Opinel No13 as a Machete?

[kyratshooter]

Points and counterpoints made, gentlemen. Let's agree to disagree, shall we?

Come on Rick, if we don't disagree we will have nothing to talk about and degenerate to one of the forums where someone says "I bought a Mora." and 75 five people say "That's great post pics!"

At least around here we know the Finns will dis on the Moras and I will dis on the machettes and some bolivian peasant will dis on the SAK, Glockcop is going to defend AR platforms to the death and some of us will be burried with our 1911s.

This is the most excitement we've had around here in two weeks!

Winter is one of the easy guys to argue with around here. He has not called me a pervert or communist yet and we have been bouncing this around for two days.

[BENESSE]

Well, if there's ever a lull, I'll bring up the fact that I live in NYC and...are you ready...am a vegetarian.
If that's not enough, Rick can talk about how the country is going in the right direction and things are looking up.

[Winter]

Yeah B, you just must like the challenge of trying to survive with half the food.

Hunting/grazing, whats the difference?

[Rick]

And with the improvement in the economy she can buy more grains!

[Winter]

I'll trade bullets for bread.

[BENESSE]

Yeah B, you just must like the challenge of trying to survive with half the food.

Hunting/grazing, whats the difference?

It's not about half the food, Winter, it's about half the portions. That's the challenge for most; just look around.

[Wise Old Owl]

Without diggin into the politics of the thread - your choice of knifes for trail brush is unfortunately faulted - I looked into this - a serrated blade or a sharp weighted blade will make a cut provided the brush is deep a few prickers across the trail - nah it will fail. In light brush a crook is needed to clear it. This is from experience. For a while I used a machete that I took a 1/2 drill and cut a hole against the back of the blade and created a crook that cuts the branch on the slice.

[peter]

That is exactly what I said Winter. One has to hunt for a place to get in trouble in the "wilderness" these days. Your situation is 5,000 miles from mine and is still a self imposed condition. All you "winderness survivors" in AK with the computer access kill me! You can be in NYC in 24 hours if you get tired of the bush or any hazzards related to it.

Gday Kyratshooter heaps of people get lost and die in the Blue Mountains National Park here in Australia. The sad thing about it, is most of them are only 2 or 3 miles from a town with a huge HWY running East West. What can be a bit of a PITA for one person, could be a death sentence for someone else. Some people don't need a whole heap of wilderness, to find themselfs in a whole heap of trouble.

[socom2173]

I have the perfect solution, lets all trade in our kits for a Satellite Locator Beacon and a service subscription!