What kind and how many knives do you take on a canoe trip? Primarily focused on doing a lot of fishing.

Our trips are also fishing trips and each person generally has their own pocket knife and also take one fillet knife to clean fish

I take the Schrade SCHF9 for splitting wood (batoning).
Before I got the Schrade, I took the Morakniv Light My Fire (used it for batoning but the blade is a bit short--good knife otherwise).
Kershaw Leek which is always in my pocket even sans BWCAW

saltdog: "Our trips are also fishing trips and each person generally has their own pocket knife and also take one fillet knife to clean fish"

Same. Additional blade on a multi-tool.

Fillet knife,Grohman folder, and a handmade 8 inch fixed blade.

I have a Gerber scout clipped on my pfd and a 6" Rapala filet knife.

I take a Rapala filet knife for cleaning fish, Leatherman Surge Multitool, and for camp work I really like a Mora.

I usually bring a fillet knife and a 2.5 inch folding Kershaw in my pocket. It's not a great knife, but does hold a decent edge, opens easily, and if I lose it it's not a big deal.

When I began making knives 20 years ago, this was one of my first and made for me to use in the Boundary Waters. The bar I ground to make the knife is Talonite (a Cobalt Chromium Alloy) and was a gift from my kids. The scales are made from Desert Ironwood. The 3" blade works out well for most camp tasks but I also have a multi-tool , Gerber hatchet, filet knife and collapsible saw for anything else.

filet knife, multi tool usually. Bringing a Mora on my upcoming trip also.

I go light and bring just one knife - a fixed-blade that works well enough as a fillet knife...weighs under an ounce.

A habit from my backpacking days, I take the lightest pocket knife available. I have a few in the 30- 45 gram range.My newest but not my lightest is a Petzel Spatha . It weighs just 43 g. I typically only use a knife to open meal packaging and such.

If I were to fish; a fillet knife would be separate fishing gear.

Caveat: While I would never carry them backpacking, when canoe tripping I also carry either a hatch or saw or both. I don't weigh them because it causes anxiety in my backpacking oriented psyche.

Fillet knife
Belt Knife (also used for batoning)
Outdoors Ax
Scalpel <- First aid kit
Saw <- Loosely counted as a knife

I also take a small folding sharpener with course on one side, fine on the other. That takes care of everything that I would want to address until I get back home.

WonderMonkey: "Fillet knife
Belt Knife (also used for batoning)
Outdoors Ax
Scalpel <- First aid kit
Saw <- Loosely counted as a knife


I also take a small folding sharpener with course on one side, fine on the other. That takes care of everything that I would want to address until I get back home."

Curious...why the ax AND batoning knife?

AmarilloJim: "I have a Gerber scout clipped on my pfd and a 6" Rapala filet knife."

This about covers it for me.

Can't have too many knives - a lot of nice ones out there I'd like to get.
But generally, I have my Buck Vanguard in the sheath which I can use for pretty much anything, a small folding knife somewhere, and a fillet knife.

I take too many cutting tools. I should probably cut back. For the BWCA I take:

Benchmade Bushcrafter

Rapala 6" Filet Knife

Leatherman Skeletool Topo

Schrade Hatchet (going to upgrade to the Gransfors Bruks Outdoor Axe before next trip)

Silky Saw

I also have a Gerber Paraframe II in my "patch/supply kit" and a Swiss Army Money Clip (small blade and scissors) in my first aid kit.

Oh! and I have an Opinel No. 7 in my utensil roll in the food pack.

Like I said...too many. If two is one, and one is none, what's six?

Here's my Bushcrafter.

Leatherman Wave multitool on my belt and fillet knife in the pack

One folding knife in my ditch kit. One filet knife. I don't know the makers.

seamusknives: "


When I began making knives 20 years ago, this was one of my first and made for me to use in the Boundary Waters. The bar I ground to make the knife is Talonite (a Cobalt Chromium Alloy) and was a gift from my kids. The scales are made from Desert Ironwood. The 3" blade works out well for most camp tasks but I also have a multi-tool , Gerber hatchet, filet knife and collapsible saw for anything else."

That's a beautiful knife.

I bring two, I keep an ESEE Izula in my life vest and then I bring along an ESEE 3 for wood processing. Also bring a Sven Saw to make wood a good length for batoning with the ESEE 3.

TechnoScout: "

WonderMonkey: "Fillet knife
Belt Knife (also used for batoning)
Outdoors Ax
Scalpel <- First aid kit
Saw <- Loosely counted as a knife

I also take a small folding sharpener with course on one side, fine on the other. That takes care of everything that I would want to address until I get back home."

Curious...why the ax AND batoning knife? "

For no other reason than I want to. That's it. I bought my ax knowing that in time I'd only take one of them so, for now, I take them both. I consider them redundant like I assume you do, and will only take one or the other in time.

I wear an Esse Izula-II on my belt for camp chores. I bring an Esse 6 for batoning and a saw, most recently an Irwin. I will bring a fillet knife if I plan to fish a lot. Sometimes will bring an axe depending on who and how many I trip with. At times I will bring the cheap plastic handle bandage style shear as a safer option to opening packages and cutting rope.

1. Mora Garberg
2. GB Small Forest Axe
3. Silky Big Boy Saw

Take a bubba filet knife for fish. Also have a couple of cheap Moraknivs for camp. No axe. Carry an Agawa canyon saw for wood.

Gerber Strongarm for batoning/general camp needs and a CRKT Big Eddy fillet knife for me.

Wouldn’t go on a wilderness trip without a leather man multi tool. This will make most any emergency repair cut most anything etc.... We also bring a fillet knife. FWIW, I’m an avid knife collector but several knives simply aren’t needed just extra weight to portage. My .02

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ghostrider179: "What kind and how many knives do you take on a canoe trip....primarily focused on one doing a lot of fishing"

This Sep, I am taking two filet knives...one is 6" and the other is 4" Both Rapala
Taking one batoning knife, and one utility knife.
Overkill??? Maybe. We are going to basecamp and do day trips...not a 100 miler!


< My utility knife is a Victorinox (SAK) Camper. Looks like they have renamed the "Camper" to "Hiker." Any SAK needs to have the saw which I have used more times than I can count.>

Mora Bushcraft black
Spyderco Delica
Leatherman Wave
Rapala Fillet knife

Augwa Boreal 21

Weatherman Multi tool knife and a Mora for batoning

Lt Wright GNS
7 inch Peters fillet knife
GB Outdoor axe or Wilderness axe
Silky Bigboy or Katanaboy

Swiss Army Knife Classic in my pocket. Most often used things are the little scissors, tooth pick, and then nail file. Little dinky blade only occasionally gets used but usually enough for 90% of my camping tasks.

Mora Garberg in the pack for batoning wood for kindling, making fire sticks, etc. The Mora is paired with a Silky Gomboy saw and GB Wilderness hatchet for evening mood & social fires. I don’t tend to cook over a fire.

Not a fisherman but when traveling with those that do like to eat fish I have a filet knife I add to the kitchen utensil roll. If summer sausage, salami or a similar hard meat that needs slicing is on the menu I add an MSR Alpine chefs knife to the utensil roll.

I take a fillet knife made for me by a good friend, a small kleaver I made and a knife..
All simple carbon steel and parkerized.

sylvesterii: "Like I said...too many. If two is one, and one is none, what's six?

"

Two too many?

Becker BK2 for splitting wood. Esee PR4 for general cutting. Victorinox Swiss Army knife for the scissors and tools. And just because a Leatherman Wingman. I like the pliers on it.

Fortunate1: "I wear an Esse Izula-II on my belt for camp chores. I bring an Esse 6 for batoning and a saw, most recently an Irwin. I will bring a fillet knife if I plan to fish a lot. Sometimes will bring an axe depending on who and how many I trip with. At times I will bring the cheap plastic handle bandage style shear as a safer option to opening packages and cutting rope. "

The Esee 6 is a very capable and versatile knife. Great choice.

I bring my Gerber multi-tool which has 2 small blades, a filet knife and a Becker BK2 for any heavy work.

Gerber multi-tool which has 2 small blades, on my belt.
Mora worn as a neck knife.
Knives of Alaska Bush Camp knife, on my belt.
Cutco fillet knife in my pack, along with a Dustrude saw and Hults Bruk Aneby.

A small Swiss Army knife and a Mora belt knife. Usually just use the SA.

Cheap gander mountain filet knife with sharpener and a leatherman.

I carry a Buck folding hunter on my belt, a buck 55 (half size folding hunter) in my pocket and a 6 in. fillet knife (which seems to be rarely used). Also have a knockoff multi tool and a swiss army knife with about 15 things on it stashed in a pack somewhere.

This year and last I took a photo of the knives that we brought (5 people). Apparently the fillet knife was left out last year (didn't fish this year), but I very much like my Morakniv fillet knife.

buck vangard and a leatherman on my belt, two rapala fillet knives in the fishing gear bag, medium camp axe, and usually some throwing knives for fun and zombie protection!

I don't do any paddling that requires long portages; basically I'm a river paddler.

Weight no concern; don't fish, need no filet knife.

These two have done thousands of river miles, and years of river camping with me over the years.
Gerber Multi Tool, and Cold Steel SRK
Not for everyone, but I like them, and they are all I've ever needed.

I have a very similar pair I carry in my pickup; they never leave the truck unless they are being used, and always go back into the truck after being used.

BOB

These are some of the ones I use


Tony

i usually bring in 3 filet knives, as i have done most of the filleting and cooking in the past, and my trusty gator gerber

Keep um comin guys......

Seems to be some Gerber Gator fans out there. Me not so much, but I do miss the Gerber EZ out that the TSA took away from me after an honest mistake at MSP. Was a gift from my dad. I do enjoy knife discussions.

One pocket knife, and one fillet knife if I plan to fish. Never needed anything else.

Rescue knife on my pfd
Fixed blade sheath knife on my belt
Multi-blade folder pocket knife in my pocket.
Folding filet knife in my tackle bag

Bannock: "Rescue knife on my pfd
Fixed blade sheath knife on my belt
Multi-blade folder pocket knife in my pocket.
Folding filet knife in my tackle bag
"

WHAT?? No ankle knife?

I thought the Woodman's Pal would at least get mentioned.
I don't have one but have considered purchasing it for use around the pasture. The spiny cucumber is taking over.
Anyone have experience with one.

Filet knife and a Leatherman

KarlBAndersen1: "I take a fillet knife made for me by a good friend, a small kleaver I made and a knife..
All simple carbon steel and parkerized.












"

Hah... I was just scanning through the photos not looking at who posted. Got to this post and thought.. hey, that looks like Karl's kleaver. :)

I think I need you to make me a knife.... maybe similar to the knife here?.. 5-6" blade, suitable for batoning, kydex sheath. Think about it... I'll get with you sometime. I like my knives, but.... well, they don't measure up to an Andersen Forge!

How did the kleaver work?

x2jmorris: "Filet knife and a Leatherman"

+1. Sometimes I'll throw in my Buck 110, but never really needed it.

countrybois: "

KarlBAndersen1: "I take a fillet knife made for me by a good friend, a small kleaver I made and a knife..
All simple carbon steel and parkerized.

"

Hah... I was just scanning through the photos not looking at who posted. Got to this post and thought.. hey, that looks like Karl's kleaver. :)


I think I need you to make me a knife.... maybe similar to the knife here?.. 5-6" blade, suitable for batoning, kydex sheath. Think about it... I'll get with you sometime. I like my knives, but.... well, they don't measure up to an Andersen Forge!

How did the kleaver work?"

To make myself clear - I have never posted anything on BWCA.Com of a commercial nature. I did not put these here to solicit business.
That said - my contact info is not a secret.

A fillet knife if fishing and a pocket knife From Walmart for general use.

Photo from this month's trip
I hardly used the Mora and the Schrade was barely used. All of the batoning was done with the monster on the left. In addition to these, I had my SAK Camper which is always with me and always gets used.

Just me:

Small crkt folder.

Small cheap handheld folding saw. Purposefully bought cheap so that I don’t care if I break or lose it.

Leading a group:

I’ll add a filet knife if I have anyone along who isn’t a fan of picking meat off the whole fish.

Two of the cheap handheld folding saw.

Basically my goal is not to take anything I’ll mind breaking or losing.

Fortunate1: "I wear an Esse Izula-II on my belt for camp chores. I bring an Esse 6 for batoning and a saw, most recently an Irwin. I will bring a fillet knife if I plan to fish a lot. Sometimes will bring an axe depending on who and how many I trip with. At times I will bring the cheap plastic handle bandage style shear as a safer option to opening packages and cutting rope. "

I’m waiting for my izula2 to arrive today!

I bring too much stuff but sure…knives included.

The izula 2 is replacing my Ontario rat2 folder. It’s just irritating to get it to clip back into light pants and shorts pockets. So I’m gonna try a scout carry on the front with the izula.

For wood processing, I use an Esse6 and silky gomboy…to me that completely answers the ax/no-ax question. If this combo can’t process it, your log is too big.

I take 2 fillet knives; one for the kitchen, one for fish. Keeping a ‘clean’ one seems to make my crew happier…

I take my leatherman wave, even if all I use is the pliers and scissors. The thing weighs a pound. I’m sure there are better options but I’m too chicken to leave it behind.

I take a fallkniven 2 sided stone to touch up edges.

I have the Penny cutters you mentioned in my first aid kit. If someone hooks themselves, the wire cutter on that fat leatherman will be an unpopular choice to cut the treble.

I usually always have a multi tool on my belt. One extra multi tool is in a PFD pocket, we keep a Benchmade mini griptilian clipped in the utensil roll. I have a fillet knife in a robust sheath which has protective fillet gloves around it.

Ryan

I make so knives so I sometimes I get silly depending on what I want to test out. I often have a gerber multitool which I rarely use except for the can opener. Then I'll bring (one, maybe two) 9 or 10 inch "hunting" knife for batoning and general use. I sometimes bring a kukri (chopper) especially if I am hunting to clear limbs and shooting lanes (not in the bwca).

I mostly backpack though. A filet knife gets added in the warm months. Sometimes it's an extra pound of knives but one never knows when one might have to fight four bears at once...

Rapala filet knife
Mora basic for batoning, cutting rope, etc.
Buck pocket knife
The knife on my Gerber pocket tool

I take two different fillet knives. One has a stiff blade and the other is quite flexible.

Can anyone tell me what this is? While it's a touchstone to the past for me, I've always been curious how old it was.

uqme2: "I take two different fillet knives. One has a stiff blade and the other is quite flexible.


Can anyone tell me what this is? While it's a touchstone to the past for me, I've always been curious how old it was. "

That is an old Schrade brand pocket knife of some sort.

Buck Pocket knife, filet knife, and leatherman multi tool for trips with one of my daughters. I don’t bring the filet knife on solo trips because I don’t eat fish on solo trips.

Same fillet knife I have used for many, many years
Benchmade Bushcrafter
Victorinox Multi Tool

JN: "
That is an old Schrade brand pocket knife of some sort.
"

I appreciate the help, JN. Are you going by the shield or the plain metal handle?

Honestly, I poked around the internet for answers and the simple bare metal handle is the thing that has always stumped my efforts.

There's no markings that I can find on the tang or the shield. I'm thinking it could have been a promo giveaway that was once useful enough to my father or his father to be saved in a cigar box that included a two dollar bill.

Hey, ya never know. It's just unusual. Thanks again.

uqme2: "

JN: "
That is an old Schrade brand pocket knife of some sort.
"

I appreciate the help, JN. Are you going by the shield or the plain metal handle?


Honestly, I poked around the internet for answers and the simple bare metal handle is the thing that has always stumped my efforts.


There's no markings that I can find on the tang or the shield. I'm thinking it could have been a promo giveaway that was once useful enough to my father or his father to be saved in a cigar box that included a two dollar bill.


Hey, ya never know. It's just unusual. Thanks again."

I am guessing an Imperial of some sort. I have a very similar model that I have had since the '70's. It is also bare metal, because the plastic coating peeled off. Once it started I peeled off the rest when I got tired of poking my fingers on the sharp edges of the peeling plastic. A little bit of fine sanding on the tang might reveal a mfg. stamp.

Thanks again folks! I remember a blue marble look (celluloid?) to either my dad's or my gramp's knife in some memory hole.

https://ourpastimes.com/date-imperial-knives-7900495.html

You were both helpful and I appreciate the effort. I finally found a tang stamp on the broken blade I initially ignored that lead me to Imperial Knives.

If old pocket knives is someone's hobby and it's easy enough, I'd appreciate a link to chapter and verse. I'd honestly love to date it.

Varies year to year, but for the last few:
T.O.P.S. Brakimo-for battoning
Silky Bigboy 200 Saw-For sawing
Kershaw folding fillet knife- for filleting
Leatherman Super 300- for anything else(mostly pliers)

Unas10: "A little bit of fine sanding on the tang might reveal a mfg. stamp."

After a night of soaking in Liquid Wrench, a Makers Mark appeared. I swear it wasn't there yesterday. Turns out the knife is an Imperial c1956-1988.

The three rows of numbers look to be patent numbers and after that effort, I now I think I understand why that particular knife was in that particular box.

Thanks again. Sorry to interrupt. Carry on.

Lt wright Bushcrafter, folding fillet knife, leatherman super tool 300, agawa saw, council tool camp carver axe. They don't all go with me all the time. Depends on the trip and time of year. I enjoy good knives and tools.

Outdoorsfan69: "
Same fillet knife I have used for many, many years
Benchmade Bushcrafter
Victorinox Multi Tool"

Love the Rapala filet knife. I have a similar one that is approximately 30 years old. It still goes with me on every trip.

I take a Leatherman multi-tool (which I carry everywhere), a Rapala filet knife and a beefier chopping knife that is part of my utensil roll.

I change things up a lot depending on the trip.

If I'm doing a long solo and want to save weight I'll bring a single heavy-duty knife and leave the axe and (usually) the saw . Heavy duty by my standards still being less than a 6" blade, but the idea being that I can still split kindling to get a fire going in an emergency if I have to. I have had larger knives but find for the northern forests the axe is king and a larger knife is just unnecessary weight.

If I'm fishing I always bring along a multitool and a fillet knife.

For most "normal" trips I bring along a mid-size axe and a saw as well and will bring a lighter knife (right now that's a white river hunter), or maybe even a folding knife. I've been thinking lately that I could really just do without the knife altogether and just bring an axe, saw, and multitool. If I have an axe and a saw the only thing I really end up using the knife for is cutting salami, rope, etc...

So I am not a knife collector but I guess I have acquired quite a few knives over the years. A small percentage of these have actually been purchased by me. I have received some for gifts, some from vendors at work, found a few and not sure how I acquired a few of them.

Among these knives I have few that would be considered Premium or heavy duty bushwhack knives. The one that I am most proud of is the Kershaw folder which is an awesome knife, super sharp and with a thumb stud for quick opening, and a very nice looking knife. Love that knife and it is an EDC knife for me when I am camping. I also have 3 Morakniv which are amazing, bulletproof and sturdy. These are my heavy duty knives for batoning and the like. Four filet knives, two of which are compact folders, pretty well set here. Lots of smaller knives that are nice and sharp and work for around the camp chores and are tucked into tackle boxes as extras. But honestly most of them see little to no use.

I know I am missing a few, did a quick search and did not find my Gerber Multi Tool or my Schrade folder similar to the Sharp folder in the lower left hand corner. That Sharp was my go to knife for many years before I got the Kershaw and the Moras, now it is sadly relegated to a car camping tub for occasional use.

For the BWCA I always have my Kershaw in my pocket and a Mora for batoning. Often bring the Gerber Multi Tool for what if. And of course a filet knife, lately it has been the CRKT folder which is really nice and works because we only keep smaller fish for eating.

Just think if I was a knife collector:)

Next post might be flashlights/light sources - sadly I have almost as many of them as knives.

BM 941 jackknife
SAK
Large fixed bladed knife or GB Wildlife Hatchet
Silky Bigboy
Fillet knife

Fortunate 1,
I have a Woodsman's Pal in a vehicle to use for clearing some brush if needed. Never backpacked with it or canoe camped with it.

For knives: I take a Gerber Dime and a Opinel No.15 Slim Stainless Steel Folding Fillet Knife. Plus a sharpener.

For wood processing:
I take a Sven 15 inch saw and a Gransfors Bruk Mini Hatchet.

Good razor sharp fillet knife and a Mora Garborg knife is all you need.

I take a Rapala filet knife for fish, and a custom Mora knife I made myself as myself as my belt/utility knife.

seamusknives: "


When I began making knives 20 years ago, this was one of my first and made for me to use in the Boundary Waters. The bar I ground to make the knife is Talonite (a Cobalt Chromium Alloy) and was a gift from my kids. The scales are made from Desert Ironwood. The 3" blade works out well for most camp tasks but I also have a multi-tool , Gerber hatchet, filet knife and collapsible saw for anything else."

Beautiful knife. You do good work! Where should I look if I want to pick up one of your creations?

KarlBAndersen1: "I take a fillet knife made for me by a good friend, a small kleaver I made and a knife..
All simple carbon steel and parkerized.












"

Best knives I’ve seen!!!

NEIowapaddler: "I take a Rapala filet knife for fish, and a custom Mora knife I made myself as myself as my belt/utility knife. "

I am curious about the "custom Mora knife I made myself". Did you somehow modify a Mora knife? If so, what were the modifications? Did you make a knife that looks like a Mora? Could you post picture?

While proofreading my post it came off as kind of snarky. That is not my intent. I am genuinely curious about your knife.

I always have a folding pocket knife on me, currently running a Benchmade Pardue. It’s ultra light, slim and it’s worked well for the last six years. Thinking of swapping to a Spyderco for daily use. I also bring a Leatherman Wave+, packed away with the repair kits. And sometimes a rappel fillet knife, but might opt to swap that out for an Opinel folding fillet.

Schrade SCHF30 for batoning and general use.

Schrade SCHF46 Neck Knife (I really like this but it’s discontinued)

Agawa Boreal 21

Gransfors Bruk Outdoor Axe

Gerber Controller 6” Filet Knife

I may add a Gransfors Bruk Scandinavian Forest Axe this year?

My edged tools have changed up a bit over the last few years.

I am now using:
Hoffman Blacksmithing Trapper Hatchet
Marttiini Filet Knife
Dutch Buschcraft Knives - DBK Knife
Leatherman Free P2
Silky Gomboy Outback Curved

Love these tools.

I bring way too many knives. I have a couple Kershaw folding knives, one in my tackle box that's a bit smaller and another in my gear bag that is a bit bigger, a Rapala fillet knife, a fixed blade knife that straps to my belt, and my eating utensil knife. 5 knives, all metal.

BTW: The knife in my tackle box is not used for trimming line, I have a clipper for that.

sylvesterii: "My edged tools have changed up a bit over the last few years.


I am now using:
Hoffman Blacksmithing Trapper Hatchet
Marttiini Filet Knife
Dutch Buschcraft Knives - DBK Knife
Leatherman Free P2
Silky Gomboy Outback Curved


Love these tools.


"

That Hoffman... Total sweetness.

I love my Brant and Cochrane Dirigo Belt Axe with a custom 20" handle. Damn - they really raised the price on their axes. My axe with the custom handle, costs less than their standard Dirigo belt axe as listed. Ouch. ...awesome axe though.

The AA Forge Mutt was my concoction: I took one of Adam's 1-off drop-tip blades, and married it with his 4" hiker handle. Adam like it so much, he asked if he could add this to his collection of public offerings — and thus the Mutt was born. I love this knife. I have two, as I'm leaving one to each of my kids. I have a blue birdseye maple version as well as this spalted maple scale beast.

Scoobs:



That Hoffman... Total sweetness.


I love my Brant and Cochrane Dirigo Belt Axe with a custom 20" handle. Damn - they really raised the price on their axes. My axe with the custom handle, costs less than their standard Dirigo belt axe as listed. Ouch. ...awesome axe though.


The AA Forge Mutt was my concoction: I took one of Adam's 1-off drop-tip blades, and married it with his 4" hiker handle. Adam like it so much, he asked if he could add this to his collection of public offerings — and thus the Mutt was born. I love this knife. I have two, as I'm leaving one to each of my kids. I have a blue birdseye maple version as well as this spalted maple scale beast.


"

Well, One I need another knife!

Sunburn, email me . seamusknives@msn.com

I bring a small fillet knife and a small pocket knife.

Back in my Boy Scout days used to bring a full size army surplus machete for splitting wood and for playing Mumbly Peg. Still have that machete.

I carry the following on a typical trip:

Benchmade Bushcrafter 162 in a sheath from Sagewood Gear that has a spot for an Exotac fireROD
Leech Lake Knife Company 7.5" Fillet Knife
Gransfors Bruk 425 Outdoor Axe with Collar Guard
Sven-Saw 21" Folding Saw

The Bushcrafter goes on every trip along with some combination of the others.

Mora Eldris attached to the pfd. Leatherman surge for fixing pretty much anything. A pocket knife. I will be adding a fillet knife this year

I bring too many, but they all get used. I always have some sort of pocket knife on me, this year I think it is going to be a Buck 841. I bring a fixed blade for around camp, probably a Buck 105 this year. I bring a multi-tool, leatherman or a Gerber, more for the tool than a knife. And I always throw in my Opinel No 8 for a camp kitchen knife, and an Opinel folding fillet knife. Add a pack saw, and a hatchet to round out the cutting tools. Of all of them, the fixed blade gets used the least, but I like having one with.

My by & far favorite knife is similar to this one by Benchmade: A knife. I think mine is a discontinued model, as this one seems to have a slightly shorter blade, though it would still be a fine blade. It has a nice wide blade & comfortable handle. It is also tool steel, so it is very durable & I've been known to use it as a splitting wedge for wood processing. I'll never trip without it so long as I own it. I also keep a small pocket folding blade handy. I always have other knives tucked in bags too just because haha. Also carry a Gerber (for the pliers more than the blades) & a saw. Oh, & a filet knife!