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Would you say from your experience here with the S5 that it would make a sufficient hiking/camping knife? The reason I ask, is that I am planning a hiking/camping trip to the Smokeys in September and I'm trying to decide what knife to take along in addition to my EDC folder. The knife needs to be light and fit in my Vulture II pack. It also needs to be able to do regular camp chores like cutting up food, rope, etc...It also needs to be able to chop some wood if necessary either by chopping or by batoning (also shaving wood and cutting up smaller pieces for fire starting). Do you feel the S5 is up for this type of work or would I be better off carrying my Camp Tramp or a larger knife? I'm thinking the DF and the RD-9 are too heavy and large so the S5 would be perfect if it is up to the tasks...?

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I think the SOD or Camp Tramp would be a better choice for a camp knife. Neither is really heavy and they both can chop well. But if you are back packing and trying to keep the weight down, the S5 can do it all. It's just a lot more work trying to chop with a small light knife than a larger knife, but it can be done. If you don't plan on chopping much wood, the S5 is certainly a great light all-around knife that can do it all. It's bigger than the 4" blade survival knives that are quite popular with outdoorsmen and survivalists. If I had to chose between the S5 and my $600+ Bear Grylls knife, I'd go with the Scrapper. We have seen from the Waki tests that SR101 is tough enough.

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