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Posted by TJCeeJay on May 12, 2008 at 9:21:24 pm EDT
In reply to knives and hiking posted by redpatch5 on May 4, 2008 at 10:00:14 pm EDT

You're ALL going to laugh at me. But, I bring as my primary knife an army surplus bayonet. An old Enfield bayonet with the hollow handle, the barrel loop, and the round spring loaded clip at the end of the handle to lock it onto the rifle. Using a bit of 3/4" steel rod and a rubber O-ring I fashioned a cap for the end of the handle and created my own "Rambo" style camping knife. One that doesn't break the first time you hack at a branch with it. In the handle is the usual. Waterproof matches. 3 Band-aids, large needle, 50 feet of 15 pound fishing line, fish hook, half a dozen Iodine tablets in a tiny Ziplock bag, and a half dozen extra strength Advil Liqui-gels in another tiny Ziplock bag. I love it. It's blade is 11 inches long, double sided up to about 1-1/2 inches from the hilt, and can take ABUSE. You can use it to make kindling by beating on the blade with one piece of wood while driving the blade through the kindling piece. You can hack things with it, pry with it, dig with it, scratch your back with it. Well...When it's dull anyways. : ) Speaking of dull, double sides also means twice as long before it needs sharpening... Theoretically anyways. It's sheath is made of steel, it weighs a ton, but you would be hard pressed to find me a knife as durable and as multi capable as this monster. It can even open up soup cans when someone forgets the can opener... (Whistling) ...

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