Don't waste your time with those big Rambo knives mate
Were you referring to the ESEE?
Don't waste your time with those big Rambo knives mate
I find these threads interesting, so I'll poke my nose in again , if you don't mind...Hello everyone.
Thanks for all the advice, and not being a knife enthusiast per se I've seen lots of knives mentioned that I have neither heard of nor seen — everyone knows about the 300–400 quid knives, but only knife savvy people know how to get a decent blade for under a ton.
To answer a few questions directly. Putting a handle on a knife is something I could do, but time constraints are the limit. I am woring hard to earn cash in the coming two months before my departure. I actually have a hunk of O1 which I have cut to shape (pretty much a woodlore clone) and drilled. I also have wood for scales, brass pins and tube for a lanyard loop. However, I have no bench grinder, and have not yet worked out a way of setting up a jig for hand filing the scandi in (I live in a one bedroom flat in brixton with no outdoor space). Realistically, while I look forward to working on knives in the future, it ain't gonna happen before this trip.
With regards to axe, I am going to be moving between the snowy forest of the Yukon, pacific islands in Alaska and the mountainous forest of British Columbia. All of the places I am going I will be work in locations that will have axes/hatchets knocking about. So I will not be taking my bruks forest axe with me.
I could get a blade out there, as was suggest, but I am already a londoner showing up at an alaskan oyster farm to hunt and hang out with some burley bearded men. I need to get all my **** before my departure and make it look dirty, so the don't mock me!
Maybe I am only set on scandi because I do so much wood carving etc. I have got round to investing in a decent scandi bush knife. Maybe I should get a scandi and take something cheapish like an opinel for skinning and field dressing..?
Thanks again everyone!
Were you referring to the ESEE?
Not directly, but essentially yes.
A lot of money for a big toy that IMO is not only OTT but not very good at anything.. It might 'chop' better than a smaller one but itllbe goofy and over sized for everything else. The esee brand are decent but they do make smaller, more practical models!
Trying to think practically is all, and hawlling a sword collection to play in the woods is dumb.
I'm taking all this on board, and there is lots of great advice coming my, just a quick not, my note about wanting to 'fit in' with the locals was obviously a bit of a joke more to the point is that I would rather have one on me before I head out there. I will be float planing in to Prince Of Wales Island, and will be a couple of hundred dollars worth of travel away from shops so would sooner be equipped before I leave!
Don't want you all thinking I'm some sort of hipster-outdoorsman who wants a shiny ray mears knife to go with my craghoppers/bear grylls jumpers and belt-mounted spork kit!
No disrespect intended but have you actually used one in earnest?
Not a large esee, no. Played with plenty of big knives in the past though, owned dozens and although they aren't identical, they are of the same concept. Big, tacticool and aimed at the 'urban survivor types'.
This will escalate into the usual debate though, 'west side is de best' etc etc.. And although there's nothing wrong in wanting one mega uber survival knife to work on a fish farm, it still makes me chuckle!
Again, my humble advice is spend less and think practically.
I actually understand quite well the whole "fitting in thing" because, having been raised in a tourist area of Canada, I've seen the folks that come totin' all the rig - and laughed at them behind their back. No doubt people will treat you like a prince to your face, but IMHO your experience will be better if you prepare appropriately. This is not just in knives, but in everything. Again, one mans opinion.I'm taking all this on board, and there is lots of great advice coming my, just a quick not, my note about wanting to 'fit in' with the locals was obviously a bit of a joke — more to the point is that I would rather have one on me before I head out there. I will be float planing in to Prince Of Wales Island, and will be a couple of hundred dollars worth of travel away from shops so would sooner be equipped before I leave!
Don't want you all thinking I'm some sort of hipster-outdoorsman who wants a shiny ray mears knife to go with my craghoppers/bear grylls jumpers and belt-mounted spork kit!
I need to get all my **** before my departure
Not a large esee, no. Played with plenty of big knives in the past though, owned dozens and although they aren't identical, they are of the same concept.
Incidentally that seems to me like saying that because you have driven a ford mondeo and don't like it the BMW 5 series must be crap, same size, same premise, different beast