A knife for camping

[Hovannes]

I certainly don't need another knife, but I like to think about them.
In particular it would be a knife I'd want to take along on a camping trip.
I think it would likely be a fixed blade suitable for kitchen duty.
My current camping knife has been an old Green River that has accompanied me on numerous trips and served many, many breakfasts, lunches and dinners. It sharpens easily and holds an edge well.
I never made a sheath for it----it lives in the chuck box with other cooking tools.
I suppose an authentic camping knife would ride in a sheath or at least be a pocketable folder.
An Opinel No.8 might be as close as I get, and while it is our picnic knife of preference, it does go along on campouts where picnicking figures
into the equation.
The knife I flew my Supercub with in Alaska was a No.1 Randal which certainly qualifies as a camping knife, but I haven't had it on my belt since 1994
---it's too big for what I need here in the lower 48.
Another camping knife I've employed is a Spyderco Rescue, which I carried on a SAR Posse, where all gear is considered "camping"worthy. It's an excellent knife for cutting lines and seatbelts with its aggressive serrated edge but it's not so much for slicing up vittles unless they're rawhide LOL!

So what camping knife works best for you? Are you in the market for a new one?
Let's discuss knives!

[jmg]

Given price to quality ratio, it's hard to beat a Mora.

[sweetandsour]

Besides the EDC Case Sodbuster in my pocket, I like to always pack a very-special-to-me KA-BAR USMC Straight Edge.

[Hugo Drax]

Mora with Firestarter. Keeps the kids entertained for hours

[FredS]

Mora for me too. Keep them in the glove boxes, fishing packs, cabin kitchen, *go bag, and camp box.

My camp kit also has a paring knife I got as a kid. Made a leather sheath from an old belt and she's still going strong 50ish years later.

*My "go bag" is for going on a quick trip to the mountains, not hiding in a bunker for 6 months. It has TP, granola snacks, knife, matches, a small shovel, rope, hammocks, extra socks, a couple bottles of water, and a multitool.

[Hugo Drax]

Mora for me too. Keep them in the glove boxes, fishing packs, cabin kitchen, *go bag, and camp box.

My camp kit also has a paring knife I got as a kid. Made a leather sheath from an old belt and she's still going strong 50ish years later.

*My "go bag" is for going on a quick trip to the mountains, not hiding in a bunker for 6 months. It has TP, granola snacks, knife, matches, a small shovel, rope, hammocks, extra socks, a couple bottles of water, and a multitool.

Show me a man that travels with a knife, rope, matches, and an entrenching tool and I'll show you a frood who really knows where his towel is.

[coco]

Mora.

And a towel. Just a a regular one from a regular domestic soft furnishings shop will do.

[Hugo Drax]

Mora.

And a towel. Just a a regular one from a regular domestic soft furnishings shop will do.

There is always a towel in my rig, neatly folded in case of emergencies.

[sweetandsour]

Mora.

And a towel. Just a a regular one from a regular domestic soft furnishings shop will do.

There is always a towel in my rig, neatly folded in case of emergencies.

Same here. I have golf towels, fishing towels, etc. Another item I keep in my truck, golf bag, and tackle box, is a container of mosquito repellent, along with a first aid kit.

My grandsons remember, and sometimes recall, the time I removed a barbed hook from the finger of a guy fishing beside us at the old Rollover Pass fishing area in the surf near Gilchrist. The guy was fishing with a MirrOlure with 3 treble hooks, and the hook was in deep. I shoved the hook on through, cut off the barb, then removed the remains of the hook. I washed out the wound, dressed it with Neosporin and put a bandaid on it. The guy went back to fishing and never even said thanks. The fact that he never said thanks or anything is what makes the incident memorable to my grandsons. If I had it to do over I'd use my Ka-Bar.

[Hugo Drax]

Mora.

And a towel. Just a a regular one from a regular domestic soft furnishings shop will do.

There is always a towel in my rig, neatly folded in case of emergencies.

Same here. I have golf towels, fishing towels, etc. Another item I keep in my truck, golf bag, and tackle box, is a container of mosquito repellent, along with a first aid kit.

My grandsons remember, and sometimes recall, the time I removed a barbed hook from the finger of a guy fishing beside us at the old Rollover Pass fishing area in the surf near Gilchrist. The guy was fishing with a MirrOlure with 3 treble hooks, and the hook was in deep. I shoved the hook on through, cut off the barb, then removed the remains of the hook. I washed out the wound, dressed it with Neosporin and put a bandaid on it. The guy went back to fishing and never even said thanks. The fact that he never said thanks or anything is what makes the incident memorable to my grandsons. If I had it to do over I'd use my Ka-Bar.

My wife keeps the Off can o' deet in the passenger-side magazine pocket. I'm that old boy that never gets bitten. I figure there's enough nicotine in me at any given time that they just don't like the taste.

Don't know why you made me remember it, but a bit of family lore that always gets drug out is about the first time I ever fished for catfish. I was probably about five years old at the time when the hook snagged my belt loop on a cast and I didn't know it and ended up chucking myself off the pier.

Me, I've always maintained that my uncle shoved me in. I was that hot when I came out I'd have probably slashed him if I'd had a Ka-Bar.