how many blades

[longshot]

a question if i may.

how many sharp tools do you carry on your person/in your kit on an adverage outing, what are they and what is your primary use for that tool?


thanks dean

 

[stuart f]

Hi Longshot,i carry a Gransfors small forrest axe for chopping and splitting fire wood. Also i carry a folding saw for cutting green wood(although i try not to cut green wood that often) as it leaves a nice neat scar thus limiting the chance of infection getting into the tree. I carry my Lapp knife for everyday jobs like food prep,carving ect, and a multitool that has pliers on it, which has come in handy around the campfire, i'e lifting hot char cloth tins out of the fire.

 

[Doc]

When I'm relying on fire for cooking/warmth, I do much the same as Stuart, with a micarta Woodlore instead of the Lapp knife.

If hiking longish distances, especially in hill country, I would skip the axe and leatherman and just take a folding saw (Laplander is best at sawing but the Wilkinson Sword/Fiskars saw is lighter) and a lighter fixed blade (eg stick tang Mora) rather than the full tang but heavy Woodlore. Kilograms matter!

For everyday use I have a Victorinox Farmer and nothing else.

It is surprising how much you can do with a folding saw and a 4" fixed blade knife - for splitting with a baton. HOWEVER - I have sometimes found it hard to get dry wood with this combination. In theory, the core of dead standing timber is dry even in heavy rain. In practice, I often find that 3" thick wood (ie, splittable with just knife and baton) is soaked through to the core. With an axe you can split much thicker wood.

 

[TAHAWK]

A 4 inch/100mm fixed blade (lately, a modified Fallkniven F-1 or Bark River North Star), a multi-tool (Juice Pro lately), and a folding prunning saw (Gerber lately). If I know I will need it, I would also carry a golok (Bark River lately).

 

[Squidders]

Fixed blade knife for heavy duty tasks and carving.
a small folder for food and other light work where I want the knife to be clean.
a hatchet for light chopping duty
folding saw for...errr... sawing stuff (also very good for cutting bread)

There have been times though, when I'm out on a mission to really test my knives... especially when a new one arrives... then I'll just take everything.

 

[Dave Budd]

I used to carry a Gransfors wildlife hatchet, climber sak and my own knife (a reject of a 5" drop point, sold through the bckg a few years back).

These days, on the rare occasions I get out, I carry my own tools (anal, maybe, but i like my tools! )

If ouut and about for more than a stroll I tend to have a light axe (much lighter than the wildlife, but I've still taken 3" ash trees down with it), a fixed blade saw, a 4" knife on my belt and if I have my big rucksack then my sak climber.

Alot of the time I only need teh axe and my fixed blade knife. But then you can never be too prepared can you

 

[PJMCBear]

A Remington 3.5 inch fixed blade, folding saw & a cheap pocket knife I've not idea how I got it. It just turned up in a box of my old army gear.

Never carried an axe. Don't know why, just never felt I needed one. I used to carry a military machete, but got unwanted attention from the law so it's been religated to the garden shed.

 

[Seagull]

hatchet for light chopping duty
folding saw for...errr... sawing stuff (also very good for cutting bread)

So, its not just my Missus,s breadmaking technique then.

Ceeg

 

[bambodoggy]

It very much depends if I'm out for a few hours, out for the day, out over the weekend or out for a week or more.

I usually have:

A folder of some sort in my pocket
A standard fixed blade for general use
A folding saw for sawing stuff
An axe for chopping.

Sometimes I also have an extra blade which is kept for food prep/game prep and sometimes I swap the axe for my Leuku.
Sometimes I don't bother with the saw and other times I take a bowsaw blade and knock up a handle when I get there.
Sometimes I just have the folder on it's own....or the fixed blade on it's own....or the axe on it's own....or the leuku on it's own.

It's a good question but hard to answer as my kit changes depending on what I'm doing and where I'm going.

Cheers,

Bam.

 

[sargey]

day to day i carry two, a dedicated cutting/food knife and a gadget knife. that's a folder du jour and a swiss champ.

out playing, or on trips five is about usual, a chopper, fixed blade approx' 4", saw, and the first two.

if i'm playing with sharp toys specifically i might carry more, if i've got specific tasks in mind, then maybe less.

cheers, and.

 

[Squidders]

Seagull, i'm stunned! My girlfriend is a superb cook!

Seriously though, saws are great for cutting bread!...

unless its sliced bread already but that goes without saying.

 

[longshot]

great replies folks just wnated to hear what y'all had to say jsut so i know im not over board

i usually have a folder on my at work or jsut out to the mall, store ect. when imout camping and such i have that plus, a fixed blade for heavy work used to be 8inches now down to about 4. plus i have at least a hatchet and most likely my larger axe ( if im stuck with only one blade that would be the one.) and a bow saw.

if im on exercises, i use whatever i'm issued, usually an 6 inch bayonette and/or a machette or axe depanding on the mission. plus whatever i can getinto my pockets, my usual folder and a multitool or two and i usually manage to get a hatchet in my ruck as well, the CO knows its there but its come in handy a few times so he ignores the infraction.

dean

 

[Jon Mawer]

On a camping trip with my mate recently, I had a victorinox huntsman, a leatherman wave, a victorinox signature lite and a mora scout knife with me. I had another SAK in my FAK, and probably another one in my rucksack somewhere...(granted, I am paranoid about not having the right tool for the job). Is this excessive?!?!

 

[eraaij]

- Blades:

Bison Bushcraft knife or
AW-Woodlore + folder combi (for cleaning game & skinning)

- Folding Saw

- Axe

- Leatherman Wave (I too find pliers handy - putting stuff in/out of fire, etc.)

 

[ArkAngel]

usually either,

My Mora or WS woody- main knife for carving, batoning etc

Laplander saw- Firewood cutting

Victorinox multi-tool- for all the other little jobs, can opener, bottle opener <very important> pliers etc

 

[nitram55]

On a camping trip with my mate recently, I had a victorinox huntsman, a leatherman wave, a victorinox signature lite and a mora scout knife with me. I had another SAK in my FAK, and probably another one in my rucksack somewhere...(granted, I am paranoid about not having the right tool for the job). Is this excessive?!?!

Excessive - bareley enough for a stroll in the woods

 

[timtom1]

What I do carry: a fix blade paul baker knife, in my survivial tin from BCB a little folding blade
What I would like: a Lofty Survival tool which I used recently on a survival course. But I'd probably carry a wildlife hatchet :bluThinki

P.S. you couldn't pick me up some birchbark could you very friendly people from Newfoundland!