silenthunterstudios
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People have been using Randalls and Buck 110's outdoors since their inception. Both were designed as outdoors tools. Lots of people have used nothing more than a Mora, a SAK or an inexpensive slippie. We are a rare breed, those that take a custom or higher end fixed blade for our "camp chores" or "bushcraft chores".
Someone asked about whether an Americanized tanto would work well for the woods. A member on here and another hot forum out of Jerzee said they take their Sebenzas as their main hiking knife. Got me thinking, which is never a good thing, about what kind of knives you take into the bush, whether the backcountry mountains, or the local park trails, that wouldn't fit our current ideal of knives. So, forget Nessmuk, Kephart, bushcraft and camp designs.
I've taken out my Native, my Grips, my Ritter Grips, my 710, my Military. Striders, Sebenzas. Anyone taken an Emerson CQC7, a Kershaw Bump? In an older issue of Blade, someone mentioned that they took their BM weehawk bali. Even if you took it out once, and never took it out again, what have you used in the woods, other than that Barkie, that custom, that Buck survival model (c'mon, help me out, which model?). We've all taken that 110 (I grew up on the 7OT from Schrade), that SAK etc.
What non outdoorsy knife (open to interpretation, those sold without an outdoors purpose or advertisement) have you taken?
A Microtech UMS was my outdoors folder, before I traded it for a BM 42. I have used both my 42 and 32 on hikes.
Someone asked about whether an Americanized tanto would work well for the woods. A member on here and another hot forum out of Jerzee said they take their Sebenzas as their main hiking knife. Got me thinking, which is never a good thing, about what kind of knives you take into the bush, whether the backcountry mountains, or the local park trails, that wouldn't fit our current ideal of knives. So, forget Nessmuk, Kephart, bushcraft and camp designs.
I've taken out my Native, my Grips, my Ritter Grips, my 710, my Military. Striders, Sebenzas. Anyone taken an Emerson CQC7, a Kershaw Bump? In an older issue of Blade, someone mentioned that they took their BM weehawk bali. Even if you took it out once, and never took it out again, what have you used in the woods, other than that Barkie, that custom, that Buck survival model (c'mon, help me out, which model?). We've all taken that 110 (I grew up on the 7OT from Schrade), that SAK etc.
What non outdoorsy knife (open to interpretation, those sold without an outdoors purpose or advertisement) have you taken?
A Microtech UMS was my outdoors folder, before I traded it for a BM 42. I have used both my 42 and 32 on hikes.
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I think you get the first-ever W&SS Award for a knife purchased at the last possible place you thought you would buy any outdoors gear. Is that a Rachael Ray knife? I've always thought she was mighty cute.
I thought you were a carbon-steel guy though... 
And I say, keep 'em coming. The proof's in the pudding, and you just outlined what we all need in a light, handy knife. I can't argue with that! I have a stainless (gasp!) Mora that has been in heavy rotation for a couple years now. Mostly in the kitchen but yeah, I've taken her camping and she's done just fine. She cost me all of $10 with a hard plastic sheath. 