Yes, I carry a knife or two when in the woods. Also a small hand axe .

Now, I starting woods hiking in the mid sixties, and a pen knife, at the minimum, was considered de rigeur, and a nice marbles knife would be high class amongst we kids.

Of course, cowboy blankets we're usually the sleep "system", or maybe a sears or coleman bag, but they were so heavy nobody wanted to carry them more than 50, 75 yards of so.

But a knife of some sort? Absolutely!

And if it was a solid back knife that went in a belt sheath , so much the better!