Your advice please----------Questions

thatmguy - I had a firearms instructor several years ago that got his panties in a bunch because I wanted to qualify with an auto (This was years before most agencies approved them). He decided that I had to do everything without the use of my strong hand - draw, fire, reload, clear jams, etc. or I would fail the whole course. Fortunately I had practiced with my weak hand! Gee! Give a guy a little authority and he morphs into Napoleon!! :rolleyes:

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WILLIAM.M said:
What would you bring into the woods if you could only bring 2(Knife/Axe/saw)

and more important--why did you pick them????
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Leatherman Charge and my Chris Reeve Mountaineer II (5.5" fixed blade milled out of a single piece of A2 toolsteel).

The Charge because it gives me many tools, including a saw and pliers. I figure I can do all my "fine" and "little" work with it. I like the pliers for lifting cans and such on and off of fires.

The Mountaineer II because it's the largest fixed blade I own and it's built like a tank.

I've recently become interested the Becker Brute, though, and if I had that I might decide it was a better fixed blade than the Mountaineer II simply based on blade size. I suspect I'd like the handle more too. Not sure. Would have to compare the two directly and see which one I prefer.

Oh damn. I guess I'd better get that BK-1 so I can do a head-to-head test. Oh woe is me. I need to buy another knife.... ;)
 
on the fishing kit line, one thing i do is to keep a fish hook wrapped in plastic (for a little padding, lol) in my wallet. It may sound silly to some, but i'll tell you that making a line in the wilderness is much easier than making an effective fish hook, and it is very small. the only time i really think about it is when i clean out my wallet. just a quirk, but i would much rather use a metal fish hook over one carved from a twig "y".
 
Lighting fires with firestarters or building shelters is something you can practice in the backyard or somewhere you can drive to.

Why not try something a bit more radical? Take nothing except the clothes you wear (no knives, firestarters, lighters etc) and spend a night or two in the bush. Unless the weather is severe, you will survive ok and learn a thing or two about what would have made life a lot easier.
 
woulf said:
on the fishing kit line, one thing i do is to keep a fish hook wrapped in plastic (for a little padding, lol) in my wallet. It may sound silly to some, but i'll tell you that making a line in the wilderness is much easier than making an effective fish hook, and it is very small. the only time i really think about it is when i clean out my wallet. just a quirk, but i would much rather use a metal fish hook over one carved from a twig "y".
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One of these can be made out of a lot of different materials.:thumbup:
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