When me and Mrs Pit were sorting what to take on our Banff trip I'd suggested she took my Ryan Weeks High Uinta knife, it's a great sized knife for most tasks you find yourself doing in the bush. Mrs Pit, however, decided that she wanted a larger knife and chose my Swamprat Ratmandu. During the trip she switched the Ratmandu for my little Swamprat Vex which just happens to be the same size as the Uinta........go figure !!!


Anyway today I decided to take both these knives out and do a little trap making etc.

Found lots of tasty small plums at the start of the hike, these made a great trail snack !



A pic of the two knives next to a very crude figure 4 trap !





Both of these knives work great for bushcraft type tasks !



I'm usually a fan of thick handles, the one on the Uinta is awesome. The Swamprat Vex, however, has a fairly slim handle but for some reason it still works well for me. The more I use this knife the more I like it. It's slim profile makes you unaware you are carrying it yet the size is perfect for most tasks I find myself doing.





Lots of Oregon grape around now, I'd forgot just how sour these berries were !!!



At least there were Huckleberries to take the taste away, Maisy likes these as well !



I also came across quite a few Lobster mushrooms today as well ~

That Vex is really nice! Kinda stands out from what Swamprat usually makes. A little more "polished".
Are those mushrooms worth eating?

Yeah they are supposed to be really tasty. I'm not too adventurous when it comes to fungi though ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

always enjoy your adventures pitman and those pics really bring you into the moment that figure 4 trap is sweet I've never seen that before....thanks for sharing

Cool rats

Nice pics! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

great work and pics

Thanks for sharing your pics with us! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Great pictures.

Nice pics, thanks for sharing. I hadn't even heard of the Vex before now but it looks like a good little knife.

Claudiasboris

Fungi season is about to start over here, so soon I will go looking for some tasty ones... The 711 will work as a great mushroom-knife <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

yum gotta love shrums