When I backpacked, I carried a 'sven saw'. It was a folding saw that was really nice, make short work of most tasks.
Later, I still camped outside (tent/hammock), but used a jeep to haul things, but still carried that saw. Then one day, I was way in the middle of nowhere on the side of a mountain, logging type road in a forest and came across a tree leaning across the trail. OK, it was too big to manhandle and I couldn't figure out how to cut it w/the saw w/o pinching the saw stuck. So I had to back up the winding trail I came up.
Lesson learned. So I switched to a medium sized axe and still carried that when I moved to a truck camper, van, bumperpull trailer.
Now that I've gotten older, and not too wiser, I've changed, ditched the axe tho I still have it. I just don't see myself chopping anything that big. I still carry it, but most of the work needing to be done around camp is done with the kabar cutlass. It's softer, high carbon steel so every easy to sharpen. heavy enough to make short work of anything small I need to or want to cut.
And it's not bent, like the kukri some people like. I've cleaned game with this, something that would be harder to do with a kukri type of knife. I've even cleaned a few deer with it. And it's smaller than a machete, thicker too. Curve at the bottom of the handle keeps it firmly in my hand. i wish they had this 50 years ago.
Do you use any such items?
Later, I still camped outside (tent/hammock), but used a jeep to haul things, but still carried that saw. Then one day, I was way in the middle of nowhere on the side of a mountain, logging type road in a forest and came across a tree leaning across the trail. OK, it was too big to manhandle and I couldn't figure out how to cut it w/the saw w/o pinching the saw stuck. So I had to back up the winding trail I came up.
Lesson learned. So I switched to a medium sized axe and still carried that when I moved to a truck camper, van, bumperpull trailer.
Now that I've gotten older, and not too wiser, I've changed, ditched the axe tho I still have it. I just don't see myself chopping anything that big. I still carry it, but most of the work needing to be done around camp is done with the kabar cutlass. It's softer, high carbon steel so every easy to sharpen. heavy enough to make short work of anything small I need to or want to cut.
And it's not bent, like the kukri some people like. I've cleaned game with this, something that would be harder to do with a kukri type of knife. I've even cleaned a few deer with it. And it's smaller than a machete, thicker too. Curve at the bottom of the handle keeps it firmly in my hand. i wish they had this 50 years ago.
Do you use any such items?
