Do i need to take knife?

[Satyr]

Yes I see where you are coming from Satyr, I live very close to my shoot, but I still whip em open, don't want guts around the house YUK... CHUCK SPEW, I prefer to leave it down the field.

What and miss the look on SWMBOs face when the little ones run out of the kitchen telling her how they just pulled out a kidney!

 

[poddle]

:You_Rock_

GREAT AINT It? then you get the Bunny Guts farts later too.



Sorry we have swerved WAY off topic here oops!!!

 

[mad_villain]

Well thanks for the welcome and all your detailed replies.
I'll take one for food prep and cutting up sticks. Might get that Mora clipper, I've had my eye on it a while but don't want to look a chump cos i can't use it.
I Think i'll be cooking with a hobo stove i made (are you allowed fires? or do you have to use gas?) and eating noodles, salami, whiskey, and other easy boil up water type stuff.
We're probably in a tent too.

And seeing as we're already wildly off topic, is there anywhere good between say Somerset and West Sussex where you can camp where you feel like and get to some serious rambling?

 

[poddle]

Well thanks for the welcome and all your detailed replies.
I'll take one for food prep and cutting up sticks. Might get that Mora clipper, I've had my eye on it a while but don't want to look a chump cos i can't use it.
I Think i'll be cooking with a hobo stove i made (are you allowed fires? or do you have to use gas?) and eating noodles, salami, whiskey, and other easy boil up water type stuff.
We're probably in a tent too.

And seeing as we're already wildly off topic, is there anywhere good between say Somerset and West Sussex where you can camp where you feel like and get to some serious rambling?

There are moots being held locally in a week or two, why not turn up there? They're all good fella's.
Probably learn a bit too.
Where are you from? Be more specific and you my get some help from a local bushy person

 

[mad_villain]

I'm in West Sussex. My friend is in Somerset so we're going to meet somewhere in between.

And what's a 'moot' for?

 

[poddle]

Sorry, my fault. A moot is a meeting, where you can join a group of other bushcrafters, join in and participate in the activities
Normally held in a wood or forest.

 

[Tengu]

Its an event for showing of knives, yes?

 

[poddle]

Its an event for showing of knives, yes?

I reckon you are correct there Tengu

 

[Aristotle]

I use a blade for something on most days even when I'm not camping.

Is there really a need to ask?!

 

[Trev]

Hey ,
If you decide to take a fixed/lockable , Just use it in your camp and you should be fine , you'll find out if you need it . I wouldn't wander about with it though - other people can be a bit unreasonable .
But as others have said some kind of SAK/Multitool is/becomes part of life , you will wonder how you got by without one .
Cheers ,Trev.

 

[John Fenna]

I never leave my bedroom without one!
As soon as I am dressed I am carrying a UK legal penknife in my trouser pocket, possibly 2 and or a Leatherman!
Indespensable tools for a miriad of tasks...though I dont use one for firelighting...a custom flint and steel do that

 

[locum76]

Yes, you need to take a knife.

 

[tenderfoot]

You sound as if you dont need a knife for what you do. But.... the ability to cut stuff is always useful.A small pair of folding scissors often does me for most cutting on a walk.
Kitchen scissors are very adaptable to a variety of tasks as previously noted. You can buy scissors that separate to give a knife type single blade tool. You can cut stuff with saws :--even the short bit sometimes attached to a fire steel .But ...Oh sod it! a SAK covers so many bases and can still be street legal so it has to be a no brainer.I must point out however that this reasoned and logical train of thought has not stopped me amassing a collection of shiny pointy edged things some of which rarely get out of the house and some of which would probably get me arrested if i went out for the evening carrying them.

 

[Big Geordie]

Hi Mad Villain,

Remember the rule: If you carry a knife always pack a first aid kit.
Have a great camp and many more.
Atb
G