You can only have TEN ounces with you

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akennedy73

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A recent thread, "You can only have ONE with you", got me thinking... I don't go into the wilderness for indefinite periods to pioneer a livelihood. I go into the wilderness for limited periods of time and I have to carry most if not all of my resources with me - food, often fuel depending on regulations, and shelter. Hump a pack miles deep into a mountain range and up and down thousands of feet of altitude - you start to get "ounce-conscious". You begin really looking at your gear and wondering what you can do without and what you can do with better but lighter.

So here's another scenario - you're spending five days in the Rocky Mountains during the late summer at elevations of 4 to 6 thousand feet with night time temps dropping into the mid to upper thirties fahrenheit. You're allowed to build fires in the area you're going and you even plan to save weight by cooking over wood rather than a petroleum or alcohol fueled campstove. So you've got to have the tools to collect the wood to feed yourself and keep warm.

But you're only allowed 10 ounces for your cutting tools. What do you bring?

My choice:

A PocketChainsaw - 5oz.

A Frosts Mora - 3.5oz.




 
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I agree with the folding saw and Mora choice. I would choose the Mora triflex craftsman #780 at slightly more than 3-1/2 oz., and the Gerber telescopic saw at 3 oz. I don't think you could beat these choices with this weight restriction.
 
I changed my mind, I would keep the Gerber saw, and replace the Mora with a LM PST. I originally didn't think it only weighed 5oz.
 
Murray Carter necker and Gerber sliding saw. They both weigh next to nothing.
 
Howling Rat LM-9
Fiskars saw-3
Yeah it's 12 but that's the only combo I own that comes close.
 
Gerber sportsman saw 3 oz
Mora 3.5 oz
A.G russell one hand featherlite 1.5 oz
Vict. recruit-you gotta have a SAK 1.75 oz.

9.75 oz

Later,
Scottman
 
passport , plane ticket , drivers license .....

maps lot of em , hell I dont even know where the Rocky Mountains are .. Are they in QLD , or West Aus ?
 
I always think "satellite phone" when I see these threads, but I guess it doesn't fit the rules. :thumbup:
 
I done very well going backpacking only with a #1 Mora Up in the high sierra lots of dry wood and if i need to stay only 5 days in one place then i spend some time building a shelter to sleep and stay warm. I always carry 3 ways to make fire.

Sasha
 
Does anyone know the weight of the Mora 2000?

Since I got the Fiskars/Gerber slide-out saw, I feel better about carrying a Vic Farmer instead of a Rucksack (with it's bigger saw.)
 
Camillus ArcLite – 3.2 oz. w/sheath

Lumberjack SAK - 1.7 oz.

Fiskars wood saw – 3.4 oz.

Total weight - 8.3 oz.


I picked the Lumberjack because it is the lightest Vic SAK with a wood saw that I have, the next lightest is the Hiker at 2.7 oz. which could be substituted and still make weight.

I would only bring the Fiskars wood saw if I really thought I would need it (I could probably get by fine with just the SAK saw). If I left out the saw, I might take a Grohmann No. 1 Belt Knife (5.0 oz w/ leather sheath) instead of the Arclite.....or maybe a locking blade Hunter SAK (3.6 oz.) instead of the Lumberjack.




- Frank
 
Vic Farmer (3.0 ounces) becuase the Lumberjack is discontinued
Ritter PSP (3.9 ounces)
Bic mini (0.4 ounces)
oven bag (maybe 0.1 ounces) for water carrying, premarked in 1qt increments
6 micropur tablets (maybe 0.1 ounces)
Photon (0.3 ounces)
12" of shrink tubing (maybe 0.1 ounces)
Titan cup (1.8 ounces)
4 advil, 6 immodium, 2 sudafed (maybe 0.1 ounces)

9.6 oz (with the "maybe 0.1 ounce" items being counted as .3 ounces total), so I'd add two tea bags (green with honey and lemon, or green with ginger and honey) to total up my ten ounces. If allowed to assume I'm already carrying a knife, then I'd swap the Vic for a HD contractor bag.

OOPS! On rereading, I discovered I got side tracked. 10 ounces of knives! Little different there.

-Vic Huntsman (4.0) ounces
-Blade from a bow saw (1.0 ounce?) with a grip made from a block of #10 nylon, a nut and bolt, a split ring and a couple of ranger bands and length of hose as a blade gaurd (1.5 ounces?)

6.5 ounces total
 
Victorinox Huntsman (3.5 ounces)
Mora 2000 (4 ounces)
Schrade 807 (1 ounce)
Modded Opinel No. 7 (1.5 ounces)

or
Mora 2000 (4 ounces)
Opinel Folding Saw (4 ounces)
Victorinox Compact (2 ounces)

or
Mora kit knife (2 ounces)
Victorinox SwissChamp (7 ounces)
Schrade 807 (1 ounce)

or
Mora kit knife (2 ounces)
Victorinox Huntsman (3.5 ounces)
Modded Opinel No. 7 (1.5 ounces)
Schrade885 Stockman (3 ounces)
 
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