Gadgetgeek wrote:for flat out durability, the fiskers are pretty solid. you do need to keep them very sharp, but a bit of sandpaper makes that easy. They did have, and may still have one that housed a small saw in the handle, but they very often fell out at in-opportune times. A better combo would be a proper small saw, and a hatchet. There is one fiskars hatchet which has a very short handle, and its little more than a splitting wedge with a handle, you don't swing it as such, just hit it with another stick. Works for some, and is probably safer than swinging a hatchet around.
A hatchet is a pretty heavy bit of kit to carry, given the limited uses in most areas, but to each their own. For any time weight isn't a concern, a full size ax is far safer and effective.
north-north-west wrote:What in the *&%$#! blue blazes is 'thumb jimping'?
Gadgetgeek wrote: But knife forum guys are nuts.... present company included.
ErichFromm wrote:Yes. Why else would I have a whole collection of spydercos, bark rivers and others when I barely use a knife while hiking as it is. ..
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