Originally Posted By Jimshaw
For my money, I was relly in deep doodoo in the middle of nowhere, I'd prefer a real axe over anything.
Jim


And assuming I don't have a "real" axe and need to carry something small and portable, I'd go for a 17 inch fiskars splitting axe. cheap, indestructible, and a lot more useful than a rambo knife.

I'd combine that with a nice sharp folding knife in my pocket, even something as small as my little opinel folder.

I'd rather have those two than a rambo knife any day.

to put it bluntly. if I were dropped in the middle of nowhere with nothing but the clothing on my back. my choice of things I would probably most like to have with me would be the axe, and then the small knife, in order, and right behind a bic lighter.

I carry only a small knife when backpacking.

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