What combination of edged tools do you use?

[ChrisKavanaugh]

I handled a reproduction Nessmuck. That hump makes a nice area to hold when using as a drawknife. It is a little less than ideal as a striking anvil when splitting wood. Being forward, the knife tends to simply tilt and waste the transferred energy and I was worried about snapping the blade. It makes for a superb skinner.

 

[chad234]

The Nessmuk style knife has many fine attributes. My favorite are by Dale Chudzinski of Racquette Forge.

Here is my current wood bumming cutting kit:

The knife is my "Big Orange" Nessmuk by Dale. The sheath is bombproof waxed leather that matches the knife perfectly.

The Axe is a Gransfors Scandinavian Forest Axe.

The Saw is a folding quick bucksaw from Duluth Pack.

The SAK is a custom with Maple scales.

I sometimes adda nother fixed blade for back up, either a Mora 2k or lately this Bocote handled Freelander from Allan Blade:

Here are some other shots of the SAK to show some detail, very nice work by Blademan.

 

[chad234]

To learn more about Nessmuk style knives, please check out this article:
http://outdoors-magazine.com/s_article.php?id_article=114

 

[ScottC]

Nice kit Chad.

I have a combination of small knife and folding saw.
Hoping to get a puuko knife within the next week from kellam knives.
My saw is the Silky Fox Pocket Boy 170 which cuts on the back pull and is very effective.

I've used axes on courses but I'm not ready to buy my own just yet.

 

[Mike Ameling]

I usually carry a small early 1700's French trade axe or tomahawk for the cutting/chopping stuff. But I use my corn knife (farmer's version of a machete) for all the daily chores.

And then I carry a simple fixed blade knife on the belt - straight 4 inch spear point blade with antler slab handles and brass bolster (made by a friend). And usually have one of my iron handled French clasp knives in the pocket - based on originals recovered from the 1685 shipwreck of la Salle's ship la Belle.

If you haven't guessed yet, most of my camping/hiking/trekking is historically based - and primarily based in the mid to late 1700's.

I seldom "chop" or split firewood when out in the woods. I gather fallen dead branches to feed the fire. The small stuff gets busted up using my foot or snapping it between two trees. The big stuff gets laid along/across the fire and burned through. Then just push the ends in.

So it goes out here in the Hinterlands.

Mike Ameling

p.s. Yeah, with all the assorted "toys" I have, I still usually go pretty minimalist, and have my few favorite using toys.

 

[w00dsmoke]

For me it depends on activity.

For general out and about camping, it's a leatherman wave and small fixed blade such as a mora alongside a folding pruning saw.

I'f I'm on a long camp in an area when I'm depending on fire, I'll take a billhook too.

For other activities such as foraging I'll often take secateurs and if I've got my kelly kettle, I'll ditch the pruning saw and billhook for secateurs. I have a rescue knife on my pfd when canoeing that is normally kept taped to the sun visor in the car

 

[Dr Onion]

There's no option for Lightsabre?!! :swordfigh

 

[8thsinner]

Until I work out my own perfect combination I think I fit into the last...

Khukri - Penknife from H.I.
Small forest or hunters axe - gransfors
North star - B.R.K.T.
Leatherman - XE6
Swiss card - Victorinox
Sabresaw - Not sure which sompany makes it actually
Hacksaw blade 7" - Generic
Razor blades - Part of sewing kit

 

[Big Bad Stu]

When out for a night or two I take:

Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe
Fallkniven F1
Laplander folding saw

Stewey.

 

[tombear]

Most often
Grohmann Large Camper (stainless) in neck sheath
Silky Pocket Boy
Leatherman Ti on a billy cord or if going light a Neck Peck as back up.

Tom

 

[sxmolloy]

GBA SFA, Fallkniven F1 and a Bahco Laplander meet all my needs.

 

[British Red]

So, nothing as a slicing tool then stu? Just two axes and a saw?

Red

 

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

-GB Scandinavian
-Opinel or a Mora
-Trail-blazer Take Down Bucksaw (or gerber exchange a blade for light work)
-Green River Sheath knife, or my SRK.

 

[Zemog]

This is my kit with my new axe,a Sandvik, waiting patiently to be hafted.
The knife is a K J Erikssons carbon steel
The saw is a cheap World Famous camping saw that works suprisingly well for $10 Cdn. We'll see how it lasts
I also take a Gerber multitool

 

[John Fenna]

If I am going by van I carry everything.
If I am in a canoe, a hatchet, folding saw, leatherman and a medium fixed blade in my barrel plus a rescue knife and pocket folder in my BA.
On foot for a long way, a medium fixed blade plus a leatherman.
On foot for a short way, GB SFA, medium fixed or finish twin knife set, leatherman, folding saw.
Forign treks, medium fixed blade and leatherman.
So many combos for so many trips!

 

[Nathan Sturgess]

More often than not just a fixed blade and an Opinel, however I do sometimes take my GB wildlife hatchet instead of a fixed blade if I need to do any chopping.

 

[andy_bell]

Gb mini hatchet, woodlore an opinel no 6 and a scandinavian forest axe.
I almost never use the woodlore as the mini hatchet and no 6 do most things the woodlore will, just can't bring myself to leave it at home.
Don't bother with saws as I am trying to approach this in a buy 1 thing that will last forever kind of way and I don't think I could sharpen a saw.

 

[Pablo]

For me it's:

Gransfors Bruks Mini (sometimes SFA)
Companion MK II (Woodlore clone)
Laplander folding saw
and Opinel No 8

Pablo

 

[Longstrider]

For a long weekend under canvas (as per the original post) I'd typically carry in a variety of tools...

Decent fixed blade (or two )
Folding saw (Laplander)
Axe (Either my SFA or my recently aquired Cegga)
Bowsaw (If I expect to be needing it )

Along with the kit that I have on me at virtually all times...

Buck 110
SAK Ranger
Swisstool
Lone Wolf Harsey T2

... I reckon on rarely being without the right tool for the job in the sort of area that I normally find myself in.

 

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

This is my kit with my new axe,a Sandvik, waiting patiently to be hafted.
The knife is a K J Erikssons carbon steel
The saw is a cheap World Famous camping saw that works suprisingly well for $10 Cdn. We'll see how it lasts
I also take a Gerber multitool

My gerber multi-tool died Friday.

What blew my mind.. I was prying a small dowel out of a window sill...