[pct-l] How Small is Too Small?

[g l]

Bob-

Where have you been hiding???  Anyone with that kind of ability to tell a funny story should be out here making us laugh ALL THE TIME!!!  Man, that's a classic!!  Nothing worse than being attacked by a day pack.  Hopefully your 2 inch blade was enough to stab your pack into submission.....

Plus you have a knee biter for a dog, just like me!!  Good!  Bring him on the trail next year.  We'll see you out there.

I don't use my knife to cut wood.  I don't cook on the trail or build fires.  I just need to defend myself against my backpack occasionally......hehehe.....And my pack is so big, that a 2 inch blade won't do it!

Wheeew

Bob and Diana Nelson <benelson at ktc.com> wrote:     If you  want the larger blade to cut wood you might want to look at the wire saw in the  site below. It weighs almost nothing. If you want the larger blade for self  defense how about loaning me $500 before you start your hike. Several years ago  I was doing a day hike on the Noble Canyon Trail (in southern Cal near the PCT).  There had been several big cat sightings near by and I was trying to  convince my self that between my 2 inch knife and attack Yorkie (5 pounds of  raging hell) I was safe. One of the reasons I was on the trail was to explore an  old mine shaft I'd seen on a previous hike.  I'd gone in a few feet  when there was a scary noise form outside. I checked to ensure my trusty mini  knife was ready and found that I'd left it home. The noise was from my pack  falling off the log I'd left it on. If it had been a big cat and I'd had my tiny  knife I probably have used it to cut my own throat and get it over 
 with.
  
 Hope  to see you on the trail (what ever part that may be open) in  2008
 Bob
  
  
 http://www.bestglide.com/Wire_Saw_Info.html
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From:    pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]On    Behalf Of g l
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:26    PM
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Subject: [pct-l] How Small is Too    Small?


   You gotta admit....I DO have a way of getting your attention.......
    
   Anyway, I'll be having a lot of gear questions over the next couple    months and here's one of them:
    
   I used to carry a big honkin' Swiss Army Knife on the trail....had a lot    of the gadgets and gizmos that I never used.  Then, several months ago,    in my effort to drop pack weight, I bought a small (about 2 inches) Swiss    Army knife.  My knife criteria are:  A blade, scissors,    toothpick and tweezers.  Trouble is when I hiked with the small one, the    blade was so ridiculously small that when I fantasized about having to fend    off a wild beast with it, it would be more like, "Thop you thilly    thavage"!!  If you get my drift.  Here's the rub:  I'm sold on    Swiss Army knives in general, but there doesn't seem to be anything inbetween    the big honkers and the "Playschool" version.  Suggestions?
    
   Danke,
    
   Wheeew
      

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