Hi, just wanted to show you something that came in the mail today. Had totally forgot that it was ordered. The bottom one is the new one.

They get off topic in the latter half of the above thread, but lot's of good stuff in the first few pages or so...

Axe is only along if car camping, not if hiking. Might grab a Hawk during Ganza and see if it can replace a chopper though. May be able to drop the Sven Saw too even though it weighs next to nothing.

That's an expensive set of goods to forget about luck.....Very nice indeed, Congrats!!!

The problem with saws is you can't expect them to last....And packing spare blades is just dead weight, unless you need them. I think you could get by with 5" knife and hawk to keep weight down. The hawk should outchop the 911 in theory.

Double post.

Excerpt from link above.


So if a hawk wins in chopping, what advantages would a big blade have over say a smaller blade? Whats the point of caring it along too?
OK, Vec answered about a small blade. I also carry a small blade witht he hawk/long blade -- usually a Busse BAD ~ roughly 3" or so. Mainly because some things are easier with a small knife.

That being said, anything I can do with a small knife, i can do with a big knife, but some things can be done with a big knife that can't be done with a small one.

Basically, you bring the long knife to do the things the hawk sucks at -- like brush clearing, shaving bark, peeling logs, it can double as a chopper if something happens to the hawk. If you have a wood handled hawk, and break the haft, guess what will be used to make the field replacement?

There's a lot of advantages to the big knife over the little knife. But remember just because it's big, doesn't mean it has to be heavy. Vec likes machetes, and let's face it, machetes are extremely light for their size. If you want to go cheap, a CS Trail Hawk and a Condor machete (there's more shapes to machetes other than the typical latin style most people think of), you've got one hell of a pair for little money.

hi guys..... good topic

gun dog have you looked at the link I posted above? It is a very good read.

i find i very my hawk chopper small blade knife machete large blade knife options on where i am going and what i may face going there.

icant open links with the kindle if you pm me the link i would like to read it later on my laptop

This makes much sense to me. But in a situation where you are unsure of what may lie ahead.....for me it's B11, Kill Devil, 511.