In my original post on this I set out the following:


I've been thinking about this and have decided to revise it a little bit.
I think that I'd take a larger chopper (dogfather, bm, golok or khukri type),
a 4-6 inch knife and a SAK or my Leatherman Charge

Cheers

OK folks.......I am really new to this so I have my DF-Leatherman and for my third choice I am kinda stuck. What would be wrong with something like a Mud Puppy ? I have never carried an axe- but I guess I might have a peek. Thanks

I think that whatever you choose, is a personal preference. If you feel
comfortable with a Mud Puppy that's great. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

The idea of the thread is to try to figure out what would be most useful to
you when you're "out there".

A lot of people go by the Nessmuk trilogy, that being an Axe, a medium sized
blade and a good folder. OR more generically, a good chopper, a good medium
sized prep or camp knife, and a smaller bushcraft knife.

There's a picture in Nessmuk's Woodcraft and Camping book that details the
trilogy of Axe, medium sized fixed blade and folder knife.

What most people don't realize though, is that the axe in the picture is a
two-headed axe with different grinds on each side.

So old George (Nessmuk) actually used 4 tools instead of the 3 that everyone
thinks.

That's why this "trilogy" thing causes me a bit of grief.
Nessmuk basically had 4 tools. 2 types of axe, a fixed blade and a small blade.

For me, I think a saw, a good chopper, a medium sized blade and a multitool
of some kind would be more practical. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

If I was going Bussekin only, I would take a folding swede or buck saw (no
bussekin saws yet <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> ), a dogfather, a ratmandu and my leatherman multitool
(no bussekin multitools yet either <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )

A lot of people would use a hatchet as a chopper instead of a big knife,
however, (and this is my personal opinion only), I've found that it's far
easier to control a big knife than a hatchet when it comes to things like
limbing trees, or prepping standing poles for debris huts, etc....

Cheers

Good Lord, can you imagine an INFI saw blade? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> It would have to be a type that can be hand-sharpened with a feather file though. Not one of these 15TPI shark-toothed impulse-hardened disposables.

I sort of doubt that such a thing would be made, but it would extremely cool!

Momaw,

Could you imagine what it would cost to replace a blade if you ever broke one???
Wait a minute, we're talking Busse here. You'd NEVER break a blade...<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Here's what works for me.

Around town:
1. utility pocketknife - Victorinox Alox Farmer

Dayhike:
1. utility pocketknife - Victorinox OHT
2. medium/large fixed - Camp Tramp (or SFNO if you don't mind the weight)

Out for a week in the woods:
1. utility - Victorinox Swisstool
2. small fixed - Scrap Yard SS4 (or AD or MS)
3. large fixed - Swamp Rat Battle Rat (or NMSFNO or FSH)
4. saw - Silky PocketBoy 170

Add for car camping:
5. axe - Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe
6. big chopper - NMFBM
7. bow saw - I got mine at Ace Hardware

That's my setup. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

VoxHog,

That sounds like a good setup.
Following your lead, mine would be:

Around town
1) utility pocketknife - 1980's era SAK (blade, saw, awl, corkscrew)

Dayhike:
1) multitool - Leatherman
2) medium / large fixed - Scrapper 6 (will be replaced by SOD)

Out for a week in the woods:
1) multitool - Leatherman
2) small fixed - Koster Bushcraft
3) medium / large fixed - SOD
4) hatchet - Fiskars hatchet
5) Tubular Swede Saw

Add for car camping:
7) big chopper - Becker BK9 (until I get a Dogfather)