reach for most often (and not coincidentally, my usual EDCs):

Blind Horse 'Drover'

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Blind Horse "Frontier Valley"

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Shotgun said:
SAK Farmer or Izula. I'm also playing around with the idea of the Izula as being my primary.
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That is pretty much what has happened with me. Without me giving it any real thought, my Izula has become my go-to fixed blade, accompanied by a Vic Spirit X multitool and some sort of wood processor (Golok, saw, hatchet etc.). Sort of a modern Nessmuk trio.
 
My main knife is a slipjoint, since I always carry one no matter where I am, at work or in the woods.

In the woods, I carry a sheath knife as my main functioning knife
 
My main knife is in a sheath: either a Becker BK2 or BK7, either of those will handle camp chores and wood processing etc. I will back up the big blade with a smaller fixed blade for fine work and food prep or fish cleaning stuff. This could be a neck knife like a BK 11 or a slightly larger BK 16 ( I think that the bk7 bk16 combo is sweet!) and finally I always have a folder in my pocket, lately the Bob Dozier Ka-Bar folders have been my favorite folding blade as they are rugged and priced right at about $20.
 
I have a small companion knife that was custom made by Bryan breeden to go along with my breeden tracker. I also carry a small BUD-k neck knife and in my pack I have one of the old big leatherman multi tools. I also have a small altoid tin knife and a custom Harpoon knife that is similar to the tops harpoon that nests inside a small survival kit pouch.
This is only what I carry when I have my full pack for multi night trips. Usually I'll just have the tracker, & companion with the neck knife for day or single night trips
 
My kukri comes with built in utility knife, howrver my sebenza is always in my pocket.

in my backpack I have a small kershaw.

sometimes I want to bring my gyuto because a chef and it literally extension of my hands.
 
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